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'J-,.* 'V, JUS. N**' ocrr tUBR tsc( MONDAY Reg. U. S. Pat. Office Volume Number 4531 164 New Price 60 Cents York, N. Y., Monday, October 7, 1946 a Copy General Corporation and Investment News RAILROAD PUBLIC UTILITY - Abbott Laboratories—About 93% of Pfd. Redeemed— It of in. for redemption, or about 93% These recently called for redemption on Oct. 15, 1946, share, payment to be made Trust Co, of New York or at the City National Bank. Ac Trust Co.* Chicago, 111., at the holder's option. Immediate payment is being made upon presentation and surrender of the preferred shares. Funds for the redemption were deposited at or about the time the were Prof. per Consol. Earns, was The which and are •Excluding 3,000,000 now authorized are outstanding.—V. Joseph A. and 164, p. 1,869,907 1077. have issued been Patrick, elected a attorney of member at 44 Wall board the Alabama Great Southern August— of Gross railway. railway—... oper. income... St., New York, directors.—V. ; Net ry. ry. from 1945 1944 from ry. Operating during both $1,833,248 697,441 76,762 110,956 155,833 1,005,143 287,788 7,430, The Co. & York has Operating '"■: h. 1946—Month—1945" expenses. for depreciation.. plant acquis. adjustments \ -hh.: ■ 1946—12 Mos.—1945 289,165 48,766 . taxes General Fed. inc. Gross & exc. 476,9451 $816,434 244,416 240,101 & prem. Other 5,004 expense..— Operating 2,866,908 79,084 42,942 Federal preferred on $569,521 $6,016,753 $6,958,242 105,000 189,082 2,064,486 Approp. to reserve spec. firm engineering contract a for of of construction the plant, whi«?h will house Electric & Co. STATEMENT 9,393,150 __ 3,593,164 a fot^.dYy and (& 133,333 ... . Int. : 1,414,278 266,667 $ 2,631,175 2,573,770 10,433,562 10,825,620 9,926,951 Dr26,386 11,520,389 170,069 48,992,786 421,529 41,074,920 533,161 9.900,565 11,690,458 49,414,315 41,608,081 2,745,350 6,572,163 16,348,856 18,072,112 402,934 . (net)—— to ... . INCOME public, etc., (net)— 286,451 1,616,826 950,244 4,831,844 31,448,633 22,585,723 ' of plant acqui¬ adjustments— Balance 6,752,281 to Transfer franchise 8,693,075 8,293,855 1,070,722 13,288,256 13,437,316 865,345 585,298 10,516,606 6,984,324 174,523 886,387 divs. 138,599 6,613,682 to public— 857,254 10,089,210 10,133,910 2,158,625 \ 32,147 2,789,533 30,252,774 32,997,614 24,247 402,080 303,576 .,2,190,772 2,813,780 30,654,855 33,301,190 549,261 569,524 6,695,952 1,416,276 325,493 24,940 299,258 31,377 7,341 H: 902,224 400,690 . Balance 3,053,933 15,884,580 111,639 24,542 Portion applic. to mi-" norityv interests—k equity of income of Net co. " 32,675 f Total— Int., etc., subs 5,164,731 •Full 3,436,988 25,556,784 16,767,797. 3,436,988 106,412 25,556,784 16,767;797 3,543,400 25,873,175 H 5,164,731 34,800 — 388,230 17,156,027' 130,796 529,356 479,711 557,833 40,376 830,682 2,240,326 217,791 255,933 4,878,876 2,814,395 24,295,346 14,180,057 — dividend or 316,391 172,999 deductions— taxes Balance earned , . —5,199,531 i_ 147,656 Expenses Income 2,434 in equity, (as above)— requirements applicable to unearned. tWhich would be respective periods whether carried to consolidated earned surplus, if there should be excluded the net effect of extraordinary non¬ recurring tax reductions and related special Charges.—V. 164, p. 1582. 12,155,238 11,660,187 5,793,386 16,792,339 3,126,115 982,478 5,620,910 25,668,423 9,922,695 254,494 1,3921422 3,439,422 . 5,197,406 310,457 3,994,945 — 22,585,725 608,064 24,936 31,289,333 6,983,238 72,776 159,300 ,■ 4,831,844 . 4,717,792 874,288 income—-: from or —1™— Balarfce •Pfd. M reserve—-- Other income 112,149,649 115,902,699 3,321,747 38,423,337 39,337,885 730,651 taxes income™ de- American Power & Light Co.— 1946—12 Mos.—1945 1,123,527 — ^ 9,529,731 prof, tax 8,885,174 debt funded on 1946—12 Mos.—1945 ,$ . 2,768,918 — ductlons Subs.)—Earnings— COMBINED OF 778,199 —_u__ income Gross , ——...—. Int. the 76,672 prop. — income Gross Stewart approximately 38,000 square feet. "Work Him under way, and when completed the plant National Bearing Division of American Brake taxes Other .. 32,520,644 137,065,275 136,673,728 12,707,027 54,795,105 53,532,748 3,322,778 11,790,933 21,521,781 2,396,680 11,052,889 9,718,659 13,521,999 4,436,055 - revenues— Other income Contract James 2,268,986 V stock of be Gas income excess Other 92,680 , oper. Amort, and awarded already revenue Depreciation 2,906,734 Cr911 8,301 : : _— 8,430,691 2,643,107 ... Operating Net income 8,034,826 -.3,181,520 Period End. July 31— 1946—Month—1945 Subsidiaries Consolidated— $ $9,005,688 $10,034,329 7,723 801,973 COMPARATIVE : Operation $555,960 ; 10,482,578 2,910,171 Net Net Fed. deductions—..— 24,944,076 ♦1,929,878 1581 Area will is American Maintenance $813,682 25,244,176 operated by the 164, p. 1077. 2,624,451 4,211,648 income—...—. 25,434,180 Co.—V. 3,091,134 2,992,117 prof.j long-term debt. of debt disc't, on Amort, be 585,193 583,443 44,695 19,208,254 - $2,671,235 $32,236,383 $32,664,812 1,097,010 11,920,108 13,543,062 280,845 3,521,627 3,371,834 of Amort, 1,488,462 265,172 Shoe shop, structure Shoe ■ _ $3,291,750 1,038,484 219,000 Co.'s new plant at Niles, Ohio, for the manu¬ journals. The contract calls for a one-story structural steel frame with reinforced concrete footings will $2,781,944 1,046,886 _.T. $3,341,097 572,050 railroad of machine revenue 1943 •56,758 been Brake of the Gross 1944 $2,888,157 construction foundations. . ■.Earnings— 1945 , 1—- Inc. building ,41T Alabama Power Co *' 344,727 railway.... New facture 15.369,449 *' taxes $ 33,285,093 — Property retirement ar^d deplet, res. approp.— $2,561,255 railway.™ oper. American Period End. July 31— expenses— Federal American Brake Shoe Co.—Awards Building $1,992,566 394,231 railway revenues- sition $1,483,357 * Operating 1944 205,810 oper? ry. Div. times y ... 1946—3 Mos.—1945 "Subsidiaries— Other taxes—— income •Deficit.—V. 164, p. -V. 164, p. 1197. Int. all at ' _ Period End. July 31— - ^7741...777''' income oper. from Net , • owned V,%r 1582. American Power & Light Co.—Earnings— Earnings— railway railway—.... from Gross 269. p, From Jan. 1— Gross Prov. stores not of p, $3.89 1946 From Jan. has .Y., N 164, $1,285,214 from Net sales from Net RR.—Earnings- 1946 from Gross $7; $6.32 has who 1,804,882 $0.84 T. Murray, President of the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of New has been elected a director to succeed Walter G. Dunningtohy been elected a director.of the Bottling company.—V. 164, York, 8,067,393 72,062,722 August— A-.'-,-. v'.' •- Net ■Pi 1,794,794 1,804,882 13.981,728 2.062,722 164, p. 270. Alton RR. Net Net the James * ' 61,401,643 315,125,568 263,720,329 61,401,643 312,709,109 262,279,422 > 5,094,794 30,481,728 26,267,393 3,300,000 16,500,000 18,200,000 4,196,300 . share.. per * $1.94 shares periods.—V. of the company, after the retirement of this will consist only of common shares without par value; Aero Chemical Products Corp.—New Director— been profit..: S $ '* capitalization preferred stock, of sales. net Common Issued and made available to all preferred stockholders turning their shares on or after Sept. 4. 7 in net $ 80,137,757 80,137,757 c 6,696,300 2,500,000 bef. fPed. taxes for est. Fed. tax. Prov. the Guaranty call sales_. , •Total shares at $107 per share, plus dividends of $1 at net •/> MISCELLANEOUS - American Ice Co.—New Director— 1946—12 Mos.—1945 1946—3 Mos.- 1945 " Total of the entire issue. INSURANCE - Allied Stores Corp. (& Subs.) -Earnings— Period Ended July 31— announced on Sept. 30 that 27,975 of the 30,000 outstanding 4 % cumulative preferred stock, par $100, have been turned was shares INDUSTRIAL - Special charges for debt 1 Balance —V. 163, p. $450,960 .2485. ;V $247,106 $3,685,599 retired $3,274,978 — Amort, ; elec. of plant adjusts.— acquisition Other int. and deducts.- All American Aviation, Inc.—Introduces New Service. first Reservations airplane v demonstration ilights The the National and ies and were over proceeding a to 26-mile Hyde route, originating Field at Clinton, Bal. > v ; at an average 549. H speed of 175 miles an ^ :■.??■:'■. "V hour.—V. Undistributed of subs, net f : to in the company's line of operation, The new rug cushions should materially plant will be and increase Walter x The within Kidde factory 10 the Contractors, Inc., New York City, is expected to be completed and ready for operation When running full capacity, it is expected to : months. employ about *This 1,200 corporation persons. will . continue its plant . . company manufactures Skytex rubberized pads for the materials, Sisal automotive industry, Allen Rug cushions, insulating pads for the mattress trade and miscellaneous items.—V. 163, p. 305. ;v, 364,407 ^982,478 4,224,393_ 3,270,063 net f£] 982,478 4,224,393 ' 3,270,063 74,662 15,748 173,861 1,057,141 4,240,141 3,443,925 68,238 12,477,742 9,774,693 1,663 1,065,188 1,169,956 2,243 5,218 46.059 45,175 1,036,477 75,120 1,400,884 1,132,261 inc. —: Total . 364,407 . From . ■' .Electric Co.: - subs, From sub. consol.... sold April 30, Other as ■* 1,034,233 ;V; of 1946- ... income—— Total inc. ; (parent co.) 13,588,991 " 10,989,824 Total parent co. income and undistributed net income subs.. of taxes and 17,829,132 14,433,750 exps., : 24,716 26,302 333,646 324,921 1,105,959 83,441 17,495,486 825,939 14,108,829 1,025,041 r Issue Page Stock Exchange (Stocks) t-. —1729 New York Stock Exchange (Bonds)___. New York Curb Exchange.—— —1740 Baltimore 364,407 This Stock and Bond Quotations Boston inc. Income of American Gas Gen. cotton /H-:/.'- omitted above in nearby Linden, N. J. where it has been operating for 7y2 years according to Sidney J. " Allen, President. Two other plants are ooerated in Detroit, Mich., one in Plymouth, Mich, and one in St. Louis, Mo. An increasing demand for its products has made it necessary for the company to expand its manufacturing operations. The of subs, trimmings and when company's earnings. modern one-story brick and steel structure, containing 140,000 square feet of manufacturing space. The site, con¬ sisting of 29 acres on New Brunswick Avenue, was purchased from the Pennsylvania RR. The construction contract has been awarded to inc. — Undistributed auto a • net above as Inc.—Building New Plant— In - 966,295 and ~ Gas Undistributed Allen Industries, * ' ' 1,330,702 _ Electric Co.— s It is announced that ground was broken on Sept. 30 for a new $1,000,000 plant for this corporation at Rahway, N. J. The plant is being built to manufacture a new diversified list of items, in addition com- stocks consolidated- """American 164, Vy. for common 195,381 New York Md.,„ Hybla Valley at Alexandria, Va., where Air Pick-Ups and deliver¬ made and thence back to the National Airport. Operations ' conducted 254,494 stocks on at —— earned mon Divs. were were p. Airport , net inc. stocks— Divs. on pfd. especially equipped for combination Air Pick-UpFassenger service was introduced to the public by this corporation in a series of 18 demonstration flights on Sept. 25 and 26 at the National Airport in Washington. .y.y'Hy The of Stock Stock Exchange- and Federal Divs. mon —V. pfd. earned 164, 1,376,168 dducts.. income on Bal. : misc. 48,090 taxes 48,871 703,602 630,069 140,767 1,608,459 1,689,209 1,219,189 for —1750 Chicago Stock Exchange ..1750 Cincinnati Stock Exchange——. ..1751 Cleveland Stock Exchange.——„„—. —1751 Detroit Stock Exchange— -1751 Los Angeles Stock Exchange——— Philadelphia Stock Exchange.— Pittsburgh Stock Exchange— 883,070 14,357,485 —1751 —1752 ..1752 St. Louis Stock Exchange———————. —1752 Montreal Stock Exchange...—.———. —1753 Montreal Curb Exchange... —1753 Toronto Stock Exchange ..1754 ; Toronto Stock Exchange—Curb Section.. —1756 Over-the-Counter Markets —1757 Transactions New York Stock Exchange. —1740 Transactions New York Curb Exchange.. —1740 Stock and Bond Averages ..1740 10,764,509 ... com-" stock p. Crl,320 60,017 stock ..1750 Exchange:. — Balance Int. —1745 Miscellaneous Features 1077. General Corporation and Investment News_1731 SPECIALIST IN State and City Bond Offerings and Sales CORPORATE FINANCE : SECONDARY MARKETS Municipal Bonds Foreign Exchange Rates MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT Condition Statement of GEARHART & COMPANY qAllen & Company Established 192% 4 y < : J i * 30 BROAD STREET Telephone: HAnover 2-2600 NEW YORK 4, N. Y. Bell Teletype: NY 1-573 Telephone REctor 2-3600 Federal Reserve Association • ' STREET, NEW YORK 5 Philadelphia Telephone Enterprise 6015 ....1759 * Bank —.1759 Condition Statement of Member Banks of INCORPORATED Members New York Security Dealers 45 NASSAU 1769 Redemption Calls & Sinking Fund Notices—1759 Dividends Declared and Payable.—— 1760 The Course of Bank Clearings...————1758 FLORIDA & NEW JERSEY . , Bell Teletype New York 1-576 Federal Auction Reserve Sales System 1759 1759 WMowcal LIBRARY —wiry, op men Eeg.TT, S.Pat. Offlee New York, N.Y., Number 4531 olurne 164 General RAILROAD Lahoratories-rAbout 93 % of Pfd! Redeemed— Abbott • Corporation : and Investment News PUBLIC UTILITY ■ "n for recently :ca!led- for redemption on Oct 15, 1946, at $107 per share, plus dividends of $1 per share, payment to be made at the Guaranty Trust Co. of New York or at the City National Bank Jj Trust Co., Chicago, 111., at the holder's option. Immediate payment is being made upon presentation and surrender of the preferred shares. the redemption Total sales net for Fed. net profit— member the board of August— ,1946 from ross from directors.—V. of 164, Alton Gross 1945 ' et from . $1,483,357 $1,833,248 ry. 697,441 76,762 110,956 155,833 287,788 - 271,655 Alabama Power July Co—.Earnings— 1946—iJonth—1945 31— $2,781,944 1,046,886 revenue— perating expenses for depreciation— orfc. of plant acquis. adjustments I ' ov. ■ Fed. inc. & exc. Gross Ink & prem. ther \ v . $813,682 — long-term debtof debt disc't, Amort, / $816,434 240,101 244,416 • • oh preferred Approp. to spec, 2,624,451 , a new journals. COMPARATIVE contract 79,084 The for of James Stewart construction Other Cr911 42,942 of the $6,958,242' 2,268,988 133,333 266,667 1,414,279 $247,106 $3,685,599 $3,274,978 4 income $ prof. taix__ '-A—— ^ Int. $ 730,651 1,070,722 $ 8,693,075 13,288,256 10,516,606 585,298 174,523 857,254 2,158,625 32,147 2,789,533 24,247 8,293,855 13,437,316 6,984,324 4,717,792 10,133,910 886,387 ; 874,288 income - income 2,190,772 10,089,210 549,261 30,252,774 : 32,997,614 . 402,080 303,576 30,654,855 6,695,952 2,813,780 569,524 funded debt on 32,520,644 137,065,275 136,673,728 12,707,027 54,795,105 53,532,748 3,322,778 11,790,933 21,521,781 2,396,680 11,052,889 9,718,659 2,573,770 10,433,562 10,825,620 11,520,389 170,069 48,992,786 41,074,920 421,529 533,161 11,690,458 49,414,315 41,608,081 2,745,350 etc., plant 6,572,163 16,348,856 402,934 286,451 1,616,826 4,831,844 31,448,633 33,301,190 de¬ to franchise 138,599 6,613,682 divs. to public Balance Portion equity Int., of co.. *Fuli earned 25,668,423 16,792,333 2,434 111,639 24,542 3,436,988 25,556,784 16,767,797 5,164,731 v 34,800 3,436,988 106,412 25,556,784 16,767,797 316,391 388,230 3,543,400 25,873,175 17,156,027 Light Co.— (as above)— , . 130,79G 529,356 172,999 557,833 40,376 217,791 4,878,876 2,814,395 24,295,346 deductions — taxes dividend or f 5,793,386 3,439,422 5,164,731 subs.—— Balance ,.5» 22,585,725 In — etc., —- 31,289,333 1,392,422jW 5,620,910 32,675 Expenses Income 159,300 4,831,844 mi- Other income Total 950,244 22,585,725 5,199,531 147,656 equity income of Net 1,416,276 -—5,197,406 applic. to interests nority * from or reserve Balance ♦Pfd. 18,072,112 acqui¬ adjustments— Transfer 9,529,731 112,149,649 115,902,699 3,321,747 38,423,337 39,337,885 * - income Gross requirements applicable to unearned. tWhich would be 479,711 830,682 2,240,326 i;, 255,933 14,180,057 respective periods whether carried to consolidated earned surplus, if there should be excluded the net effect of extraordinary non¬ recurring tax reductions and related special Charges.—V. 164, p. 1582. 6,983,238 ' Special charges for debt Balance —V. $450,960 163, p; £485. AAA 7 "7-_ : \ ~ ."..77AU American Aviation, Inc.—Introduces New Service. - The first Passenger in a airplane service series of . especially equipped was 18 . introduced demonstration for combination Air the to flights ational Airport in Washington. ' ' , Pick-Upthis corporation 25 and 26 at the on Sept. Other int. of 902,224 pfd. stocks— on 299,258 400,690 3,994,945 9,922,695 254,494 3,053,933 3,126,115 982,478 15,884,580 11,660,187 12,155,238 4,224,393 3,270,063 7,341" 31,377 inc. net 608,064 & 24,940 24,936 and deducts- Reservations Divs. plant- adjusts. 254,494 195,381 310,457 Bal. earned for - com- stocks mon ilights were over a 26-mile route, originating at Airport and proceeding to Hyde Field at Clinton, Md., Valley at Alexandria, Va., where Air Pick-Ups and delivermade and thence back to the National Airport. Operations Divs. on ' Stock and Bond Quotations - 1,330,702 stocks common 966,295 8,885,174 New York National were ere . elec. acquisition , nd Hybla es of Amort, 325,493 A< 72,776 — public' by The demonstration he retired ; . conducted at an average 549.V:|;v7•'A speed of 175 miles . :":r' hour.—V. an • Undistributed of American 164, ... net. inc. consolidated- subs, and Gas Undistributed " ' 982,478 364,407 4,224,393 1 net inc.. of subs, omitted above.. Total 74,662 15,748,^ 1,057,141 364,407 —— Income of American Gas 4,240,141 3,270,063 3,443,925 ; From sub. sold AprU 30, , Other (parent co.) Total parent and undistributed of income Gen. Balance Federal Divs. misc. Bal. pfd. 13,588,991 . 17,829,132 14,433,750 24,716 26,302 333,646 324,921 - 17,495,486 60,017 1,105,959 83,441 Crl,320 " 140,767 ;; .703,602 1,608,459 14,108,829 1,025,041 630,069 1,689,209 883,070 14,357,485 $ - Toronto. Stock Exchange 10,764,509 Toronto Stock Exchange—Curb Section-, 1,376,168 48,090 L 48,871 825,939 :y Over-the-Counter. Markets . ; . — Transactions New< York Stock Exchange .Transactions New York Curb Exchange! Stock and Bonid Averages---!--—------ com¬ stock-—.- 1077. p. St. Louis Stock Exchange—. { Montreal Stock Exchange } Montreal Curb Exchange- -.'rii-y ' .1,132,261 taxes—. stock earned tor mon —V. 164, 75,120 45,175 10,989,824 1,219,189 dducts.-, income on Pittsburgh Stock Exchange 46,059 > ' I_ - *■ 1,400,884 exps., — - Philadelphia Stock Exchange 1,169,956 . : and 9,774,693 1,065,188 ' net Int. , net subs and taxes Cleveland Stock Exchange 12,477,742 1,036,477 income v co. Cincinnati Stock Exchange '~:A5,218 L2^243 i ^ 1,663 \\ , 1946™— income •."* Total inc. 68,238 1,034,233 of as " i Detroit | Stock Exchange— '■H Los Angeles Stock Exchange " subs, consol From —: Chicago Stock Exchange " 173,861 Electric Co.: . (Stocks)—. (Bonds) Boston Stock Exchange inc. net Exchange New York Curb Exchange—i———, Baltimore StockExchange AA-A. ...... above Undistributed Stock New York Stock Exchange 982,478: 364,407 Electric Co.— as . , r>. . . Miscellaneous Features . General, Corporation and Investment News-1731 :(iiiV;s specialist in -r®'' aiwajxs&x- State and City Bond Offerings and Sales—-1769 Redemption Calls & Sinking Fund Notices—1759 CORPORATE FINANCE S FLORIDA & NEW JERSEY Municipal Roods Dividends Declared and Payable-; SECONDARY MARKETS ' The Course of Bank Clearings ■ Foreign Exchange municipal department | GEARHART & COMPANY • / q4llen& Compan y §| Established 1922 30 BROAD STREET Telephone: HAnover : A 2-2600 > - i Rates 1760 ——1758 1759 Condition -Statement of- ' , A;' 'AA NEW YORK 4, N. Y. I Bell Teletype: NY 1-573 A v ' * >: v INCORPORATED * ' ' ■ Federal - ^Members' New York Security Dealers Association A 45 Telephone REetor J AA jDr26,386 (net) of American Power & 1946—12 Mos.—1945 $ >v 778,199 1,123,527 865,345 taxes.* taxes Other A$ •; 9,900,565 Balance INCOME 76,672 $6,016,753 2,064,486 1946—12 Mos.—1945 A$ 2,631,175 (net) public, ductions (& Subs.)—Earnings— OF COMBINED 3,593,164 Depreciation 92,680 $569,521 189,082 A - to Int. Niles, Ohio, for the manu¬ contract calls for a one-story 9,393,150 — excess :r . 9,926,951 revenues— income Gross at 1946—Month—1945 revenue™ Maintenance Federal fit'-U- 6,752,281 oper. Other income Building Contract engineering firm plant STATEMENT Period End. July 31— $9,005,688 $10,034,329 .2,866,908 . 2,906,734 13,521,999 4,436,055 2,768,918 J • Co.—Earnings— * •" 33,285,093 Property retirement and deplet. res. approp— Net . 105,000 prop, tteerve Co.'s Subsidiaries Consolidated— 8,301 stock and American Gas & Electric Co. Operation $. taxes Amort, structural Operating Dtt. 2,643,107 ——— $555,960 - Ntft income 8,430,691 3,181,520 awarded Shoe railroad Operating 7,723 8,034,826 • - ' 1946—3 Mos.—1945 Operating revenues Operating expenses shop, 3,091,134 31— Subsidiaries— Net . ' . Period End. July ! Fed. 5,004 expense deductions 801,973 ♦1,929,878 1581. * been has of 13,543,062 3,371,834 4,211,648 25,244,176 foundations. machine 585,193 2,992,117 476,945f 44,695 25,434,180 steel frame with reinforced concrete footings Area of the plant, which will house a foundry and will be approximately 38,000 square feet. Work on the structure is already under way, and when completed 'the plant will be operated by the National Bearing Division of American Brake Shoe Co.—V. 164, p. 1077. and 11,920,108 3,521,627 - 24,944,076 10,482,578 2,910,171 *56,758 19,208,254 construction Brake of building > 48,766* 583,443 prof.j A' income— on 1946—12 Mos.—l945 1,097,010 280,845 Inc. facture $2,671,235 $32,236,383 $32,664,812 289,165 General taxes —1 Co. & New American 14,266,404* - U,935,336 i 15,369,449 5,100,910, 6,059,319 7,548,495 1,126,796 1,326,370 1,819,417 1,172,391 y 572,050 $3,291,750 1,488,462 265,172 > 1— York The 1 income— 344,727 1943 $3,341,097 1,038,484 219,000 American Brake Shoe Co.—Awards 1,005,143 7,430,745 1944 . . - Other taxes— " 1945 $2,888,157 income oper. - ' • American Power & Light Federal J $2,561,255 from railway Net from railway Net ry. oper. income ♦Deficit.—V. 164, p. $1,992,566 394,231 railway Period End. during both -• ■ "V . - ' President of the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of New elected a director to succeed Walter G. Dunnington, elected a director of the Bottling company.—V. 164, " ' Murray, been 1582.* sition *V, 164, p. 1197, ross times T. has who p. 1,804,882 e g American Ice Co.—New Director— James 1944 ■ 205,810 railway "et ry. oper. $3.89 1946 from Gross 269. ( 1944 From Jan. 1— from $6.32 RR.—Earnings— railway— Net from railway .Y., has p. $1,285,214 railway railway et ry. oper. income. ross 13,981,728 2,062,722 $0.84 August— Net Alabama Great Southern RR.—Earnings— Net 1,794,794 ,1,804,882 $1.94 Copy MISCELLANEOUS - York, has been 8,067,393 2;062,722 share From Jan. Patrick, attorney at 44 Wall ; St;,' New York, N a 61,401,643 61,401,643 5,094,794 3,300,000 ♦Excluding the sales of stores not owned at all periods.—V. 164, p. 270.- Aero Chemical Products Corp.—New Director^— elected $ . 315,125,568 263,720,329 312,709,109 262,279,422 30,481,728 26,267,393 16,500,000 18,200,000 - \ 4,196,300 shares per $A!.pAA;i: . 6,696,300' 2,500,000 tax. - 1946—12 Mos.—1945 of 4he' company, capitalization Joseph. A. been taxes— est. Consol. Earns, ' 80,137,757 Fed, Common $ 80,137,757 sales bef. Prov. after; the retirement" -of -this referred stock, will consist only of common shares without par value, f which 3,000,000 are authorized and 1,869,907 have been issued nd are now outstandingly,. 164, p. 1077, The net ♦Total Prof. about the deposited at or were 1946—3 Mos.—1945 •> time the call was issued and..made,available to all preferred stockholders turning' in their shares on or after Sept. 4. for INSURANCE - Allied Stores Corp. (& Subs.)—-Earnings— These shares were Funds INDUSTRIAL ■ Period Ended July 31— announced on, SepC30 4hat 27,975 of the ,30,000 outstanding of 4% cumulative preferred stock, par $100, have been turned* redemption, or about 93% of the entire issue, .r, , It was shares Price 60 Cents, a Monday^ October 7, 1946 2-3600 NASSAU :■ STREET, NEW YORK Philadelphia Telephone Enterprise 6015 . ; . Bell Teletype New York .1-570 Reserve Bank— * <, --1759 Condition Statement of Member Banks of A; Federal Auction Reserve Sales — System— —1759 1759 Baltimore Transit Co.—Earnings^-' "* Afrlfatfs, inc.—Stock. Offer Ap- Overseas American ; ;■ ^ 'period End. July approved Oct 1 a plan to offer .25,950 zhiares of mon stock to 103 top supervisory employees At $12 a share. The offer is good until Oct. 16. The stock may be bought for cash or under p. a three-year financing arrangement in which the Chase National The directors •><. v-cC • «'• ••'".'•v'-v/-- •*, :,*v .*• ■■ Operating Operating Co.—Telephone Fixed because of to For talk three-minute a to - '' Net GI a V-E Day, the announcement Rent ry. Uncoil, rev. oper. • 1946—7 Mos.—1945 ' : income Inc.- $ $ • Operating Operating Operating t, Net expenses taxes Net income —V. 2,181,750 1.503,125 operating income 164, — 1,598,453 383,823 , Power 164, p. of -this properties of company certificates In i64, ^ $444,438 . The of of 80% than more into new stock preferred 6% have the management shares which Col. purchased upon reorganization of the predecessor company' Botany Consolidated Mills, Inc.-^-V. 164, p. 1078. Brazilian Traction, Light & Power Go., ■ (Expressed * that the plan can be declared so described As - in 858,625 retirement '$2,967,973 $2,747,229 $18,124,425 -$17,804,725 • 786,040. 813,996-, $2,075,547 11,203" — i 23,324 " income Gross Net interest " $1,489,513 353,682 " income Net —V. — Bucyrus-Erie Co. stock instead common version two shares preference stock. that , $1,632,236 possible order. it is this *p. > least $5 per share will the recapitalization 1 1078. plan Prov. Net from 1944 $895,025 183,402 447,257 339,319 *7,346 71,519 103,664 67,263 6,075,295 2,894,512 6,978,028 8.642,128 6,564,420 3,454,011 4,960,514 1,168,441 755,380 1,154,779 • 1943 Net August— Gross .Net Net ; railway railway- ry. oper. income rii :Gross 1944 1943 $521,305 $521,051 $540,101 112,460 136,887 167,948- 64,491 Excess 57,164^ from railway—3,908,246 i395,756 railway ry. oper. income— 63,643 4,138,175 3,931,119 Net from % 982;663- 501,223 ♦Deficit.—V. •'.tSik- • Bankers will 569,659 certifictaes 1, gold bonds •field in —V. 'Okt ; to the 163, ' sufficient to at not prices exhaust the exceeding sum 105 of and August— Gross Net ry. payable Gross cents pet share has been declared Oct. 21 to holders of record Oct. 11. on the common A like < ' P. 1278. ry. & West Point RR.—Earnings— i 1945 $466,178 $503,369 $473,011 63,659 149,555 26,630 191,215 38,362 1944 1943 Net ry. 2,618,654 railway— oper. income— p. 222,476 100,506 3,804,935 1,450,244 266,345 Subs.)—Earnings— i expenses——-I Taxes (incl. Federal income tax, 1946—$439,000; Jt; ^ 1945—$1,152,800) Insurance and miscellaneous reserve " . • Intangible development costs "Depletion, lease amortization and abandonments Depreciation, retirements and other amortiz : Net Ron-operating (net). Income before interest :Interest charges' charges. —- . Income applicable to minority" interests. Dividends on preferred stock—. Balance applicable to common stock. Earned per share of common stock. -hr 1945 il9| 5,088,058 530,008 3,980,222 1,802,519 3,612,574 1,967,900 5,129,647, 7,094,131 4,880,762 610,293 5,491,055 526,596 220 479,600 4,666,507" " 296,000 4,667,945 ' $1.75 $1.75 New Assistant Treasurer— , i-r v Trade —r** by the company since As,s'5'a»t xreasur He has been 1929.—V. 164, p. 1199. its is expected to amount to around car 12,467,864 •2,453,201 Accrued 2,992,211 1,206,415 Accrued 30— 1946 1945 Miscellaneous • : — ' (est.)-. .1326,1533. 5,875,000' Milk H. election of has executive Division. of the and related °ivision. board of activities: He - succeeds Robcliff directors. V. is in charge Jones, who " , of the The Ice remains 1 ' . - stock om • fluid milk outlet in addition to its ice cream, Sd^iinntaArimh?! ?, tJlat cityi Plans has beenbeing drawn and Administration approval «re.now secured for bids house both roof., one approval been U^'01nf Florida> CPA milk asked for modern and have a .! . ■ cream- stockholders modern 1 plant in ry. August— ivc wcam the on piunt m Gross , Is being Net ; be erected. ■ - The fcnd company Liquid I to will 415,456 "increase and shares the the shares par value of com¬ will now has been made. to the Secretary of State the action. of Illinois v »y;' < , • . ^ - V '• /' 1946 $250,691 oper. 1945 1944 1943 $247,104 $297,521 38,356 56,675 112,235 $216,370 84,605 *18,532 5,478 59,689 45,501 589,173 2,192,479 801,519 159,402 railway railway—^ 396,825 1,916,497 718,699 393,054 1,974,605 '• 731,122 418,239 income— > from from railway.^ railway—— income— * Deficit.—V. 1&4, ; 2,259,316 p. 1199. Kankakee, 111.? new soybean elevators at Fort completed this fall;* and at Waterloo, Iowa," jvators have increased the capacity of the Soybean; J: division. .In Boscobel, Wis., a pew whey, plant will coffee is Hemo : also enlarging plant ■ at and Newport, v , J improving our N. Y.—V; 163, ; . > $35,698,754 $41,223,296 the splitting of the common Hathaway, Chairman of the approved Stewart S. action -i;V" California-Pacific Utilities Co.—-Securs. Approved— The to sell California Railroad $1,670,000 of . first Commission has -Authorized the company mortgage bonds, Series B, due in 1971 and competitive bidding. The Commission stated it expected the company- to receive par value on the bonds and , 33,610 shares of p-'3279- record from 'Net ry. oper. vegetable protein at of 27 basis, Th.'s From Jan. 1— iviuwau cheese plant at Plymouth, Wis. Elsewhere Borden's construction and improvement program is prog¬ ressing satisfactorily. At Bainbridge, N. Y., operations have begun in the new adhesives factory. In Oklahoma, City, the modern fluid milk plant will open shortlv. Work has started on plant Sept. • th( aiiu : :— share. v Net are fluid milk 1,416,987 257,407 40,297 5,444,7006,176,095 5,585,973 11,169,171 Burlington-Rock Island RR.—Earnings— in new announced. . from abeyance' on two-for-one a stock Net a 1,001,568 4,444,500 6,176,095 5,"585,929 11,350,755 — — Gross shortages have delayed work 12,000 Announcement will be m ide by the company concerning the exchange of shares and date of issue of the new certificates in exchange for the present $12.50 par shares.—V. 164, p. 1327. has been given and ice 93,814 2,839,734 696,811 contingencies •— Miami. Both of these operations in this city are at present inade^ quately housed in separate plants, and the new building will supply ample space as well — • .. wu»i"lu supyiy of other ' operations under ' (par $5) Application . Civilian a that will stock for approval of operation Production plant and surplus surplus on pany's "" The "recent acquisition of the Borden family is the Southern Dairy Co., Inc., of New Orleans, fluid milk distributors gives the a royalties 246,968 be $6.25 per Products .company 2,354,966 and 61,454 company, Acquisition and Building Plans— . 37,045 _ Buda Co.—Split-Up of Stock Approved— . - Mr.: Wooster 100,728 290,154 58,873 8,179,709 v 79,883 26,591 - Manu¬ Mr-. - Leicester, President of the Casein Co. of America Division, has executive supervision of adhesives. casein 282,718 95,427 330,994 sitiraCiUViV16^^^equity in undistributed earnings from date Vice-Presidents Leicester and Roy D. direction .264,961 payable taxes Post-war " - $1,112,436 $1,117,295 preferred stock Earned three Gurley, William F. now Products accounts Tctal the seen $35,698,754 $41,223,296 $1.39 • $6,147 *25,916 ' 1,798,320 1,190,421 4,893,872 -6,838,510 • commissions Common •Capital have - Other • 15,075,000' 8,875,000 $2.10 1,190,4214,985,511 6,838,510 • Insurance 7% 11,135,471 3,255,875 9,151,726 417,000 217,129 payrolls payroll deductions for income taxes Reserves: 1945 143,377 Addit. costs of contracts invoiced to customers. Advance payments on sales contracts $ 235,052,196 220,392,552 15,475,000 20,950,000 6,600,000 the new $7,500,000.- - payable Dividends payable 3,334,139 (est.). months Equipment !S?ncrCOi« conation _HHder.stood» with te^Ptenning an equipment trust purcna* The issue offering in ,—to ' $2,927,031 <13,288,545 - ; 20,691- to21' purchase contracts traveling expenses, etc.—. on — Accrued will TrustUfeue-& °h'° RR'~Reported Planning receivable—*- accounts 13,550,118 . 4,314,455 122,223 5,672,435 526,108 notes 1 LIABILITIES— 486,519 2,432,962 per share- Recent; the 4,770,166 902,269 income opera 1946' $2,753,352 3,898,478 1,945,733 - — 2,197,573 " income factured 103,662,835 83,543,603 serial „ , 12,478,746 r_,— Net $ operating income Costs, operating and general W 1,018,649 Co.—Earnings* etc.— company—Willis Wooster, Mr. Gurley Gross ■ -Total New Vice-Presidents— 335,719 1946 and to SHEET, JUNE 30 • 1199. p. Taxes of Months Ended June 30— BALANCE ^ Ruston-Bucyrus, Ltd assets 2,203,932 Profit before tax accruals 1,607,180 1326. Atlantic Refining Co. (& 6 Other $2,216,047 779,847 553,516 3,513,263 ■ ; 164, Earnings 3,628,350 1,181,901 244,130 securities- payments Accrued 44,447 Jan. 1— " l-V. 164, 357,729 190,064 370,565 217,500 demand deposits insurance, 9,158,689 1,656,146 income— 220,183 32,"717 from-railway— , railway- railway oper. Borden . r 992,548 Sales 1946 from CONSOLIDATED (Ruston-Bucyrus, - Ltd.,1 com. stk.) Property, plant, and equipment (net) Goodwill." trade marks, and patents. 1943 $2,143,780 $681,215 $11,350,754 $11,169,1 . and accounts from Prepaid $ $370,872 from railway f ? Net from railway Net ry. oper. income— . 1,306,694 Six Months Ended June Net 1944 $1^13,785 390,372 11,049,085 - . ' States Advance amount —V. ; August— Gross V' from from Net • Atlanta 1945 $2,414,236- ' income oper. Net was paid on May 31, last, and oh May 10, Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 1945.— * railway railway. from Net $34,825 interest. ■ of 25 $531,688 11,562,689 155,557 370,565 surplus, June 30 hand on Trade RR.—Earnings- 1946 from 3,290,000 $12,094,378 $11,730,301 Inventories Due From Jan. 1— , JJYi 163, , fund, Athey Products Corp.—To Pay 25-Cent Dividend— stock, ■n* ^ Bessemer & Lake Erie 2431. ■ A dividend ; amount an 120,000 107:900 of United with or 441,623 36,882 income on $4,532,838 312,827 ♦Investments Trust sinking p. and State taxes COMPARATIVE permanent - certificates; that beginning Oct. 11, 1946, only permanent certificates shall be a delivery.—W 163, p-. 2719.J Co., trustee, 16 Wall St., New York, N. Y.,' or prior to Nov. 1, 1946, receive bids for the sale to it as of 1946, of first (closed) mortgage sinking fund 6V2% guaranteed on Dec. $989,298 dividends -ASSETS— Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.—Form of Certificate Associated Laundries of Illinois, Inc.—Tenders— The 796,841' New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 27 directed that deliveries of cumulative preferred stock, $3:25 dividend series of 1946 (convertible), up to and including Oct. 10, 1946, may be made either with temporary "1,174,111 164, p. 1198. iy'i. •§ .: "i v.. ' : : 3,132,475 Cash 3,978,333 940,010464,520 - 6,134 dividends Earned ♦Deficit'.—V. 164, p: 1199. - 67,665 \1,532,045 350,000- redemption price over par value" of 10,000 shs. pfd. stock redeemed April 1, 194G_ 52,815 " 1945. Net > railway--— railway Net ry. oper. income— ; From Jan. 1- i 1946. $457,149 26,092 * 15,864 from from from from $4,459,039 92,867 surplus Common From Jan. 1— Gross " .■; $546,431 — earnings for six months ended June 30— surplus, January 1 Preferred $822,932' 1945 $5,991,085 investments income Total 1945 $593,660 85,575 railway from railway—— Net ry. oper. income— " V 1946 $461,339 August—' Gross the common consummated.—V. 164, Ann Arbor RR.—Earnings- m from for Fed. •Net be- paid on is 164. $2,163,0681,616,636 — Earned stock instead of each full share of prior" charges.—V. 1946 — selling expenses Deprec., including amortiz. of emerg. facilities. ' interest, discount and miscellaneous (net) Contingency reserve Beaumont Sour Lake & Western Ry.- -Earnings— It has been announced by directors of the" company if year and possible. as capital Interest, discount and miscellaneous (net)—_ Res. for-post-war & oth. conting. rest, to inc.- always alphabetical alphabetical arrange and (& Sub.)—Earnings— sales Operating profit Income not companies in exact However, they are always as near to position ' reasons from admin, Total exchange and who wish to hold prior preference stock may received by con¬ common dividend of at a stock of of income G.eneral 164. p. 822. NOTE—For mechanical amortization 6 Months Ended June 30— Preferred stockholders who make the v'v earnings ♦Subject to depreciation, 552. ♦Gross $2,086,750 454,514 ' $1,135,831 and other deductions 1946—7 Mos.—1945 850,238 the • $5,702,533 $41,929,183 $36,560,162 2,955,304 23,804,758 ,18,755,437 p. $1,466,189 reserve operating revenues Other income (net) President," - Ltd.—Earnings Currency) 3,887,254 ♦Net effective." • S. 1946—Month—1945 " 531,909 868,747 Net prospectus dated Aug. 16, 1946, the plan provides that preferred stockholders will receive for each share of preferred stock now held V/z shares of new $4 prior preference stock and $8.50 , U. $6,855,227 ^ taxes a 'H in- cash. in Period End. July 31— Gross earns from oper._ . 1946 1945 $12^854,501 $12,760,955; 8,874,900 " 8,489,265 operating revenues Property for Deposits— i: "Over 50% of preferred stock has already been deposited and from the indications given by other stockholders of intention to deposit, it is anticipated that sufficient stock will have been deposited on or before Oct. 23 represents - converted states: I f: stock B 4% Operating expenses Oct. 3 notified preferred stockholders and holders deposit for preferred stock that the period within) under Class Johnson 1199. p. announced that "the future later to refinance and this is as good' or company has outstanding 134,530 shares of $1.25 cumulative stock, with a par value of $10 a share and a redemption liquidation value of $25 a share, Its other issues are 226,887 shares outstanding of Class A stock with h par value of $5 and a redemption or. liquidation value of $25, and 50,000 shares outstanding of Class B stock with a par value of $1 a share. Botany has outstanding a loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corp., amounting to $2,374,220 at the end of last year. : v ' ' 365,664 $173,083 $6,187 K President, sooner or $310,102 359,750 - - Other taxes letter to the preferred stockholders, Moses Pendleton, a $99,473 ^ 1 $532,833 $51,465 45,278 44,746 Johnson, any. The , 24,868 " $54,727 :C H. F. it necessary as preferred 11,357 • - 12 Mos. End. March 31— . Total .. deposits of 7% preferred stock will be received recapitalization plan has been extended to Oct.- 23*-1946. , the" for Company which > "; •' - ^ 152,656 160,134 131,359 Operating expenses— on of 4,805 f!fd. for shares Federal ■ The 1,188 (net) $403 472 " . 146,13.1 . taxes Birmingham Electric Co.—Earnings— : 1946, totaled 90,976,000-kwh., an increase of> 77,545,000 kwh. for -the corresponding week American Woolen-Co.—Extends Time ' 83,828,335 1582. :■ *1 electric the 28, Sept. :oi 1945.—V. $785,244 preferred, it was announced on Oct. 2. Of the 21,799 outstanding shares, 17,500 have been converted and -the rest is being redeemed at $110 a their the output of over $521,478 1,771,584 share.—See^V. 164, p. 415. of output ended 17.32% $46,630 income Holders Inc.—Output- American Water Works & Electric Co., 1 week $55,915 avail, Chas. time a Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.—80% of Pfd. Exchanged r 13,844,676'- 19,608,701 92,912,322 1582. p. income- ♦Deficit.—V. 18,935,895 127,012,803 138,677,253 11,603,218 85,115,993 78,025,059. 5,734,224 22,288,109 46,807,518 17,444,920 12,076,807 3,186,363 revenues $693,320 91,924 charges-*. Net . $493,050 28,426 charges Fixed 18,981,775 127,395,528 139.087,777 45,880 v?';- 382,725 410,524 48,159 55,131 $10,916 35,744 oper. f ; i In view of all this, negotiations and study of refinanc¬ ing have been under way for Some time past, and it now looks as though Botany will be able reasonably soon to discuss refinancing plans with our stockholders." ,. 4,710,903 YEAR TO DATE $ $ : 17,493,079 revenues-.™ 5,057 » the May Soon Discuss Refinancing Plans— Col. *'$93,866 37,951 547,160 include r_ security will make $7,175,807 $7,251,375 6,157,933 600,842 '67S&28 $1,453,307 reflected above Depreciation. ; (net)-— income Net 1946—Month—1945 Period End. July 31— Operating $758,341 1946—8 Mos.—1945 1946—Month—1945 $591,119 $613,207 966,000 , following: Social income. oper. Other AND $1,214,630 $71,790 $130,757 — revenues.--- oper Ry. concluded. EARNINGS FOR JULY ' profit NOTE—Expenses * 164," p; 551.' Ry .oper. expenses— Ry. tax accruals of Ame^can soldiers are stationed are now connected by telephone with this country. Members of the armed forces have made more than 250,000 overseas calls to this country since income -124 792. 910,800 ,y:.y; Net 291,000 97,000 , l-H 102,608 other-income taxes..'-i-».&_» and 12,847',194 "2,575,'3384i-&t,823,271. " Bangor & Aroostook RR.—Earnings— Ry numbers large contingencies- 490,635 379,281 121,119 11,800,853. Fed. for 1945 $16,842,905 $16,164 729 — sales of Frov. 3!!=' oSoo?} 69,840 53,749 •Period End. Aug. 31— • will pay world* where '1,660 series A debs.— for -jr. GIs will have point in the United States any $1,276,072 Cost 1946 74,585 Packing and shipping, selling, administrative and general expenses, and xactoring commis. Miscellaneous charges ;— . $12, the same charge as that made for a daytime call from the United Kingdom and other European countries. With the establishment of service with Austria, all areas of the Austria In $1,907,303 income Total $1,221,426 54,646 $145,501 * $16,768,320 $16,043,61q — ———— Miscellaneous income __--^..------v---_--_---- 2,518,491 $1,8(51,466 45,836 charges— on Prov. of telephone facilities in Austria and also the difficulty of locating persons in the Zone it Will not possible at present to place calls from this country. arrange for their calls in Vienna. be Int. condition disrupted ^L.961^16 GtOSS Income- •Radiotelephone service to enable GI's In . the American Zone. of Occupation in Austria to talk with their homes will open on Sep¬ tember 16, according to an announcement made by the company. Service at first will be limited to Vienna, but Linz and Salsburg in the American .'Zone will be added to the circuit later. Because of the 251.177 $137,556 7,945 $283,166 income!- ' $14,539,294 10,799,377 10,275,391 209,985 Non-oper. sales Net $278,013 5,153 income— Operating Telegraph & expenses Taxes Austria— Service Opens With $1,966,749 1,578,015 $1,994,933 1,506,934 revenues— '?• Six Mos. End. June 30— / ^l846--Mohth4-i945 v ^ dl— • • Telephone American 1078. 164, p. cooperate.—V. 'Bank will r= (Including Baltimore Coach Co.) , Botany Worsted Mills, Passaic, N. J.—Earnings— ; . . proved— ■ Monday, October 7, 1945 FINANCIAL' CHRONICLE THE COMMERCIAL & ??1714 about i $30 a common share stock at the common. The company plans to use the finance purchase of the Eastern Oregon Light & Power Company.—V. 164, p. 1589. on proceeds: to t ^•• • _. f. ■; THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE -n^^a^iS4'aNvimber :4531 California Electric'Power' Co;* (& Subs.)--Earnings^- - r 1946—Month—1945 Period End. July 31 — oper. Canadian Pacific Railway Period End. Aug. 31— 1946—12 Mos.—1945 $7,295,258 $6,970,697 383,085 302,139 3,846,442 950,736 earnings Working expense 3,438,774 104,918 853,324 Net i revenues- $263,912 $331,494 $2,598,080 (net)— 1,096 25,590 15,958 $269,951 $332,590 income. Gross —— •' 47,290 556,760 f '•••»'" • 109,020 686,762 751,386 $147,678 •' $176,280 $1,380,148 $1,339,397 albums, 1946 $148,128 57-,283 Net ry. Net 174,050 422,555 Net ry. oper. income——V. 164, p. 1327.- . 1,087,076 410,020397,103 872.914 railway railway— from 1943 $130,529 41,296 $169,320 59,642 months Statement— 56,335 83,611 in March 3,382,310 359,158 143,939 accruals™., utility plant acqui. adjusts 30, -1346, sales volume of records, accessories amounted to $5,370,348. This Income 1943* year Net the 31, companies, 1946, totaled .months same the gain of the. For the first inroe. months quarter of 1945 STATEMENT OF INCOME OF CAPITOL AND (Inter-company transactions eleminated.) Gross sales, less discounts, returns and allowances ing charges to customers for. excise tax) Cost of goods sold-—. Selling, administrative and general expense Camden N.. J.-—New presitfentr- Jr,, Vice-President, of the company since 1939, has President, succeeding Arthur C. Dorrance.—V. J62, p. 1884. James McGowan, filing irom revenues $581,082 495,389 $2,071,714 1,806,819 $84,529. $85,693 $264,895 3,780 3,359 13.271 $88,309 $278,167 income Gross income Total income 6,794 $89,052 6,377 9,136 18,187 15,130 $72,378 v $64,487 $236,986 deductions Prov. for Fed. & state inc. taxes. • $5,370,348 3,081,665 12 Mos. End. Jun. 30,'45 Jun. 30/46 483,720 Operating income - -. f (& Subs.)—Earns. 3 Mos. End. $568,250 deductions revenue SCRANTON (include $127,291 of Jun. 30,'46 operating operating Total COMPANIES FOR SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1946. ■ $50,964 savings returns Period— Total Other COMBINED tax 131,370 $292,087 416. p. — With volume, so far this year being limited only- by productive capacity, current indications are that total sales for the full year 1946 in the vicinity of $13,000,000. 303,857 Federal Central Louisiana Electric Co., Inc. that 103%. was 203,366 more ended 152,774 $423,458 $455,708 consolidated, accelerated. was subsidiaries, other than $1,236,677. This was 131% 1945. over of sales pace 129,263 $659,074 , deductions 164, 49,999 $270,683 '' income *Includes 143,098 $529,811 ' income —V. 463,163 • 50,000 income—net Gross June WU be 1,238,538 249,647 1,238,628 526,334 428,212 " : Caw&beii Sowft Cot,,, been elected *Other Sept. 9, said in substance: on ended phonographs and with $1,950,217 in the entire the Scranton than 1— from Gross 40,964 of 1944 48,293 income-— oper. From Jan. ■ 1945 $126,074 82,358 railway from six of 1945. During the second quarter of 1946, the Volume of Capitol Records. Inc., and its Cambria & Indiana RR.—Earnings■£: from railway of $4,315,256 3,063,735 profits taxes excess reserve Amortization above the corresponding months August— Net Federal income & 21,932,476 $3,674,723 in 1944 on a consolidated basis and $6,391,685 for the full year 1945. Excluding sales of the fecranton companies to other record dis¬ tributors, volume of this company for the first half of 1946 was 117% 164, p. 416. Gross ihe contrasted .. Net income —V. 10,171,361 Inc.—Semi-Annual Mercer, President, For 603,774 85,440 (incl. exc. prof, tax).'V 816,364 1945 $4,146,643 deductions revenue \" Capitol1 Records, John $2,694,557 $2,623,670" 36,8.3.3 deducts.— Total income . 720,329 1946 revenues Utility Operating income Federal taxes on income i 1£8,727',771 210,498,864 25,9.76,542 178,555,910 188,566,388 $2,678,599 6,039. income Other Operating Operating 26,792,906 24,497,601 —- earningvS 164, p,. 1589. ~V. oper. 25,217,930 Co.—Earnings— 12 Mos. Ended June 30— Retirement expenses—; Net Central Indiana Gas 1346- -8 Mos.—1945 $ Gross 109,795 Co.—Earnings- 1943—Month—1945 costs non-utility Total and $738,551 $756,792 revenues™ Total utility oper. rev¬ enue deductions™—Total 0 1715 20,049 ' Balance —V, 1,621,337 to 164, surplus 1079. p. • Canada Wire & Cable Co., Ltd.—-Earnings— from operations™ profits tax Net .* ———— profit income stock, .Earnings $296,090 $314,086. —V. class A per taxes. $677,996 Mass., will until noon receive bids for' the sale to it of first and general mortgage V/% % bonds, series L, due Oct. l, 1970, to an amount sufficient to- exhaust the sum of $117,075, at prices not to exceed; 107 and accrued interest to Oct. 2f, 1946. ' '• 7 The Old Colony Trust Co., trustee, 45 Milk St., Bosjton Mass., offered until noon of Sept. 20, 1946, to receive bids for the sale to it of first and general mortgage 3 Va % bonds, series M, due Sept. 1, 1972, to an amount sufficient to exhaust the sum of $67,871, at prices not to $395,446 share common : 282,550 J_ : ( $0,91 , t 18, exceed NOTE—-For mechanical reasons it is not dlcOava possible to arrange companies in exact alphabetical order. However, they are always as near alphabetical position as possible. - common 1946, and 109 interest accrued RESULTS FOR MONTH to AND * The outstanding preferred shares were called for redemption $107.50 and accrued dividend July 15. oil ' Period End. Aug. 31— 1946—Month—1945 The recommendation 1945-—3 Mos:—1946 $2,586,530 $2,889,875 96,643 103,159 Profits Other income income Total Fed. for Prov. portion prof., appl. interests; " Net $8,168,241 504,023 $8,672,263 429,375 $1,162,939 $1,526,877 BALANCE, SHEET, JULY 31, /CONSOLIDATED 1,629,220 directors of to split the incorporation of 23 $625,187 $562,035 $7,024,792 to the articles increase and shares of ) approved Net siock the common the the of income oper. $6,964,066 authorized value par common- each . : of old of new common common will be share changed to in exchange for 159,129 ~~5,246 "~6~438 119,698 64,312 $630,433 $568,473 174,382 $7,144,490 1,907,004 $7,187,507 139,764 1,892,391 1,907,291 Non-oper. inc., net $10, • issued A, net company were shares to 1,500,000 Gross income Deductions each held. Fed. • 124,796 — taxes and on ~ . 2,160,067 income equivalent special 175,788. charges; Net $329,849 $254,327 $3,345,095 $3,120,149 67,023 income— fPfd. 111,820 1,195,500 1,341,836 div. requirementsi.64, p. 1079. —V. ' h.4 - ' i " Central Massachusetts Electric Co.—Note— , The • company has asked the Securities, and Exohange Commission borrow-$250,000 on its' one year 1%% note from vfor, permission/to Bank of Boston. Proceeds First Nat. are to be used to. restore- current • $3,217,402 stock. 1946 funds, which have been reduced through use of cash for and, in part, to pay for construction. The company is a unit of" the New England Power Association holding company system. working construction ' New Common Stock Receives 20-Cent Dividend— ASSETS—Cash, $6,289,004; investments, $1,217,446; accounts and receivable less reserve for doubtful accounts, $1,115,099.; inven¬ tories* $6,521,457; prepaid expenses, $469,506; refundable, portion, of "excess profits taxes* $1,384,623; investments in affiliated company and 'other- brewing companies, $2,510,576; deferred charges, $294,256; land, -buildings,-plant and- equipment (after reserves for depreciation of $6,,360,882), $15,623,769; other investments, $1,278,964; premium paid on .purchase or subsidiary; companies' shares; $3,450,633; total, $40,855,333. * -hills A dividend —V. 25 payable and' accrued liabilities, $1,930,642; Federal income taxes (after deducting U. S. tax notes of $1,695*717'), *$2,782,186; funded debt* ;$10,073,553; inventory reserve, $332,368; miaiorlty interest in subsidiary, $1,734,419; capital stock (2,000,000 shares •9.0- pai% $16,421,711; capital surplus, $1*724,571; distributable surplus, $5,655,282; total, $40,655,333.—V. 164, p. 5. - cents on cents share June 29. per and 15 cents on March 30 —V. 157, p. 862'. Carolina Power & Light Co.—Earnings— to the Oswego in the post-war era. " . . . new unit will have a rated capacity of 80,000 kilowatts. When completed, the over-all rated capacity of the plant ;will be 240,000 kilowatts. Specifications are prepared-and it is expected that contracts to purchase the necessary equipment will be let at once. -The unit will .be-in service-by December, 1948, according to present plans.—V. 164, p. 823. it $18,753,015 $18,182,632 3,786,696 1,877,580 1,500,000 is • 6,968,534 3,372,013- 1,500,000 reserve addition The" 7,499,730 retirement $10,000,000 new a for power Other taxes Property construct to Electric Station at' Oswego, N. Y„ was announced on Septa 30 by John L. Haley, President, who stated that the plan to build this .new elpctrip generating pnit is part of the long range program of the Niagara Hudson System, to keep ahead of the increasing demands Steam 1945 Operating expenses taxes' Federal Canadian Malartic Gold Mines Limited—Earnings— Central New York Power Corp.—Plans New Addition Decision " 1946 operating: revenues. • * 3352. p. was 12 Mos. End. Mar. 31— Total * 135, j of 20 recently declared- on. the new $10, par common stock, together with the regular, quarterly dividend of $1.25 per share on the preferred stock, both payable Sept. 30 to "holders- Of record Sept. 24. The common dividend is equivalent to .40 cents per .share on the old $20 par common stock, which received LIABILITIES—Accounts * 1,623,821 Fed. than 1 3,994,000 91,342 $701,816 - board Sept. on . 755,181 232*328 6,919,813 151,521 , • 276,305 4,224,280 56,363 the held meeting building materials and industrial products manufactured by the company has shown a steady increase, according to Robert S. -King, President.,, and an expansion and. improvement program has been undertaken to provide the company with adequate facilities; It is. probable, Mr. King said that, in the near future the company will require, some financing to meet the cost of this work.. Under the circumstances, he added, the management^ believes that this program, would be benefited, by placing in the hands of common shareholders additional shares., The company had a. capitalization of $1,040,000 of 3%% debentures due Nov. 1, 1954, all of which are held by, the Equitable Life Assur¬ ance Society of the U. S.; 18,759 outstanding shares of 5% cumulative preferred shares, $100 par; and 390,114 shares of $10 par common - . special a $20. Two 1,358,100 1,690,830 to m.in. proftis • ■ . $6,728,921 150,771 594,663 7,029,601 140,124 (other income) Demand for tax. ino. refund, —less Net $2,993,034 82,640 298,012 $2,683,173 49,896 184,267 _ and note interest. Prov. for depreciation- Deb. 139*463 by plan, 750,000, share 1945—9 Mos.—1946- $6,589,458 565,997 648,164 Transport, dept. oper.— the amended from. at - one. Under Cajiadi^n Breweries, Ltd. (& Subs.) —Earnings— July 31— from operation. stockholders .two for from Period End. Taxes (Philip) Carey Mfg. Co.—Split-Up Approved— to provide 1946—12 Mos.—1945 $1,279,553 $15,678,214 $15,513,099 $1,413,475 revenues 'Operating- expenses additional working capital. These debentures mature over a 21-year period, but no, return of principal will be made in the first year. Service, and repayment of debentures in 1948, when the first return of principal ($150,000) is made, will total $240,000 as compared, with dividends pf $162,500 on the preferred shares.—V. 164, p. 5. . Operating at ~ . A new issue of $3,000,000. 3% serial debentures was sold funds for the redemption of the preferred stock and some, , MONTHS ENDED AUG. 31 12 1,839,834 " 1946 Quarter Ended Ju.he 30r- 80,914 (gross).— 3,839 , $324,003- 11,830 $4,503,692 (net) income ; 63,679 income Gross 32,320 Net 11,860 —V. income 164, Central Ohio. Light & Power Co.—Dividend No. 2hf $4,087,568 50,904 $4,567,371 1,821,543 A, dividend of- 40 cents per $2,378,888 . 1,765,594 Central & South West Utilities Co. • 823. p. $41,359 18^854 Gperating profit fon. the period--— ■Capital expenditures 163, pv 3280. —'- —_; $80,941 6,451 ft, is .announced third that this corporation has received an order for a r August—r dross railway. fromu railway— Net ry. oper. income— ' 1945 "1946 v| from Net $182*700 1944 a million dollars worth of air conditioning for- the new- Re¬ Laboratory, buildings of the B. F. Goodrich. Co. at Brecksville, Ohio.—V. 163; p. 3280. 1943 $176,700 $115,900. *53.945, *102,667 $115,400 1,258,900. *285,989 *728,974 1,165,700 *16,866 \ *24,718 *76,001 . *91,439 Central of Georgia August- *95,050 *152,283 Gross iNet From Jan. 1—• 'Gross from -Neb from Net ry. oper. *335,193 *809,397 income-— * Deficit.—V. 164, p. , 1,425,000 railway— railway— 1,612,500 *47,383 *547,215 Net from from ry, Gross Net H99 August-r-.,, J Gross froip.; railway. Net from ?^t W. $315,963 122,447 railway. oper. income.^ From Jan. 1— Gross from railway 53,379 . 1944 1945 1946 .. $493,840 137,433 40,528 $398,086 99,690 Net ry. income—_ V.. 164, p. 1327. oper, ^anadi^Jpacifib: " .. ' 3,528,137 780,828 25,796 232.791 oper. 1946 1945 1944 1943 $115,690 *49,241 $101,869 *93,898 $141,885 *24,992 *63,105 From Jan. Gross 923,735 988,129 -895,700 *463,318 *352,894 *840,450 *671,080 *325,155 *621,738 *64,102 *103,540 1— from ... 1,070,290 *523,754 *929,338 Deducs. 437,214 .1,311,809 792,767 1,510,436 285,171 1,080,387 Cons.' net income income >Deficit.^-V. 164, p. 1327. < ' 21,229,399 1,472,187 - 297,507 ' The Commercial and Financial Chronicle (Reg. Gross income $2,907,483 1,990,942 $6,666,369 2,657,562 $6,081,228 4,175,448 $916,541 $4,008,807 $1,905,779 1-,341,173 from gross inc. $1,921,101 3,683,352 26,470,216 7,888,817 4,573,918 24,92.1,290 . COMPANY OF \ : 37,167 ALONE 1946—3 Mos.—1945 Period End. June 30— 1946—6 Mos.—1945 $1,239,338 22,346 $1,593*276 $1,261,684:' $1,600,700 48; 004 $619,669 12,*739 37,518 conis. 3,449 $514,554 13,570 930 cos; $511,105 $632,408 From, subside 6;28&,718 2,052 1,904 4^104 32,000 69,000 90,000 income Total Operating . $988,400 expenses 461,213 for deprec—^ Amort, of plant acquis. adjustments General Int. on Amort, Div. 1 .7,424 exc. & debt 25,000 249,513 358,100 1,213,605 $2,763,950 46,913 $163,645 52,163 577,134 $2,068-,292 625,959 764 713 111,401 8,563 47 133 1,514 $142,540 41,800 $110,720 $1,432,254 41,800 $2,075,280 501,606 $68,920 $1,573,674 $930,648 198,852 $190,234 expense income preferred 1,809,400 300,000 1,247,852 2,333,700 disc't, deductions on j prof.] long-term debt_ stock ' 501,606 —V. 164, p. 416. I 35,000 on note income » 164, p. 2,610 6,960 5,220 13,920 $556,349 $459,971 $1,128,924 $1,444)671 payable— —-— 1327. Offered—As men¬ & Associ¬ ates on Sept. 19 offered $4,000,000 3% sinking fund de¬ bentures; due Sept. 1, 1966 at 100 and interest, Further Central Soya Co., Inc.—Debentures tioned in our issue of Sept. 30 Glore, Forgan details follow: Principal Coupon and National at office interest Bank, (M New & S York, 1) payable at principal officq of trustee, or, at option of holders, Bank & Trust Co., of Chihago. of Continental Illinois National debentures in denoms. of $1,000 registerable as to principal .v U. S. Patent Office) William B. Dana Company, Publishers, 25 Park Rlace, New, York 8, N. Y., REctor 2-9570. Herbert D. Seibert, Editor and Publisher; William Dana Seibert-, President; William D. Riggs, Business Manager. Published twice a week [every Thursday (general hew and. advertising issue) with a statistical issue on Monday!. Other 'offices: 135 S. La Salle "St., Chicago 3,- 111. (Telephone: State 0613); 1 Drapers' Gardens, London, E. C., England, c/o Edwards & Smith. Copyright 1946 by William B. Dana Company. Reentered as second-class matter February 25, 1942, at the post office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. - Subscriptions in United States and Possessions, $26.00 per year; in Dominion of Canada, $27.50 per year; South and Central America, Spain, Mexico and Cuba, $29.50 per year; Great Britain, Continental Europe (except Spain), Asia, Australia and Africa, $31.00 per year, NOTE: On account of the fluctuations in the rates of exchange, remittances for foreign subscriptions and advertisements must be made in New York funds. 1 exc.-profs. & taxes Chase Balance — inc. Net V. exps.__ 56,635 other than Fed. inoome Fed» ' admin. & Taxes, •- Int. 33,300 $100,740 ) income preim 105,000 1946—12 Mos,—1945 $949,708 $13,166,486, $12,780,939 408,050 5,768,930 5,589,094 103,500 1,252,500 1,242,000 16 taxes of Other •Gen, 1946—Month—1945 .'. . Income: ' 9,726,383 Other -: vv -V 26,487,796 5,960,961 " Period End. July 31- " V $6,044,065 EARNINGS railway.™ railway -Gross' revenue Net from railway railway— ; Net ry. oper. income Net 31,989 *22,757 568,493 income—_ Fed. inc. & income $3,428,008 164, p. 1327. Gross $154,371 August— "from railway". Net from railway •Net ry. 4,306,150 1,923,027 1,497,340 Lines in Vermont—Earnings- ^. Gross $6,607,707 58,662 $3,262,275 $3,732,203 from vProv. -Net from railway—-■— ... $2,891,297 16,185 1943 $3,070,666 Central Illinois Light Co.—Earnings- $578,079 285,640 55,627 4,013,140 1,585,020 1,134,111 1944 — - 1943 • 4,657,038 1,804,677. 951,962 1945 (net) $2,655,785 173,191 railway Net.ry. oper. —V. ■r Other" income ' oper. from $3,226; 169 36,105 income— ^ oper. ' From Jan. 1-— *388,055 *836,846 Canadian pacific Lines in Maine—Earnings— . ' Net, Ry.—Earnings— 1946 Mos.—J9457 ' 1 railway 1946^-e — ™- of search Canadian National Lines in New England—Earnings— (& Snhs.>--Earns. .Operating revenues—_ $12,364,928 $12;220,291 $24,729,497 $24,565,439 8,224,277 8,126,024 4,162,394 4,094,560 Operation !—: 2,186,129 1,835,621 1,204,310 954,056 Maintenance 2,517,108 2,822,696 1,251,139 1,404,322 Depreciation. 2,122^775 2;099,437 1,049,513 1,054,053 General taxes 3,637.600 3,071,50Q ;Fed. inc. exc.-profs, taxes 1,471,400 1,822,000 Carrier Corp.—Receives Large Con1 - . 1946—3 Mos.—1945 Period-End. Juno 30— > - share has been declared- on the common -stock, payable Oct. 15. to holders of record Qct. j. An initial* UistribU.tion of like ; amount was made on. July 25, la$t.—V. 164^ p» 823|. $4,144,482 $2,745,828 " "Net interest and other deductions— 241,159 — operating .reyenues •Other $360,281 263,657 7,166 . Operating posts Administrative and; general expense 'Provision for taxes—— Net. 82,543 $370,961 4,68.1 i^rketing,'charges Balance ' $327,842 — ,ljetal. production 1945 i* -b Sept. 23, 1946. . the year. I , The Old Colony Trust Co., 45 Rfiik St., Boston, of Oct. 163, p. 3280. amounting to $215,918 stock have been paid and two dividends of similar amount have been set aside for payment in the second half of the 10,650 before Federal and State income Provision for Federal and State taxes on income 49,000 have been paid to date this year. These included interim, dividends of 25, cents per share on the class B common stock, and a. further divi¬ dend of like amount was paid Sept. 15. Two dividends of $1 per share •-on (net) 209,000 the-'three classe of on income Net 54,015 excess ,—— dividends Two income Net Central Maine Power Co.—Tenders Sought— $667,346 $554,000 —239,411 provision for depreciation Prov. for taxes, less refundable portion . operating profit Other 1945 1946 $607,512 Months Ended June 30— 6 Profit Net UATOfaAWpi :'■> uAn'>-!.v.fV)W'\0 I")11 MM. ,.U only, Redeemable -as notice at * "whole; or in part, at any time on 30 days' fohowing principal amounts: 103 to and incl. Aug. 31, 1S'58; 101 thereafter to land 3l"i964; and therafter at" 100 plus interest. Reimbursement Aug" •f ittcl; of * _ Pennsylvania 15, to and each1 year on including July 15, $200,000 1965; at • bptioH' bf the for (estimated at $3,886,194) net ^proceeds PURPOSE—The Net from Net —Y, - to be are purchase ana •• i* •• \> Authorized ■ debents., due Sept. 1, 1966 (no par)--. pommon stock SUMMARY OP — Gross tNet Deprec. & Profit Amortiz. $43,971,357 $3,439,886 Interest Charges $182,259 s.1945— 54,863,755 4,059,433 yi944„ 4,184,596 4,607,910 182,277 160,454 1942- 52,513,777 44,949,652 27,733,080 1,636,787 138,030 .1941— 13,842,618 561,371 122,365 mNine months ended income taxes. June 30. tBefore current AND to finance interest $575,194 railway—— 119,525 68,989 255,184 81,611 3,804,322 832,181 421,772 4,430,189 1,481,628 4,742,064 1,916,002 4,204,i21 629,397 655,075 659,667 from Net ry. Net Net incorporated in Indiana - three largest soybean processors in the United- States. In the company's first year of operation, the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 1935, 802,000 bushels of soybeans were processed by the company, and the quantity has increased in each subsequent year, except for a decrease of approximately 5% in the 1941 fiscal year. ry. UNDERWRITERS—The underwriters named below have severally agreed to purchase in the amounts set opposite their names, an aggre¬ gate qf $4,000,000 of debentures: Glore, Forgan & Co $1,000,000 The First Boston Corp.475,000 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, .Fenner & Beane '475,000 « A; G. Becker & Co. Inc. 400,000 Kidder, Peabody & Co.Bacon, Whipple & Co— Farwell, Chapman & Co. The Illinois Co.—— ■ 400,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 Kebbon, McCormick & Co Maynard H. Murch & Co. •*-rV. 164, p* 1590. NOTE—'For mechanical reasons it la--not:' always to arrange companies in exact alphabetical However, they are always as near alphabetical position as possible. Central Vermont Ry., Inc.Gross from railway $845,183 ilfet, from' railtvajhM-—, Net ry. 199,697 ','106,243 income— oper. 1945 Net ■ $710,792 112,392 19,075 Net ; $716,578 139,243 $762,003 43,987 116,168 213,992 5,559,221 739,587 V 39,772 . ry. 4, 279,528 *486,887 railway oper. income—;- Total (& 6,125,032 1,660,789 963,794 1,339,602 594,991 Aaron eral Colnon, District interest for selling, adm. and Depletion and Operating ot: ther Other i co-trustee of the road, has fiied at Chicago asking Judge Igoe the'Rock and debt - gen. — gypsite deposits) profit 7,686 —- 6,857 $2,929,921 $1,213,506 183,355 66,507 $2,996,42^ 73,188 sinking fund debentures prov. for income and excess prof, taxes (estd.): — Approp. to Balance — reserve for 66,718 114,833 1,113,000 63,598 ——— 664,400 sire ever in . $1,712,321 $421,634 Champion Paper & Fibre Go.—Stock Distribution-* to approval of stockholders at the annual meeting to boOct. 8, 1946, an amendment to the certificate of incorporation will be filed on Oct. 9, 1946, pursuant to which each share of on no par no par additional share value, will be changed into two shares of value, by the distribution on Oct. 9, 1946 to holders of quoted ex said distribution until August— Gross Net railway railway—. Net income oper. ■it From Jan. Gross 1946 from from Net ry. further notice.-~V railway from railway Net ry. oper. income.._ ^'<-Tber6r~have moneys & Ohio one 164 p be 1079 < . pressed in his meet memorandum bill, that interest trustee states.siV ' The plan the desire Interstate be <*.;>• >•' v, the Congressional de¬ interest approval of to for • Truman, reduced Com¬ reorganization ; President of withholding rates the realistic a when¬ as ex¬ Wheeler- basis, the provides that $25,845,445 be distributed 3% *from the date of default on bonds as payment of through July 1, $11,445,445 or $185.86 per $1,000 bond would be allocated to publicly held general mortgage 4% bonds; $10,230,787 or $92.65 per $1,000 bond to first and refunding 4% bonds; and $4,169,280 or $104.72 per $1,000 bond to secured 4J/2% bonds of 1952. interest 1946. at Of this amount, return, holders of the general mortgage bonds would surrender all unpaid coupons from July 1, 1934, to maturity for cancellation. They also would accept a modification agreement and new coupons, beginning with that due Jan. 1, 1947, and running to maturity (1988) at 3% a year, compared to the present 4%. full Colnon also Colnon of proposed that hoders asked the court divisional approval mortgages if holders vote to of accept at $323,533 $328,036 28,760 $384,992 39,154 1,429 1,862 120,587 26,536 12,070 94,401 *99,325 2,885,329 666,838 289,810 3,002,543 1,210,811 585,354 Ry.—Partial Redemption— been- called for redemption on Nnv in the sinking fund, $141,000 of refunding 1 and mortgage 3%% bonds, series D, due May 1 1996 at inn Payment will be made at the office of J. P Morgan rated, sinking fund trustee xt— trustee, 97 Wall St., New 23 Wc.11 of P. 1590. York, N a? ««»t and it is the such « °! f f ! interest, lucorpo- Y^v S" the in realized, first six the 3% so therefore offered an proposes exchange that of holders of the bonds for the their bonds, with certain cash equalizations. doing," says the trustee, "the secured as class of value a $45,000,000 par of Upon Island 1988; competition of consist creditors and first the ; secured general 4'/2s can 4V2% mort- be ex¬ the and refunding bonds, presently securing program, of of 30-year convertible 4J/2% Total cash required to bonds of carry $57,930,845, leaving approximately treasury as working capital.RESULTS FOR man¬ months from Gross from frmn from ry. can railway income.— 24,775,773 11,049,555 the • to will Net ry. railway..— railway oper. Net from Net ry. 1943 19,485,260 20,905,695 income... Gross Net 29,844,912 & Omaha Ry. -Earnings 1945 1944 $2,547,445 $2,429,119 $2,458,024 660,715 363,972 407,824 , 761,707 356,139 403,775 17,302 040 18,294,007 4,673,441 2,493,055 1,228^275 *1,092,784 1946 from from ry. railway railway oper. income . 17,970,045 1943 756,824 4,015,161 17,448,438 4,922,821 2,111,182 3,077,712 from railway from railway Net ry. oper. income.— •—V. 164, p. 1205. Net 1945 1944 $2,647,339 $2,699,075 674,717 353,386 $3,260,961 776,557 1,239,708 386,167 From Jan. 1— Gross Clark Equipment 19,281,614 4,360,380 2,385,150 'The 323,781 23,855,603 8,291,888 3,049,427 Co.—Reports of Change in a $348,- will be repaid sum of each by cus¬ tomer's monthly purchase. In July, last, the company expended its facilities at the gas range plant by purchasing the land, building and equipment of the Cooperative Enameling Co.* Clevelandi Ohio;; Consolidated net income for the year ended June 30, 1946 amounted $178,072, equal to $5.93 per share. For the preceding year, net $89,580^. Federal income and excess profits taxes amounted to $187,000, or about 51% of earnings. During the 1946 fiscal year, a total of 75 cents in dividends was paid, and on Aug. 26, 1946, the company made a distribution of $1 per share.—V. 163, p. 2290. to Clinton Industries, Inc.—Sale of Division Approved— Candy Manufacturing * ; ;, * .26 approved an agreement dated Aug. 23, 1946, by this company with Chase Candy Co., which provides for the sale to the latter of substantially all the property, assets, affects and goodwill pertaining to the Candy Manufacturing Division of Clinton industries, Inc. other than' cash on hand or in bank, tax notes, tax refund claims, bonds and corporate stocks, accounts re¬ ceivable, and certain minor assets of the Candy Division. Included in the sale will be two candy manufacturing plants—one located in The ' stockholders . Sept. on St. Louis, Mo., and one in Chicago, 111.; also a selling branch at Cincinnati, Ohio, .>,/• .-*• t • The aggregate purchase price to be paid by Chase Candy Co. cannot now be accurately stated since it is based in part upon inventories being taken, according to Leonard A. Huemmler, Secretary of Clinton Industries, Inc. It is estimated by the management, however, that such aggregate price will exceed $4,900,000 after payment of a broker's commission of $127,500 and after payment of the tax on the profit » realized such on summated .■ sale. about t?'- ' Oct. ' 'gi' It 15, '• •• is • contemplated that the 1946.—V. 164, p. sale 1590. ' will be con¬ - .jiiH' ■■■-V- ".v.- — ■ Cole ?'■' Manufacturing Co., Memphis, Tenn.—Debentures on Sept 16 offered $250,000 5% serial debentures at 101. Offered-^empsey-Tegeler ^ CQ^ St^ Louis Dated July; 15,. I946{ principal' payable Annually July 15, 1947, to July 15, 1956. Interst payable Jan. 15 and July 15 at Mercantile-Commerce Bank & Trust Co., St. Louis, Mo., corporate trustee. Debentures in coupon form—$500 and $1,000 denoms. Any or all of the debentures may be prepaid and redeemed on any semi-annual interest payment date on 30 days' previous written notice and including office to of the corporate trustee at 101 plus interest. ;Vt J. F. P Tegeler, St. Louis, 'j > ' . warehouses and acquire inventory therefor. /cOMPANYr^Iucorporated started business management was in Tennessee in 1883. This company partnership in 1866. In February, 1939, the changed and, likewise, its policy. Prior to the change as a in management the company specialized in architectural woodwork. The new management decided it was wise to factories to stock production and special convert the and, likewise, to expand the line to include other items of building materials purchased by it from others. In this way the management has found it possible to reduce manu¬ facturing costs and, at the same time, increase production. This company sells its products through wholesale warehouses and retail lumber yards and to large contractors. The company at the present time has wholesale warehouses established in New Orleans, La.; Birmingham, Ala.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Knoxville, Tenn.; and Jackson, Miss. It draws a large volume of business from these warehouses and plans to expand this chain of warehouses with the proceeds from this debenture issue. EARNINGS—Company earned during the interest but after depreciation the following: $50,144 32,850 —— ' 12,628 past years before $49,136 1941 " 56,197 ; .. structure, after giving effect to $178,333 debentures, capital five 1942 CAPITAL STRUCTURE—The capital this debenture issue, will show a 5% mortgage,* $250,000 stock of $500,000 and surplus of $218,311. Colonial Mills, Consolidated Inc.—Earnings— 25,736,537 10,427,249 3,347,853 615,560 stock Sept. 14, ■ .iissii ?mtM .oZSl 1,964,994 $2.07 ^ $5.19 . . The directors on Oct. 2 declared an extra dividend of 2$ cents per share and the regular quarterly dividend, of 25 cents per share on the capital stock, par $7.50, both payable Oct. 22 to holders of record Oct. 15. An initial payment of 25 cents was made on this April 15, last, which 22.—V. 164, p. 553. was followed by a issue similar distribution on on July " Colorado & Southern Ry.-EarningsGross Net 1946 from from ry. railway railway oper. 1945 from Net ry. 171,737 44,870 173,089 260,864 7,062,597 10,447,063 3,206,152 1,561,054 10,695,317 8,999,325 3,489,095 2,054,165 income railway railway oper. 1943 $1,141,675 269,022 134,682 from Net 1944 $1,100,872 From Jan. 1— Gross 888,878 income 232,529 $1,471,505 495,358 $1,205,509 462,570 „ 3,835,822 1,868,886 Colorado & Wyoming Ry.-Earningsfrom 1946 railway from railway-— railway—1— Net ry. oper. income—i —V. 164, p. 1206. 1945 $133,879 Net. from. railway.—-i.-*-, 45,110 Net ry. opjer. .income—-;; ; 16,767 Frohi Jan. I-i-3 •' * J.<" v Gross from Net the 9 Mos. 784,737 „ payable 3 Mos. $7,184,633 $19,708,386 —V. 164, p. 1206. 24,215,575 11,588,059 4,145,883 I sales To Pay Extra Dividend of 25 Cents— Net 1943 $3,034,579 1,431,930 Loss— common results approving on by foundry customers without interest. They monthly instalments at the rate of 2y2% of the Gross says: .11946 .how 8 Period End. Aug. 31,1946— Cincinnati New Orleans & Texas Pacific Ry.-Earns.— August— Oct. 250 ' Consolidated net income Earned per share' 686,712 income railway railway oper. 005 544 50,033!974 $2,562,753 From Jan. 1— Gross from vote authorized 1943 1944 2946 from from 1080. 120,000 1944 MONTHS 51,271,410 Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis August— Net 8 railway— 106,475,829 135,240,423 126,146,414 119 rail— oper. for the ' , 164, p. 1327. Gross PIST 1945 $14,866,087 $17,168,088 $18,108,005 $15,760,536 4,230,390 6,050,291 8,061,199 7 083 399 income.2,021,595 2,599,580 3,491,598 3,848,640 From Jan. 1— Net AND railway railway oper. profit a proposal to in¬ capital stock from 30,000 shares of no par shares, par $9 each, four new shares to be issued in exchange for each no par share held... James Mitchell, President, announced that a new building to house the core department is being erected at a cost of approximately $350,000 equipped. This project was financed to the extent of crease value 1945™ 3946 from Net ry. 1960. through the program would be $15,000,000 in the Rock Island AUGUST August— Gross make may PURPOSE—To provide funds with which to increase working capital, portion of which is to be used to establish additional the debt structure of the Rock $99,981,000 general mortgage 3% bonds, of $110,425,000 of first and refunding 4% bonds, and $32,228,000 would we as first and refunding mort¬ trustee would repossess for the benefit of all its bondholders the gage that payment secured Colnon be expected August— ...j. incurred be Mo., individual trustee. 4bonds, series A, there: is-outstanding in the of the public $39,813,600. The issue is secured by $45,000,000 value of the first and refunding 4% bonds. If the foregoing. pro-: posals are made effective, the trustee for the' first and refunding mortage will hold $38,400,000 of general mortgage 3% bonds with all interest paid. ' ' Net 3,147,573 1,163,920 572,074 volume of hands $343,822 136,468 indicated 75% least discharge of their claims. Of 1943 2,498,007 the AugUSt— 1944 includ¬ liabilities believes that the losses In ♦Deficit.—V. 164, p. 1327. 1945 ♦Deficit.—V. 164, p. 1205. Chesapeake of -Earnings— 1— from common share of record Oct 9 1946 directs that the common stock Charleston & Western Carolina Ry. •i common each p" The New York Stock Exchange not Nov, '1 set ' . also plan has the aid plan of new . proposals Nut Net surplus! Subject stock, of stock, of to made are formulating its !=; • possible. The —V. „ '(*> -v 3,171,390 2,239,607 a put into execution, Mr. Colnon states, that bankrupt roads pay off debt and defaulted Net 82,806 40,000 contingencies. T?rV.. .163, pi 2991. held iv approve Igoe ' of Island.- $1,396,862 40,790 on was on and stockholders The petition in Fed¬ a to Judge They "By — deductions ^Canadian reduction. the plan. the trustee on proposals Commission tinguished 1945 $16,360,743 $11,743,001 exps. 13,126,897 10,199,712 296,238 322,925 income Interest 1946 $16,328,629 $11,711,743 32,113 31,257 1946 was Court payment hearing a The gage Subs.)—Earnings—- ',;.v —J— goods sold, Depreciation (gypsum 1,457,853 J. 8,641,020 3,075,934 1,842,109 p. 1590 the secured 4,/2S." sales 6,193,171 r Products manufactured and purchased Products sold as agent ; 268,228 Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Ry.—Trustee Files Debt Mr. Certain-teed Products Corp. 6 Months Ended June 30— Cost of 176,448. 8,243,502 2,535,411 Reduction, Interest Payment Plan—Approval Sought— bonds , 6,894,370 552,128 *516,229 L 5,945,012 of * •> 377,607 par 5,254,383 ♦Deficit.—V. 164, p. 1205. n 1943 $1,071,726 Ij'f' • deficit —V. 164 each Prom Jan. 1— Cross,, from railway— Net .from»:railway--——:; Het; ry. oper. income-.- 1944 $1,163,473 329,674 $956,507 259,288 162,033 182,358 34,186 from Mr. 1943 months Cleveland Co-operative Stove Co.—Plans Par Value arid Split-Up of Shares— 1,769,844 From Jan. 1 " Mr. 1944 6 . year as a^whole.''—V, 164, p. 93,476 off -Earnings- 1946 stabilize ba eliminated • of divisional bonds be paid in the following amounts per $1,000 bond: St. Paul & Kansas City Short Line RR., $635 or $11,700,000; Rock Island, Arkansas & Louisiana, $740 or $3,410,000; Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway, $580 or $6,380,000; Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf, $1,000 or $5,411,000; and Little Rock & Hot Springs Western (debtor's portion) $397.90 or $453,600. possible order. Ji August— 1945 $1,144,079 Reed 4' i 1946 railway railway oper. income— Gross from railway— merce the railway income— oper. from meal, livestock and poultry feeds, soybean flour, soya grits, soya puffs, commercial lecithin, and soya protein products. of railway—— from of one 1943 . . ■■ v.The company is 1944 ?/;: i-V. 164, p. 1205. 1934. V W:The company, directly or through its subsidiaries, is engaged prin¬ cipally in the processing of soybeans and in the manufacture and distribution of the following derivative products: soybean oil, soybean , railway—— from Gross , first 261,946 112,061 and Oct;! 2, • agement $610,732 from ."August— inventories. was conditions Prom Jan. 1-^ i the income due from prior years were $3,443,000 "While we are still handicapped by strikes in the plants of cus¬ tomers and suppliers, operations for the third quarter are improved * appreciably. Our backlog of orders is sufficient to sustain a satis¬ factory volume of production for the balance of- the year. Should 2,436,158 Net ry. oper. income—- Profit provisions of the Federal tax V ^ ^ ^ : ordinary^; operating conditions of June 30, 1946, amounted to $12,866,000, receivable- of i $4,258,000. Total current including Federal taxes Chicago Indianapolis & Louisville Ry.—Earnings—v Net ' Taxes depreciation, its seasonal BUSINESS—Company 7,652,979 $534,912 Net charge for the first year on $4,000,000 of 3% sinking Company expects to continue to make loans bank HISTORY 6,226,453 2,142,961 1,883,159 $676,235 214,682 from Gross fund debentures will be $120,000. ; 19,795,554 5,625,920 in appears satisfactory. ."Current assets on 664,000 shs, Income business of result of ing cash/accounts 1945 * > interest . 1,164,074 400,098 20,321,410 carry-back the. not , $2,694,795 ,1946 Net . c'.The ' 1943 • the year, was , August— Gross $199,705 $1,419,000 $1,638,922 217,054 2,526,240 1,036,892 227,973 2,647,709 1,126,637 98,079 3,120,157 1,229,220 66,503 726,658 705,596 31,697 94,360 312,949 279,247 1943 ;p ; ■ loss less than what would have been accomplished but for the wave 0f affecting industrial operations all over the country. During the first quarter: of 1946 much of our production was held up due to strikes in the 'plants and of important customers and suppliers This was followed by a strike in two of our plants which subse¬ quently stopped nearly all production in all our plants for 10 weeks This'strike resulted in heavy losses in wages to our employees and a loss of production estimated at $15,000,000. -;,'For a considerable period we were also faced with price increases from; many: of our suppliers without being afforded relief by opa for our own products. At this writing,- however, OPA regulations have permitted us price adjustments on most of our products which Chicago & Illinois Midland Ry.—Earnings— - -' 17,497,423 1,841,920 *347,466 from ,1944c $2,585,885 771,149 246,992 t 20,008,589 1940 strikes ♦Deficit.—V. 164, p. 1327. Outstanding $4,000,000 750,000 shs. , 1945 ■ $2,408,925 614,932 212,136 !' railwayNet from railway Net ry. oper. income— YEARS ENDED SEPT.30 EARNINGS, Sales 0i c Gross y • $4,000,000 i-r- 194& -■ $2,420,936 422,359 228,876 oper. income— From Jan. , 3 %. skg. fd. ' ' railwayrailway from Net ry. CAPITALIZATION, GIVING EFFECT TO THIS FINANCING fl946- ,;^My s. from Gross Net sinking fund debentures, due Aug. 1, 1959; (b) of accrued interest) to payment and cancellation of the notes evidencing the company's term bank loans from Chase National Bank, New York, and Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co Chicago, in the principal amount of $850,000, pursuant to the agreement dated Sept. 21, 1945 between the company and the aforementioned banks. ($770,000 of the proceeds received from such term bank loans were applied to the construction of soybean and grain concrete storage tanks at the company's plants at DecatUr, Ind., and Gibson City, 111.; the balance was used, together with other funds of the company, to retire a 3%% first mortgage note of McMillen Peed Mills, Inc. (of Ohio), a wholly owned subsidiary, in the principal amount of $225,000); (c) the balance, estimated at approximately $895,694, to be added to the working capital, to be used to finance inventories and receivables. i 164, p. 1205. ' entire volume half . railway ■■August---" (a) $2,132,000 (exclusive of accrued cancellation or redemption of $2,050,000 following purposes: to outstanding 3Vt% (exclusive i The ^'Ko'crq 5,168,569 3,764,151 >3,569,716 3,193,191 the laws would reduce this to $290,000. !K''>ffTKia ry. oper. $858 500 - , ; • *• Chieago Great Western Ry.—Earnings— interest) ' 1946" railway---' 129,878,076 170,956,623,156,736,523:139,530,133 38,404,324 73,255,096 61,169,337 64,381,250 income— 18,176,723 22,468,581 18,148,518 31,372,220' from Gross Interest. • *• the ending July 15 in each year thereafter, additional sinking fund pay¬ ments may be made in an amount sufficient to redeem on the next Sept. 1 not more than $200,000 principal amount of debentures. Redeemable for the sinking fund at all times at 100% plus accrued used railway from Gross from railway—. Net ry. oper. income— of the .for 1945 * • ■ ,1944 '7 —' $18,446,668 $22,754,546 $21,527,284 $20,596,815 ' 6,217,680 9,319,546 - •Net sinking fund debentures minimum 1947, and within the-12 months' period before July 15, or ■■■''. August— '• ^ mills tax.- Entitled to a 1947, sufficient to retire 4 July beginning .company ' thereafter to and incl. Aug. 31, v. Monday, October 7, 1 Chicago Burlington # Qifliiftcy • KK.T^£arnings--^ the 19S2 v*w 1952/102 4 >"•' V ■■• . I :t THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE . . 1944 - $124,020 40,969 ', 18,796 - 1943 ; $129,309 . ' 37,110 $152,643 22,930 60,520 34,093 , 833,013 247,308 1,027,161 1,122.134 1,186,911 328,342 168:783 389,950 261,360 466,471 154,842 189. y0k; msm THTP rr»*ir*ffT?T?fTAT A .THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4531 Volume 164 T i<i ■ railway-— Gross from railway——• from Net 19,758 ' From Jan. 1— ♦Deficit.—V. "3,039 I ; 2,235 *!.;■ " Frank •, 1,088,678 1,065,345 935,261 140,534 37,948 186,011 118,841 30,457 70,739 . Operating revenues jj, Total income 97,934,779 57,133. 2,735,549 38,771,015 5,760,321 — purchased™—_ Power purchased— Other operation Gas — Maintenance ^ local for Prov. accounting It miscell. — 11,566,131 9,984,531 . of addi. debt of 239,048" 4,205,245 debt— funded on Amortiz. Int. B. Reuel 239,048 - O, Write-down 8,730,656 1,500,000 Reduc. sales — Cr 100,118 14,324,100 1,231,200 1,053,037 sales 3,222,179 ——- —, electricity months of Gross 12,807,824 40.92. . _— 12 MOS. END. Week Ended:— * 1 \ 12,307,824 Net $140 - —V. & Sept. 21——————————', Gas 1945 164, 7.3% 11,4% 9,6% • . 176,550,000 164,851,000 Gas . oper. Deprec. ■ Gas rw ic Get. by the SEC. the par value change authorized under consent to not the franchise common and Operating plan Interest and ductions 1946—12 Mos—1945 of its taxes $8,929,949 665,295 ^ $2,337,009 $11,764,896 assets the and return —V. public offering of part a issuance the the city's of its of 569,294 2,238,431 2,331,097 new common Companiu Hispano-Americana (Chade)—Distribution It was announced a Electricidad, the the to be > new will right S. A. berjes.D company, lormer deductions 43,498 $1,709,880 $1.19 $1,724,217 $6,905,008 $4.82 $6,077,961 __— income u be nate made to agent characteristics per share- com. "Bonos new de Caja" the will bonds $1.20 within against presentation be announced. the m United The of coupon Nc. 45 on and after 14 ■ a Guaranty Trust Co. of New York is fiscal States.—V. 164, p. 1591. Oper. revenue exps. & 1946—6 Mos—1945 - main— gov.:for depreciations for Prov. deferred & $3,058,136 1,912,271 79,758 $6,055,256 201,723 ' 250,000 250,000 331,700 595,340 406,466 1,186,674 49,409 68,823 194,452 97,908 118,322 - Fed. inc. & exc. profs. taxes Other Federal taxes State & local taxes- oper. 188,891 Total other revenue 371,170 381,974 173,139 $741,524 443,983 $541,176 338,945 net— Gross income Total • inc. deducs $598,528 $1,185,508 $425,389 $664,219 inc., $496,105 168,113 81,372 —V. 163, p. $635,386 ' $882,642 2434. 1945 : $746,864 company will vote »S?!0! g shares a mer8er of: the solidated on two and the J. B. Carr Biscuit Co. Oct. 10 and 14, respectively, on companies. An exchange of Con¬ for those of the Carr compariy would be made under plans and the surviving corporation would be known as Carrconsolidated Biscuit Co.—V. 164, p. 553, ' ^ V" ^ Consolidated Edison company on Oct. leiectricity Co. of New York, , other for •-4m retire the V.'" outstanding 7% cumulative 0 .. share and accumulated dividends of 43% cents a 15. / 24,380 shares of the preferred stock outstanding in the conversion program was announced. Since then over stock has been exchanged for common stock at the rate "a " f * ;'.'P 4 of the board, announced the company had successful year" cn Sept. 30, with net earnings more the previous fiscal year. holders Preferred until have Nov. to 10 exercise 1G4, p. conversion their 111 1591. '' -. Crown Zellerbach Corp.—Plans Sales Expansion— :" ; corporation has announced a $15,000,000 plan for major plant additions, purchase of limberlands, product improvement and up¬ grading of quality. !l' iv f' A 65% increase in 1946 sales to date over last year's record volume has resulted in a generous budget for expansion and promotion of Nata Products Co., a subsidiary, according to E. N. Mosier, Sales Man¬ The .. . M: , The amount scheduled for sales ager. M ii expansion will be increased as needed. during the that states Mosier Mr. past year the market has been coast through the mid-west area, with more added t» -the Nata list. Additional retail secured now, particularly west of Chicago to the developed from the east than new 325 distributors outlets are Pacific Coast.—V. being 164, p. 418. INCOME CONSOLIDATED 12 Mos. '46 STATEMENT (INCL. SUBS.) r , i (Including Canadian Subsidiaries) 3 1945 1946 Months Ended July 31— of returns, discounts, allowances, outward freight, etc — $28,417,502 $24,588,928 Other operating income, net, excl. of deduction for depreciation 104,931 116,838 Dividends from Fibreboard Products Inc 117,232 117,232 Sales, I! net Total Cost of $6,672,646 $12,616,753 Sf1 m 162,835 income $9,381,309 income 347,512 139,346 49,413 $6,811,992 $12,964,265 90,284 440,573 $9,331,896 Income inc. $28,639,665 $24,822,998 - - 20,087,125 ; 17,506,305 2,581,233 2,234,793 1,059,441 900,052 214,615 174,282 108,260 Cr82,137 goods sold Operating expenses Depreciation and amortization Depletion Other expenses, net of other income before Profit Net taxes on $4,588,991 1,567,700 income taxes income Federal $4,089,703 285,390 1,086,391 31,296 cubic feet as compared with 79,837,152,000 cubic feet sold in the first six months of. 1945. During the twelve months ended June profits t, ■m I 17,412 (net) Minority stockholders' equity in earnings, principally Pacific Mills, Ltd. excesfc Federal per l -4 II taxes -:k\:U — P" I* 427,000 Net total sales of gas were 146.842,637,000 cubic feet compared 138,563,231,000 cubic feet sold in the previous twelve-month 1946 with period.—V. 163, :<br> Dallas Power & Period End. Aug. 1945 1946 6 Months Ended June 30 customers, to etc— allows., less returns, to Sales foreign subsidiaries Cost sales of sales, $4,266,027 188,996 Operating Federal 202,949 —-— depreciation $4,455,024 "•>-* ;+ ..v'---'. A 5,154,694 470,058 ■ ...in ■ iinBiiHH Other income, Net 10,090 15,240 Provision Prov. for for depreciation——— Federal taxes on s-i Loss$126,393 $911,742 : ^ for $4,612,000, of assets $225,813: which at June $752,000 30,. 1946 amounted to *$219,003 approximately represented cash. * •Profit.—v. 164, p. 76,927 935,787 ^7,59? $189,351 623 $2,526,152 6,714 $2,076,333 $275,989 iy $189,974 $2,534,866 145,667 8,656 5,679 73,475 233,217 ' • I — — 46,667 6,715 81,361 mtge. bonds & deducts— int. to surp. rcs._ ;. , $2,085,776 : 5J?So?2 t 77,210 Cr84,063 590,000 income period. Net .current income Transfer 102,738 99,420 on Other „ Loss 78,282 $275,986 3 revenues income Gross Int. —— oper. ■f $926,983 net Total — taxes taxes Other wiawiwrwr Loss$136,483 Balance 1946—Month—1945 1946—12 Mos.—1945 $988,154 $893,203 $10,088,064 $5,699,652 376,213 _ 345,068 3,957,266 3,821,075 162,668 177,133 1,477,705 1,842,771 95,005 , 107,724 1,191,154 1,051,880 Depreciation $6,542,736 483,409 expenses '*■ Light Co.—Earnings— 31— Operating -revenues $6,339,786 4,108,098 „,~j exclusive of Selling, administrative and general expenses V *.w 4 * 2850. p. $1,878,221 $2,704,605 profit for the period 164, p. 418. —V. Continental-Diamond Fibre Co.—Earnings— the , to voted change rights, Mr. Evans stated.—V. Subs.)—Earnings— $9,218,474 revenues Inc.—Output— week ended Sept. 29, i946' amounted to 191,900,000-kwh., compared with .172,200,000 kwh. xor the corresponding1 week of-1945, an increase of li.5%. '." Localpurchased) , were the double than $6,721,708 $12,523,692 sh. on 2,728,359 shs. $3.42 $2.46 $4.59 F. H. Lerch, Jr., President, states—The volume of gas sold to all classes of customers during the first six months of 1946 was 84,636,Net ^.announcedvthat System, output of; electricity * generated -and ! WW-' • Tom L. Evans, Chairman present , 1946 receivable,-$209,854; inventories, Co.—Larger Dividend Declared- have Nov. on completed ■ Total Pa., accounts preferred share for four common shares. * one Other of WUkes-Barre, (& Total income deductions 133,257 . Consolidated Biscuit Co., Chicago—Proposed Merger ot 1946 1946—« Mos—1945 Sales y $448,089; revenues operating Gross $880,122 ,302,865 $517,156 28,832 ; • $148,453 - — 30, Net of . main. contingencies share of — Total $6,500,607 3,663,891 358,567 3,986,462 78;977 — 1946 " directors when 1946—12 Mos—1945 $3,285,147 1,847,388 153,753 1945 1945. There $41,323,977 $39,349,441 $71,606,321 Purchased gas 11,437,259 10,993,317 20,668,822 Operating expenses 10,471,440 " 9,960,057 21,378,651 3,224,610 Maintenance 1,521,547 1,539,227 Cleveland fire loss 54,091 1,302,217 345,502 4.402,950 2,331,824 Deprec., depletion and amortiz 2,298,118 5,566,000 2,832.000 Fed. taxes on income—estimated— 4,366,000 Other taxes 3,885,318 1,940,868 1,957,048 1,295,000 Portion of payment to annu. fund—-— operating Net Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co. —Earnings— Period End. June 30— a i.ll $6,211,000 $18,439,000 $12,329,000 $9,822,000 V Operating 15, The —July 1 to Aug. 21 1945 Period Ended June 30— distributed in amortised be surplus, Dec. 31, July - Total de Caja" of the> "Bonos as $60',475 To Redeem Preferred Stock— 673,114 164, p. 1328. Consolidated Natural Gas Co. ng *rom Jan- 1. 1947, and a yearly coupon will be payable starti»S hi 1948. Distribution of these "Bonos de Caja"- t will The same 42,533 — — A dividend of 10 cents per share has been declared on the common stock, payable Dec. 16 to holders of record Dec. 5. This compares with 5 cents per share paid on April 25, last," and on April 25 and of in accordance with the sinking fund provisions and, on or before Oct. 28, 1946, $674, 874 would be deposited for redemption of 3J/2% debentures and $368,899 for redemption of the preferred stock. Net sales currently are running greatly in excess of the $123,487,826 reported for the past fiscal year which were at an all-time high. Working capital stood at $15,175,664 on June 30, compared with $12,591,534 shown for the 1945 fiscal year. The latter figure was After giving effect to the permanent financing which was consummated on October 5, 1945. Ratio of current assets of $23,386,679 to current liabilities of $8,211,015 was 2.84 to 1. Earned surplus on the same date was $3,812, 582 compared With $1,437,900 in the previous year.—V. 164, p. 1328. the E in the form of 4% having the years. 3 voted (net) , reported that earnings were enough so that approximately ;10% the outstanding debentures and preferred stock will be redeemed United company income on LIABILITIES—Mortgage notes payable, $120,000; accounts payable accruals, $126,256; estimated Federal taxes on income, $204*567: estimated renegotiation of war profits, 1945, $60,000; capital stock ($1 par value), $472,561; earned surplus, $148,453; capital surplus, $375,166; totfcl, $1,507,003;—^, 163, p. 3282.' *, -•'# Dec. 1,358,422 > "3V and Cummings, President, reported to stockholders at the .an¬ meeting held Sept. 3 that the company had ended its fiscal year June 30 with the highest sales and greater amount of working capital and earned surplus in its history. Mr. Cummings further that Guaranty Trust Co. of New York, States, has been notified that on Sept. distribution to stockholders, out of th<j special reserve fund, of a dividend for the fiscal year 1945-46, in ine amount of 4o pesos Argentine National currency per share of the »eues a, B and C, and 8 pesos Argentine National currency per share *n 1946, $121,464 5.974 $308,322; total current assets, $966,265; property, plant, and equip¬ ment: Land, buildings, machinery and equipment, at cost, $652;584; for depreciation and amortization, $121,343, $531,241; patents (net), $1,011; deferred charges: Prepaid taxes, insurance and expend $8,486; tota! $1,507,003. < ? |f Nathan Voted— Oct. on de stock, f5 123,516 expenses—. reserves nual has objected.— 160, p. 716. > 513,071 37,850 2,358,373 263,083 601,650 Consolidated Grocers Corp.—Current Sales Up 58%— hearing American % y . income Sales American's consents, in the plan t0' which the city of Minneapolis ?rCs^«e V. Earned 50% Co.—Hearing Set— to for i $1,265,407 — Surplus net income $9,595,245 amortiz. in: Federal on Earns, SEC it and In . ^ V: —- preferred stock at $25 of the amendment, American proposes 1,100,000 shares of new common to is for . . - BALANCE SHEET, JUNE 30, $2/164,023 $11,104,090 172,986 660,806 of prem. on bondsAmounts. equiv. to re¬ to week the . 1. Other deductions ASSETS—Cash, $3,707,804 - 1946 a $1,000,000 1,020,427 Crown Drug company and its subsidiary, to acquire the assets of Minneapolis Gas Under and ■'I ACCOUNT, SIX MONTHS ENDE& JUNE 30, 1946 Provision for Federal taxes $3,541j804 166,000 income—i income Gross - the the stock. make the from share. per $127,438 revs._ Other income Net plan from $3 to $1 per share. has requested the City of Minneapolis to assignment by Minneapolis Gas to American its prop- American told erty, & Power to ^ower Co., offered . 194,615 amounted an Amer*can subsidiary, will be considered at u 15, & notes Net profit from operations income $10,150,472 $10^24^987 $41,193,895 $41,738,247 3,084,138 : 3,T)84;p76 11,990,508 12,281,395 165,835 142,370 1,150,163 1,076,589 4 Wks. End. Aug. 21 amendment of 4% Selling, advertising, administrative and general $3,717,212 595,574 expenses—. Taxes— 7.1% 272,144,894 as compared with 239,994,206 for the corresponding in 1945, an increase of 32,150,688 or 13.40%.—V. 164, p. 1591. be -Loan Placed Other $13,460^440-$13,469^)34 $54,334,567 $55,096,231 7,960,734 7,414,327 30,895,749 32,302,669 amortiz.™: l,2B9,-593 1,630,455 * 5,944,592 6,293.067 608,313 .2*260,228 6,390,135 7,570,544 oper; Operating weekly kilowatt hour output of electric energy of subsidiaries corporation, adjusted to show general business conditions of 1946, to Cost of goods sold $2,927,024 1946—3 MPs.—1945: revs.—_ oper. revenues,— Steam heat'g oper. rev. Commonwealth & Southern Corp.—Weekly Output— 26, shares common J—-——— Net sales 957,164 - , Other Sept. of Crampton Manufacturing Co.—Semi-Annual Report— • only)—prem. and exp. on bds. red— «Period End. June 30— Electric , ended amount [Including Maryland Counties Gas Co, wholly owned subsidiary! 164, p. 1590. jmjtwy served, for the week like a 274. p. number Consolidated Gas Electric Light & Power Co. of Bait. Increase > 173;42o,OUO . 193,446,000 176,491,000 7—— new tire $4,382,486 Co. ' .180,203,000 193,189,000 „ Sept. 14 Community Gas . the working capital. 21,327,503 v 2,124,155 1 $4,674,377 income Total 193,279,000 reduced Earned surplus, June 30, - - year: has Insurance Co. $1,250,000 15-year 3% loan, due serially March and Sept. 1, to Sept. 1, 1961; In addition $500,000 2% loan was sold to Chemical Bank & Trust Co., New York and City National Bank & Trust Co., Chicago. Of the proceeds $750,000 was used to re-^ 1,330,386 '.9 ♦ , , The company ern Mutual Life 291,891 >,4 York--, V? e -A 1946 $29,164,529 — — New Privately— has placed privately with the Northwest^ 30, — — — ble in consolidation • 1946 Sept. 28 A JUNE —— v' „ Cornell Wood Products Co. 1591. . _ iA'" Ar-v ' 1 350,000 to 150,000. The stock is to be offered at $8.25 Aronson, Hall & Co. are underwriters.—V. 164; p. 1591. Special charge equivalent to related tax reduction (applica¬ 23,082,683 _... percentage comparisons with last this p. 44 By an amendment filed Sept. 25 company has eliminated the pro¬ posed offering of 80,060 shares of cumulative preferred stock (par $25) in ;: The FOR RESULTS " income tric ■Electricity output of the Commonwealth Edison group of companies," excluding sales to other electric utilities, for the week ended Sept. 28, showed a 1L4% increase over the^correspondiug period last year. Following are the kilowatt hour output totals of the past four weeks of 164, Income deductions of Consolidated Electric & Gas Co. 26,844,827 13,732,000 $145. V'.v?v Continental-United Industries Co., Ii Amends Registration Statement— Net income before income deducts; of Consolidated Elec¬ .I v.' 307,000 —-T- 11,765,126 Weekly Output-^ —V. — Edison 1946 o.7%. Sept. 1941.—V. Income deductions of subsidiaries - and * • INCOME 7,239,000 14,032,207 .13,732,000 $1.02 outstd. of six since operating income Other income (net) kilowatt hours were 4,810,821,589 In compared with 5,376,971,685 In the corresponding period of 1945, a decrease of 10.5% caused by a re¬ duction of more than 20 % in output to industrial customers, offset In .part by an Increase in residential and commercial sales.. Total electric revenues decreased 0.7%.; * ' * '*.>!■ •Total sales of gas in therms were 157,746,110 in the first six months of 1946 compared with 163,934,511 in the corresponding period of 1945, a decrease of 34%. Total gas revenues increased first •• Consolidated that company revenue on income— Earned per share the the He will take the place of Utility 4,491,000 643,000 prop.- Number of shrs. of deductionsfederal income and excess profits taxes— Retirement and amortization Reserve ' accruals... un- net " ■& ; and the by t. Oct. on • revenues 1 — losses of Consol. „s Controller appointed Senior Assistant Controller of Con¬ be in charge of the company's general announced Department Operating Operating disc. of debentures, to acquire debentures and bonds' of underlying companies and to redeem outstanding pro-' ? £erred; stocks1 called for payni^ht Ocl; 1—Y; 163;"tt. will and CONSOLIDATED 47,096 , .2,265,500 of and expense elected was 4%% Consolidated Electric & Gas Co. (& Subs.)— Earnings 10.457,557 1,500,000 24,383 57,057 Cr66,000 Cr301,360 7,954,300 17,556,200 -4,876,600 Cr2,189,600 intang. debt amortiz. post Auditing applied as a— Write-down of has been Controller of this company for Sept. 10 elected a Vice-President of the part of the Consolidated Edison which is Launey, Auditor of this company since 1941, retired from Oct. 1 under the provisions of the company's retirement He was succeeded by Arthur E. Hald, Manager of the program. - 750,000 Crl68,600 9,970,900 cons— taxes profits taxes. Chgs. equiv. to Fed. tax Total 22,018,454 19,910,367 4,810,742 31,299 Fed. exc. reducs. on Co., S. that . debt deductions income Continental Telephone Co—Sells Debentures Private^ company has sold privately $4,800,000 25-yefct 3.%% debentures, series A, dated Aug; 1, 1946, due Ai^fi 1, 1971. Proceeds will be used to redeem outstanding : ly—The Rodey, Associate Controller, has been placed in charge of the company's tax department.- .■ charged to Fed. -—J1 : 750,()00 unfunded on other & ^ ^ jjb*v »nii.B,. ,11 ■!»■■■ Arthur E. Hald-will Reuel O. Launey, who plans to retire on that date under the company's age rule. Mr. Hald has been Manager oi the auditing department since 1941. disc. & expense Int. 22,410,648 19,936,096 ■ cost property Int. 11,247,120 9,953,622 .i - I department. also was become auditor f '»•*-\ depreciation- Amcrtiz. of & taxes Federal who was was Edison ■ State, 'T .i: "ffl i "I also was John V. Cleary jj. f■ years, a A-7^ and solidated 98,219,225 192,638,793 192,080,720 108,823 104,880 296,238 2,789,518 5,385,408 5,421,718 35,574,626 76,170,640 70,900,895 5,521,865 11,612,067 11,260,530 , - jjj ^ ■>' Iff appointed Controller of the New York Steam Corp. He was formerly Senior Assistant Controller of Consolidated Edison. • 97,719,591 191,537,756 191,002,515 499,634 1,101,037 1,078,205 97,160,315 774,464 — income Other Bischoff, 23 Charles' E. Eble 1946—12 MoS.—1945 1946—8 Mos.—1945 J. past Co. r„'.; ,.i, i ..... ■„I| f , System, Commonwealth Edison Co. (&Subs.)~Earnings— , h.miImT.'-I Westchester Lighting 164, p. 1206. Period End. June 30— iT ■' 1,1'r I Changes in Personnel— ' 9,345, - - of 6.7%. $109,503 31,755 . the income— Net ry. oper. y *15,979 ' 1,115,172 ,140,485 46,325 . railway..--,.-. from Net $152>807fj . railway. from 1943 1944 * *'3,085 • 7,450 Net *y. oper. income. Gross 1545 $109,593 1946 $152,402 ■ distribution of electricity amounted "to 182,300,000 kwh., compared with 170,800,000 kwh. for the corresponding week of last year, an increase Columbus & Greenville Ry.—Earnings^August— ■ .. ■. :-a surplus,.—$14L246.$128,973* > Dividends applic. to pfd; stocks for thei period-' <Balance. i:Balance J —V. 164, p. i.i:;,,,' 1206. • " ■ • k? ; . 362,474 $1,305^00 : $1,110,26® - I ^ s •:?.i ,.i \. ' /j 1/1 o Davison Chemical . at Corp.—^Changes Personnel— 111 ', 6% meeting oi the board oI directors held oil Aug. E7, 1$46, the following changes in officer personnel were made: At. C. Hoop, formerly Secretary and Controller, was elected Treas¬ urer and continues to hold the office-of Secretary. V W. B. McCloskey, formerly Assistant Secretary and Assistant Con¬ troller, was elected Controller. ^ • E. J. J". J. the tax matters Griffin, corporation. the organization on Sept. who joined Assistant Controller. Mr. Griffin construction Finance Corporation, Acting Chief, V. 164, p. Administration to comes Davison he Office where Division, from the standing debentures and of Re-_ 275. payable acceptances and accounts payable that 1 Accrued Fetiod End. Gross June 30— & revs. oth. 1946—3 M6S.-—1945 at prices in not the principal of excess . „ amount $6,037,145 $5,432,358 3,142,433 2,807,345 394,383 , T^Xfes ether income Federal than 457,554 5 1- 458,231 income taxes— Gross prof, , 682,000 income $1,296,925 at result $1,083,832 112,502 $971,329 of the reduction profits deduction of is excess the for tax company's shown $3,832,053 450,011 816,«8o-' ~ Gross tax has $3,382,041 been reduced of purposes bonds. An $1,959,327 costs amount $1,509,316: $990,000 applicable equivalent as a to to the from Net ry. —V. • August— 1946 railway.... is Gross Net $3,641,095 627,080 600,157 income— railway railway 'August— 1946 from ry. railway railway.. 1943 $4,609,313 678,224 1,100,300 579,514-; in than From Jan. 1— Gross 'from Net Net ry. 5,834,859 2,323,975 Gross and power 1944 $6,547,560 1,670,827 1,499,246 325,892 566,527 783,472 gas. depreciation— Federal income taxes... exc. profits ry. to due Net oper. Oct. Gross 54,815,648 19,415,623 8,844,672 income balance for Number of 778,422 547,923 Earns, —V. per funds •J 1,073,930 273,246 333,228 333,039 $1,036,398 $2,436,016 110,296 24,603 ry. $2,546,312 279,989 575,130 $781,012 $1,971,182 160,000 $1,811,182 1,162,600 & Rio Net ry. $701,012 1,162,600 $0.60 Grande Western $1.56 Gross Net ..' 1944 from Net ty —•V. railway $6,438,927 $6,164,963 income— 164, p. 1591. 2,084,687 1,250,648 52,360,406 45,368,733 14,197,956 9,192,588 46,646,2^3 20,840,749" 20,447,502 8,688,650 , 1,996,165 .. ■i ry. 28, Other — y Net income *The provision / Detroit for & from Net from Mackinac Net ry. Prom Gross Net and State annual oper. income. Jan. 1- from from railway railway 64590 4MW nss 217 504 (& 84,316 58,261 *220^000 taxes provision Operating income $204,029 161,148 $26,888* 2,062 • ... income Gross ———. income ... $28,950 8,055 , Total- income deductions Prov. for Fed. Coast income Public taxes 157,392 Operating Operation Taxes (incl. Net . oper. inc. revenues In 3'179 $24,919 -$112,233 Income $400,000 for res. Interest amortization $207,100 $218,600 $217,000 Miscell. 21,262 36,113 $164,777 $2,621,793 25,583 342,625 $190,360 $2,964,418 61,800 37,003 2,752 741,679 425,942 23,084 *14,988 *21,368 2,743 9,984 16,928 $88,805 $1,773,713 $1,524,893 1,828,300 389,998 2,280,000 *206,070 30,907 265,299 486,191 173,312 C. were of } deductions Balance Preferred dividend a 2% stock dividend on the com¬ holders of record Oct. 11. No fractional to stock distribution cents Feb. on was 1 and made on Aug. 1, May 1946, each. dividends of 2% paid. each and one cash 9-4°3 $75'619 *3,424; 2'69° to to $.03 in the past fiscal year. He told 85 ® E, 77,652 24,710 $1,447,241 21,477 $1,671,352 $1,425,764 $1,671,352 $1,425,764 interest U. A stockholders that subsidiaries (as above) __ 232,368 Ealance 164, and p. for ^ dividends 157,140 and 156,694 $1,746,580 surplus 419. Ebasco Services For $1,631,022 ... interest available 205,258 $1,903,720 Expenses, taxes —V. year. $1,474,329 Inc.—Weekly Input— the week ended Sept. 26, 1946 the System inputs of client companies of Ebasco Services Inc., which are subsidiaries of American Power Si Light Co., Electric Power & Light Corp. and of former National Power & Light Co., as compared with the cor¬ responding week during 1945 were as follows (in thousands of kilo¬ operating watt-hours) . Net 1946 sales B°°tS general Profit on and 1945 : — 406,566 550,589 399,283 $2,393,741 administrative $3,006,020 expenses.. 50lj352 i'ales 4392 17733 fiVpsn 66 750 S !' 63 968 Operating Subsidiaries American $21,047,966 $20,108,353 17,697,070 116,201,698. Loss under leasehold Interest on notes payable Other deductions-net ,diy!idends Distubutions* Electric Power Pov/er *Based m common stock on (60c stock share share) per (4% Former National at end of . Trnri'p Trade 172 123 with acr. int ' 1945 -v ' sup... 3,676,818 at cost, less reserves " 15,286 : ----L1SZZ7J11ZZZZ 1 An '156 989 ' 9Q*7 3,235^310 3,419,041 cost or less.... insurance and rent duties 2,626,550 514. QRO 14 184 • w FOR JULY AND 12 revenues income Other oper. taxes... 04 881 lso',772 Total (net)— $4,033,127 $3,977,348 115,546 1,479,689 1,308,296 18,877 24,333 185,610 296,943 290,802 34,867 29,903 420,953 574,260 35,414 401,617 390,752 $109,547 $1,248,314 9,532 $1,216,523 29,866 amortlz.. 18.267 $1,257,847 221,700 $1,246,389 235,850 $92,453 $1,036,146 3,539 1,173 $110,721 17,802 /' Balance —$70,120 Preferred dividend requirements —'V. 196,713" $84,333 $87,922 Balance $14jl64 673 $i1>30ot195 1946—12 Mos.—1945 $333,622 35,359 revenues.. income Balance Interest & 1946—Month—1945 $364,990 25,000 taxes Other MONTHS ENDED JULY 31 164,342 21,088 8 ,24° ' a Pr^no^ taxes, Prepaid ifnvestl^ents» at Import Process and Operating Fed. 1 482 940' assets): Wnvp^aAeK^1S' WOlk in I Dries *1.4 11.4 (Tex.) Electrie Co.—Registers With SEC— Period End. July 31— ^754,566 1"292 831 ' ' , *769 10,673 ■ - Net valued at or below the lower'co'st market (exclusive .of import duties car¬ ried in other . NOTE—The above figures do hot include the system inputs of any appearing in both periods. The system of Dallas & Light Co., a forfher Subsidiary of Electric Power & Light Corp., is henceforth includted," for both 'periods, in American. Power & Light Co. group.—'V. 164, p. 1591. ; Operation Maintenance Depreciation 31 mventones. 55,729 93,197 104,020 ; Pet. 6.1 . j $3!585io88 10,811 Power EARNINGS $2 30 1946 g°vernmen^receivable securities, accounts . Amount companies' not 399 284 year. BALANCE SHEET, MAY ASSETS- Light Co. . due 189,554 Cash Power '"Decrease. 1945 177,256 bidding. Net proceeds together with general funds, Will be applied to the redemption of its $6,500,000 of first mortgage bonds, Series A, 3*/4%, 1970, at 108. • < $647,223 _L1_5 $3S outstanding 1946 Light Co._—188,667 Light Corp 54,960 company Sept. 27 filed a registration statement for $6,000,000 first mortgage bonds due 1976 to be sold through competitive 591 701 each). & —Increase— of— & The W •- I:;:::;;;;:::-:: on com- stock per common ,UV"n iFixed 657,789 77,652 Total past assets, 649,848- minority to Non-subsidiary income Geier, President, predicted that sales this fiscal year might total of $25,000,00$ compared with $21,000,000 for the a ncc srrS E. Co. 440,888 $1,696,061 Applicable dividend' I or $9S deductions, B. V. G. & Balance INCOME ACCOUNT FOR YEARS ENDED MAY 31 • • accruals EASTERN UTILITIES ASSOCIATES- year. compared hv a"er, by 1943 W'49? & Earnings of declared similar 30 stock $2,714,098 731,390 1,737,400 686,739 $2,398,598 315,500 50,922 weaving, production and yarn processing capacity would be increased upon completion of two new mills in North Carolina next 1945 auartpr 1946—12 Mos.—1945 $98,583 Retirement 1943 addition, the company two shnwn as i^c '?9'999 Earnings— Subs.)—Earnings- $198,115 61,879 35,944 1,709 Balance 1,703,400 145,204 dividends year, cents 39,021 $165,964 32,151 1944 income.._ year. $154,434 $919,203 $12,299,562 $11,735,959 539,567 7,235,752 6,874,796 53,261 610,704 618,088 161,598 1,831,313 1,844,477 45,460 133,160 taxes) 22,223 1 6,937 $44,296 15,026 . 4,350 (& $981,247 636,664 1945 income— 18 $147,496 M15 5. 1946—Month—1945 1946 A 624,827 $42,881 Cr4,500 ... Associates July 31— revenues $236,900 Oct. 30,'46 $772,324 $25,395 Non-oper. income, net- on June of East Co.! Service surplus 163, p. 2851. period End. 641,008 issued. 12 Mos. End. 1945 $183,837 156,948 Operating revenue Operating revenue deductions Eastern Utilities Judging from earnings in the first three*months of this fiscal year,' Geier expected the earnings will approach $4 a common share $1,032,942 on of June 30 1946 128,676 " $883,631 407,500 Subs.)—Earnings- Silos. End. 3 / 1943 Profit for year $515,853 $142 008 49'ofo of East Coast Public Service Co. $445,543 f 210,176 Ry.—Earnings— 1Q4fi railway! $376,143 448,008 cash 30 ,9f?£ .... losses railway $367,471 77,498 55,821 401,112 railway railway "Earnings Federal one Period— 3V2S, 69,093 be 1,375,000 8,396,029 two and amounts Maintenance railway railway 1,375,000 *8,826,594 dividends, one of $753,490, payable in the month of of $645,848, payable in the month of July. Therefore, $4,951,504 and $8,826,595, respectively, include the dividend of $645,848 declared in June, '1946, payable in July, 1946. The amounts stated for the six months and"l2 months' periods ended June 30, 1945, include but six monthly dividends and 12 monthly dividends, respectively.—V. 164, p. 7. • the . J__ the company's policy to declare and pay dividends oh stock each month; however, in June, 1946, the company common June —V. 1944 1328. p. $8,806,816 $10,507,649 • been El Paso _____ basis of tbe result of a August— ; 348 250 incurred in the fourth of the sale of property, etc;—V. 164, p. 1328. reason Gross income l.i ^rrh/PH1Snfnas arrived at 687,500 4,305,656 -Earnings- 1945 SSKeS™ " on mortgage income... will this E. l^6'nCOme-------- interest _ 1,799,589 223,055 income Federal and State taxes $6,095,590 687,500 t*4,951,504 836,441 stock, payable Oct. Selling, 346,806 ... than first 2,795,647 directors * 1945" $3,676,719 $3,518,762 2,009,082 .... v Taxes, other road's 634,239 oper. Last of ; 1946 ——L expenses Depreciation, its stk. 1591. j0ld --TProvision for depreciation 6 Months Ended June 30— revenue bonds, which will mature at period of 16 years, are designed the 2,849,356 oper. shares 1,701,970; / Denver Tramway Corp. (& Subs.)—Earnings— Operating Operating a of Duplan Corp.—To Pay 2% Stock Dividend— 2,953,632 286,305 . considered, Oct. The over 14,832 from The $6,486,351. 2,131,746 33,148,495 4,567,819 1,982,442 oper be Mr. 515,220 ___ $5,284,911 — 1st pfd. stock. Applicable 1943 880,409 Gross from railway—1 $7,595,906 $11,798,058 $13,490,104 1,500,376 2,991,241 2,982,455 *Deficit.—V. 164, p. 1207. RR.—Earnings— 1945 From Jan. 1— Net to 2,853,929 562,357 from Net $1 18 $4,798,989 income— bids 179,567 fiscal railway oper. for From Jan. 1— paid * $0.97 &»et from railway.. 25,384,705 13,885,249 5,234,771' 2,696,433 from $1,373,178 1,162,600 80,000 1946 from income. ♦It has $6,549,902 4,607,973 1,72.6,331 - 27,430,400 Tt,185,654 7,624,841 $377,443 '46,513 from ry. $1,533,178 160,000 2290. Denver deducts cum. declared railway.... railway 164, Net $2,110,305 577,127 r-August— . .$6,772,171 1,487,259 1943 1946 oper. Net $2,070,574 39,731 $1,061,001 share. , , , 1944 $5,955,071 3,885,934 2,162,326 7,418,614 bonds. retirement from reach Gross serial for 1962.—V. 364, p. 1, from Gross 1,113,504' 1,032,801 329,557 231,410 132,646 166,083 $1,123,894 1,162,600 shares. com. 163, p. of .$1,200,000 annually August- 632,341 1,117,566 1,298,574 515,967 $1,203,894 80,000 common. com. of 27,096,493 13,617,767" Duluth Winnipeg & Pacific Ry. 277,137 — - stated Mr. vigorous increases From Jan. 1— mon Net income Preferred dividends number a invitations from —V. $1,481,031 deducts... inc. -J Dividends (cash)— high," 1945 19,896,938 7,558,782 4,315,978 from Net 1946—12 Mos.—1945 319,930 $1,413,178 67,853 Gr?SS income Total B. all-time an $5,493,926 3,404,082 2,010,292 2,054,103 railway railway Net ry. oper. income— Net $12,966,821 $12,946,305 1,573,759 3,443,800 3,164,225 1,632,112 2,998,437 3,252,456 116,457 (net) by this corporation Sands, President, re- Duluth South Shore & Atlantic Ry.- 1,192,166' Subs.)—Earnings— 171,961 taxes.. revenues— income Total income Common Merrill ago, 3,431,333 has issued 2,973,692 643,766 $7,538,980 $11,666,107 $13,364,146 56,986 131,950 125,958 - "balance ' Other Gross > Recording instruments $5,356,265 income. company provide Net 543,453 Federal taxes.... and local revenue— income^— $6,468,271 (net) State $6,706,753 65,417 oper. 5% 1946 oper. 583,700 249,533 other Other 2,641,020 52,712,406 14,659,990 8,101,262 taxes Other Telephone Today's output is the greatest in Dicta1081. 164, p. railway.. railway.. from 1,842,200 292,833 690 taxes taxes..— Net $7,445,543 799,619 prof, income Invites Bids— 1943 $6,644,978 1,904,'614 1946—6 Mos.—1945 , Maintenance Fed. year from Net 2,380,829 3,237,974 1,203,033 1,579,656 - .. the rate of (& of From Jan. 1— - J.;i Period End. June 30— Operating revenues Operating expenses for a from Gross Prov. Output recording from The RR.—Earnings— 11,326,051 3,443,580 Delaware Power & Light Co. Purchd. 1,530,030 560,784 — railwayrailwayNet ry. oper. income. 10,140,330 6,139,921 5,766,420 $6,093,311 1,263,788 668,098 tV. 164, p. 1206. * 50,605 1,467,119 468,964 1,578,533 345 V 2,846,538 Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Ry.—Earnings— 32,109,969' 8,923,704 44,788,218'? 50,684,613 income... oper. 56,523 2,935,806 August— railwayrailway from 40,803 production since V-J Day. phone history."—V. • taxes- 142,959 2,873,966 1,363,159 431,823 1,072,051 271,654 telephone greater Net 33,990,065 1945 $6,275,074 1,241,122 614,339 income— oper. 163,363 91,655 income - excess State 4,407,686 131,366 2,201,228 3,376,122 2,236,577 131,021 1,133,785 • (net) $305,953 55,847 Corp. 15, for $19,200,000 Net $349,510 ' 2,702,177 August— $4,002,571 806,157 31,858,716 6,581,539 3,335,321 Delaware Lackawanna & Western Net from 174,445 backlog of orders stands at "Fortunately, we have shown Sands. Gross 1944 328,814 28,011,629 3,657,919 1,955,925 Net rv. oper. income... —V. 164, p. 1206. Gross 1943 5 1944 ; $277,055 . ' . 841,369 from from Federal Fed. A.41945 ..4,256,083' 1,144,800 plant adjusts..-. (other than inc.) 1206. p. 300% "Our 2,144,606 >of"elec. Ambrt. Total Dictaphone - Net 1945 $4,234,904 railway.— oper. - 1,248,808 ported. Prom Jan. 1— ■ 1,696,936 1946—12 Mos.—1945 TPEprvp Instruments at Record High— Split-up of Shares— Delaware & Hudson RR. Corp.—Earnings- Net ry. 1,369,757 3 Net : At the special meeting called for Nov. 6, the stockholders will vote on increasing the authorized capital stock from 500,000 shares to' 1,500,000 shares and on decreasing the par value of the capital stock from $1 to 50 cents per share in order to effect a' split-up of the present stock on a two-for-one basis.—V. 164, p. 1328. Net from 6,375,417 3,004,550 * 1946 income—_ oper. r ! this Decca Records, Inc.—Proposes Reduction in Par Value from 6,087,130 2,423,454 $395,491 railway. 164, . 86— Feriod End. June ' . Operating revwatteBit— $21,446,068 $22,365,776 $42,560;833 $44,076,861 -8,103,553 7,211,911 15,820,536 14,635,948 Operating •expenses—Maintenance 2,683,488 1,397,158 f 1,158,761 2,432,127 Af>prop. to retirement as and Two-for-One Gross 6,070,406 2,279,009 $709",640 * railway Production " of . 176,966 . railway ry. oper. income— Net months ended June taxes are 283,186 % 121,134 .From Jan. 1— a special charge in income deductions for the 30, 1946. The special charge and the reduction' both non-recurring.—V. 164, p. 146. 12 of $3,560,-275 in 1945.—V. 164, p. 7. acquisition railway from 291,4'8l shares at-May* 31, 1946 -and 280,586 shares tAfter Reserves fdir depreciation of $3,818,376 in • from Net '450,'0'H 174,231 - - from ■3,033,048 $14,164,673 $11,300,195 and Taxes Gross $490,813 201,293 56,697 Detroit & Toledo Shore Line RR.—Earnings— — 1,402,930 521,903 3,924,978 surplus ♦Represented by May 31, 1945. * V August— 112,502 v' .$688,514 115,572 243,514 6,219,807 1,849,327 993,175 railwayrailway-:—. Net - ry. - oper-. income —V. 164, p. 1207. $2,776,308 .946,973 $603,316 — refinancing 1,253,000 2,982,800' Net Net income Preferred dividends NOTE-^-Federal $5,769,026 990,000 219,470 $590,762 400,728 from from Net . . 213,093 $'987,010 1943 From Jan. 1— Gross 1,695,029. l'457;i05 Duquesne Light Co.—Earnings— 1944 * 148,923 84,176 600,000 — Total1'. . 1945 , 2,028,413 1,812,330 2,193,000 255,000 $822,786 . ^ 1946 Gross froni railwayNet froin railway— Nfet -ry/ opef. income. < «* 431,842 273,000 703,000 taxes- Special charge Interest -and other fixed Charges .Balance 1,709,626 Fed. — Fed. excess $24,301,445 $22,198,169 12,562,160 11,462,618 — —— Earned "* > 1,476,376 120,286 87,444 ... payable —.—4— r~ for contingencies *Common stock of no par value .— Capital- sur. (resulting from stock dividends) _ Detroit Toledo & Ironton RR.—Earnings— August— liabilities 526,178 *— — Reserve 4 be • for Dividend \ nxii. purchase of out¬ , 1946-—12 Mos.—1945 inc. Operation and maint... Prov; for depreciations 1,050,103 — and other compensation ^estimated Federal, taxes Other * accrued accrued trustee by lot.—V. 164, p. 1206. light Co.—Earnings— & 5,000,000 — * wages Provision 1946 Dayton Power Si:,M> Notes Trade * interest. Any amount not so applied within 20 oays applied by the trustee "to the redemption on Jan. 1 1947, oi ah equivalent principal amount of debentures at the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of redemption. '"the particular debentures to be redeemed shaU -be; selected by tne been serving as Rubber Reserve.;-—, has Oct. on of the issue. .The trustee will apply these funds if possible, to the ' elected Was :v'tlABILITlESr-Tu- of / J - announced was shall 3, ' J fund ,'K- the for $450,000 About Redeem ' - this, corporation Jias_ paid to Equitable Trust Co., Detroit, Mich., trustee, for its 20-year 6% sink¬ ing-fund debentures, the sum of $450,000 for deposit in the sinking formerly Manager of the Tax Department, was Secretary and Assistant Treasurer. He will continue Assistant handle Debentures—<• It _ Hardesty, elected to Detroit Steel ttorfe.—To ;, a 164,.p. 1328. ^ ; ; »• ^ 67,501 $968,645 . .. . • $1,010,539 - • 67,501 $943,038 • ' ..." - Number 4531 Volume 164 THE COMMERCIAL ^FINANCIAL CHRONICLE BALANCE SHEET, JUNE 30, (Thomas A.) Edison, Inc.—Iliter. Elected Director— current i ferred EI Paso Natural GasCo. (Del.) (& Subs.)—Earnings— 1946—Month—1945 Period Ended June 30— $598,565 157,399 103,207 1,144,494 1.542.346 27,413 28,319 Explor. & devel. costs... 6,168 19,461 334,159 183,131 1 $232,702 Dr6,032 Maintenance depletion Taxes, other than Fed, Deprec., income Balance — 418,968 — _ $252,440 Z)?l,014 350,477 231,464 . Dr21,649 income Gross $226,670 Total income deducts... Excess "/ income .Pfd. stk, 84,000 389,926 997,926 div. 8,631 $2,054,095 103,579 $129,721 $1,950,516 surplus 164, p. 681. Gross Total interest dividend income.. Other income ^ :.. *' r *' u. ■ $520,000 income. 696,670 ry. $1,985,000 79.Q48 110,925 $1,044,563 $4,465,663 522,375 108,582 ,925,838 $659,418 $2,908,868 Pref. stock 1,059,917 1,514,167 4,956,373 373,616 BALANCE SHEET JUNE 459,706 431,565 Net companies.!.. 1945 367,500 625 Total $5 preferred stock $6 preferred stock Common .stock ($5. par) Accounts payable " declared ~ __ Reserves; (appropriated from - Deferred 58,818,760 26,251,788 401,745 1,059,916 "IT ~~ 604,160 capital" surplus"I 4,893,982 credits surplus Earned surplus it is not always to arrange companies in exact alphabetical However, they are always as near alphabetical position as passible. « • Period End. June 30 Subsidiaries— Operating '1946—3 Mos.—1945 3 Mos. revenues 29,152,256 11,881,388 2,042,395 2,801,977 2,694,495 Other taxes— taxes Charges in lieu on of taxes ■ 33,899,535 130,099,857 141,994,607 12,361,950 49,544,652 49,067,808 2,209,343 8,665,862 8,759,500 6,041,842 11,937,923 21,437,379; 2,985,221 11,635,939 12,057,715 2,600,000 Prop, retirement and depletion reserve ap¬ 19,158,003 20,064,771 Net oper. 5,566,743 5,572,937 26,557,478 86,250 86,250 345,000 27,571,112 345,000 5,480,493 5,486,687 26,212,478 27,226,112 275,453 264,290 599,779 573,249 revenues to Balance ! Transfers to from and of subs. Liah•t Other income ~ ''"<■ : expenses. I—"IIII int., etc., deducts, from income Prov. for Fed. taxes on tocoihB Bal. - 19,191,927 JDrl98,618 Dr496,000 4,141,753 3,756,526 19,385,713 400,385 505,216 1,699,100 18,695,927 3,808,347 173,218 921,396 670,721 3,560,437 3,078,092 16,765,217 14,216;859 Gross from, from Net ry. income— Jan. From Gross from Net from ry^ railway!— railway income— oper. 3,078,092 16,765,217 4,020 10,834 , 14,216,859 - - - carried to 14,230,984 Gross 608;948 Other 373,896 414 580,138 1,521,280 160,000 " '■ 105,000 206,000 - 299,000 con-. . 3,292,474 2,473,049 15,371,514 earn. surp. 11,801,756 d*vi-dend requirements appncaoie ro respective penoos wnetner carnea or 81,299,991 8,819,344 *42,660 (INCOME ■•iwF ■"•oiai STATEMENT OF COMPANY expenses Jnt. on debentures ?!?er, int. deductions— Amort, 130,167 618,399 608,948 364,725 109,144 568,281 1,458,900 25,697 "414 539 of debt discount and exp. on debs. income i Ped' taxes Net income Qn 11,318 9,171 Balance 36,683 105,000 206,000 299,000 . $2,646,515 -$1,923,627 • $9,958,953 $5,694,-703 revenue - 163, of Boston, Mass., store committee recommends S. Ames, that the offer be accepted. one 'i years. i Secretary.—V. 163, p. 901. as f; Redemption— m M federal 1945 1946 w. $2,329,669 885,274 taxes __ $1,294,291 735,794 after federal taxes outstdg (excluding, treasury profit $.1,444,395 818,568 $1.76 $558,497 j shrs. per p. share 1425. common on stk.) stock 818,568 ■,h $0.68 $ The New York Curb Exchange on Sept. 11 approved the listing of I ■># corporations approved the consolidation on Sept. 17. For details, see "Utility Equities Corp." in the "Chronicle" of Aug. 26, 1946, page 1128. Trading in the common and dividend priority stocks of Utility Equities Corp. was terminated on the New York Curb Exchange on Sept. 17.—V. 164, p. 1082. stockholders of both -I a (M. H.) Fishman Co., Inc.—September if 1 - for EARNINGS 85,000 166,601 169,595 Other $354,413 31,249 Crl41 450 , increase 100,000 shareholders in shares, their the common no-par.- Total Other to 150,000 company-also selling expenses $384,620 37»6?8 4,173 — — — $78,583 8,289 28,458 income deductions Prov. for Federal and State income taxes. ft shares was 27 author¬ of $1 t (net), on SHEET, JUNE t s hand, $1,000; cash on deposit, $111,493; accounts inventory, $215,168; permanent assets, $56,- total, $470,151. vLLABILITIES!»-Account8. payable! $34,458; 5 i, notes payable, hank, $23,- $10,465; reserve for (50c par) , $139,500, $56,889; total, $470,101. *' • 5 • • - ' * • loans payable, stockholders, $6,000; accruals, estimated income tax 1946, $28,459; capital stock paid in —V. 164, surplus, P. i'f k- 30, 1946 $85,000; other assets, $1,425; 000; par authorized to I $41,844 BALANCE •066; meeting held on Sept. stock The — ■0- $322,904 outstanding to 130,900 shares from 65,450, giving two shares of new stock for each share held of old. — number ; l ; profit income ASSETS—Cash annua) tV — — and Net profit 400 $383,480 . ; at 1946 Crl41 premium 2852. p. 1, 1946 to JUNE 30, 144,220 $415,038 surplus PERIOD JAN. of sales-- Administrative Gross 85,000 192,604 FOR Npt sales. Cost ■ 981,420 31,250 and "] Pa.—Earnings 49,273 expense dividends A#'" 1593. 164, p. Fleetwood-Airflow, Inc., Wilkes-Barre, $1,780,928 * $4,727,555 $5,438,039 93,331 51,964 $569,848 $679,294 $1,687,596 $1,970,413 1,056,211 Sales Increased 1946—9 Mos.—1945 1946—Month—1945 Period End. Sept. 30— 1945 $1,873,894 — — bond of stockholders an Trust the balance in quarterly instalments over five taxes 'receivable from Estate Real 104,308 y2 shares of $1 par $2 dividend cumulative preferred stock and 2,914,739.37 shares of the 10 cent par common stock, issuable pursuant to an agreement of merger whereby Utility Equities Corp. will be merged with and into First York Corp. Faultless Rubber Co.—Split-Up Voted— The Business First York Corp.—Listing, etc.— . 41,329,481 13,747,118 1946 . debt funded interest Balance —V. $169,380; earned 1593. surplus, - 'j • | • • U m Shares of company 163, —V. capital charges before on increase the » Com. , ized 160,000 34,145,693 13,714,065 Depreciation -— Taxes, other than Federal taxes on income Provisions for Federal norm. inc. tax & surtax • of John profit before —V. 1207. p. _____ Amortization ALONE) 1946—3 Mos.—1945 1946—12 Mos.—1945 $2,916,073 $2,532,690 $11,363,490 $8,123,931 income 11,038,718 gross Maintenance Other June 30~ , exploring Earnings 99,336,373" 106,468,081 104,412,199 25,363,249 income Interest - made for the sale of all stock not sub¬ the offering price.—V. 163, p. 779. VJ 41 $12,185,056 $11,325,732 $13,392,377 $13,947,331 5,521,452 4,209,782 1,793,981 2,274,878 1,518,916 1,093,207. 1,458,692 1,322,971 earnings Operating, costs other than those listed below— unearnd. fJS?0-? End* and Net • . ;;!,.« (< }' at Filene's Sons Co.—Offers $150 for that Federal 1943 96,519 operating Total ' and rights to sub- of the trustees of Business Real, Trust, considers that the offer should be accepted, and has assured the committee that his shares, will be deposited. Several other states Net Fall River Electric Light Co.—Earnings— 16,776,051 618,399 3,082,112 7-109,144 1944 1945 14,125 .130,167 3,562,032 shareholders to J will be made on or about Oct. 15, expire on Oct. 31. Sales *Deficit.-r-V. 164, 3,560,437 1,595 be offered 1— Net Corp.— railway railway oper. tp additional 40,000 First National Stores Inc.—Earnings- Erie RR.—Earnings— Net will an held. The shareholders' It The 1946 shares These of Quarter Ended June 29— 1944 which because is less than the pro rata reduction in such sale. $ Including $748,516 (prior 19,584,331 k^Solids^ted , resulting reduction 3,779,836 6 Months Ended June 30— • $2.80 expected to be employed throughout their normal life and not to re¬ place existing facilities.—V. 164, p. 1081. (as corp. above) Total $5,339,945 8,607,434 in cons. Electric Power & Nek equity of Total $5,379-,891 $2.82 7,227,926 August— Co,—Rights to Stockhldrs. issuance has called for redemption on Nov. 1, 1946, through, operation of the sinking fund, $625,000 of 20-year 3% debentures due May 1, 1961, at 100% and interest. Payment will be made at the office of J. P. Morgan & Co., Incorporated, New York, N. Y., or at The Cleveland Trust Co., Cleveland, Ohio.—V. 164, p. 1593. 2,119,092 1,971,141 - ■ 2,119,092 27,799,361 from the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.—Partial 7,459,038 26,812,257 reserves ority interests Net equity ot corp. • years authorized stock shareholders The 7,498,984 5,750,977 4,141,753 Total *Pfd divs. to public.— Portion applic. to min¬ ncome prior resulting taxes $1.47 at $7.50 a share on the basis of one share for each 8, Alfred Gardner 180,931 deductions . 011,486 period, $2,520,585) pro rata amount of tax reductions resulting from the sale of transportation property in 1945 and in 1944 in excess of related book loss. § Which are not offset by special charges include, in addition to the $748,516 (prior period, $2,520,585) referred to above, amounts which result from deductions, in excess of depreciation at usual rates, allowable for tax purposes as amortization of emergency facilities but not recognized in the accounts since such facilities are public, etc., franchise in write-downs of Federal $1.31 other possibilites, the shareholders' committee con¬ ducted extensive negotiations which resulted in the Filene's offer of full cash payments of $150 per share. The shareholders' committee consists of Charles W. Chamberlain and Eugene V. Sanger, Jr., with transportation property in sale of have common Oct. will After $1,424,465 in prior period representing pro rata amount on $771,628 ! shares down 12,083,406 4,635,854 Cr4,140 Dr23,310 (net) Gross income int. 1,975,940 9,470,782 1,614,193- Operating income Net book loss $689,230 letter, the committee states that it attemped to have, the offer straight cash offer.; At that time undisclosed principals offered $150 a share on condition that at least 51% of the shares be deposited for sale, payment for lots of less than 50 shares tp be in cash and payment for lots of 50 shares or more to be made 25% (1) (2) $148,442 In its $10,219,298 $14,603,991 $159,030 pro rata amount of tax transportation property in 1945. of $92,162 share on of com. of last May changed to a 2,157,388 23,055 5,755,946 Rent for lease'of plants shs. large shareholders also have assured the committee that they will sell. 4,269,732 3,824,593 3,411,522; 1,070,675 2,042,856 14,644 (applicable to com. stk. of parent co.) based on 1,909,968 shares sale 256,146 earned Estate $1,070,675 (prior period, $2,400,128), representing pro rata amount of those portions of premiums and expenses on redemption of bonds which are equivalent to resulting reduction in Federal income of 4,728,242 income • $16,758,996 $24,878,760 - of book loss pfd. stock of parent company including tOf $1,027,774 256,146 have been informed that Wm. Filene's Sons Co. (which leases the 26,703 214,679 (net) share, from $945,376 64,036 Co- ■properties owned by the Trust) has made an offer to purchase for $150r per share in cash all shares of the Trust which are deposited for sale on or before Oct. 15, provided at least three-fourths of all outstanding shares are deposited for sale by that date. - $16,973,675 $24,852,057 - taxes, and 4,165,258 per record The 5,344,682 886,977 5,107,800 revenues- to (Wm.) 2,446,761 5,529,850 — — income Total $212,479 64,036 . 26,513 Realty Trust— income, Divs,. on Per 3,036,322 propriations & deprec. Other 4,425,470 acquisition adjustments— taxes after extraordinary re¬ $3,795,131 (prior period, $10,- erty in excess 1946—12 Mos.- •1945 income Traction Arrangements have been for by stockholders $2,520,585) pro rata amount of tax reductions resulting from sale of transportation prop¬ subs.) $156,196 scribed $ Operation Maintenance Federal (incl. $1,267,854 240,080 ! directors scribe 4.470,193 Adjustment, for minority interests Earnings before giving effect to tax reductions resulting from amortization of emergency facilities and excluding $748,516 (prior period, Electric Power & Light Corp.—Earnings—• STATEMENT 4,418,614 4,773,810 891,643 excl. $748,516 (prior period, $2,520,585) -pro rata amount of tax reducts.-— §Extraordinary reductions in Fed. inc. taxes— possible $1,181,624 236,247 The offering 27,241,451 — Net $271,908 59,429 655,015 1945 29,968,714 jlnterest and amortization— tSpecial 'charges Pfd. div. requirements of sub. cos Applicable to minority interests order. EARNINGS & shares of of $61,559,729 $71,041,974 Balance itNet CONSOLIDATED • - reasons $202,841 46,642 i IV, „ Other taxes —-$459,198,231$495,094, 985 NOTE—-For mechanical in 1945. of plant Federal income income 438,288 24,465 ~ " Depreciation Other 105,560 12,211 dis¬ Federal Machine & Welder 15 — 323,201,620 323,201,425 29,755,417 33,385,851 —. Lt. 420,520 operating 5~997 603,539) rec'd stock . Maintenance Net $586,325 v—V. 164, p. 1592. $626,918 *$1,072,182 of $718,870 352,209 308,298 • 1946 v „ Capital — . Operating revenues Operation ductions $154,137 surp.,after pfd. divs! $1,722,233 293,948 184,290 170,237 1,575 facilities 981,032) $196,843 income Amount CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT, 12 MONTHS ENDING JULY 31 84,026,800 26,251,788 285,925 1,514,167 1,233*649 4,893,982 2,947,985 Pfd. ' dividends—Federal . $1,725,249 3,015 $1,104,552 273,621 33,077 170,237 697 , sale of transportation property $14,210,840 $20,301,200 _ * amortization Amort, 3,227,349 350,346 402,786 277,016 deductions- Net ' 1,693 703,673 96,501 87,035 193,456 income— •Income ! "Including $159,030 pro rata amount of tax reduction, resulting from ,200 $4,798,357 716,048 84,113 110,711 423,017 $1,109,131 4,578 : - : income gency $459,198,231$495,094,985 !. (net) and 1946—12 Mos.—1945 $4,976,369 of Gross Extraordinary reductions in Federal income taxes through allowance for amort, of emer¬ LIABILITIES— taxes income Net - 311,437 22,500 200 ZZZZ—IIIIIII ____ 1 >' Other income The - Other current assets Deferred charges—Prepayments Accrued . . Special charges : Pfd. div. requirements of sub. cos Applicable to minority interests 30 938 Others Dividends ; operating revenues— Interest 1,585,585 associate y split-up, the company in 1945 paid " July 10 and Oct. 10 on the old $5 / $1,234,803 income earns, sub. cos. from 524,903 $30,000,000 $30,000,000 Incoporated 100,000 "100,000 Bonds, Cuban Elec. Co. 6% deb. due 1948— 19,500,000 19,500,000 Stocks & op. war. Ebasco Services Inc. 1,690,000. 1,690,000 System, Companies and Miscellaneous 396,160,719 390,916,073 Cash in banks—on demand 11,309,769 20.899,517 Temporary cash invest.—short-term secur.— 68,479 30,067,979 receiv., on <« •: • 1946—3 Mos.—1945 taxes—__ Balanced 821,498 receivable was " , $1,107,717 retirements. Operating * 171,662 Other taxes Ebasco Services Acounts stock taxes_^ & ^Current 389,191 73,914 1,110,753 170,781 1946 five-for-one this year. .Excess profits, taxes 373,142 407,493 74,581 Balance COMPARATIVE Accrued int. 2,178,586 —— —— Investment Securities, and Advances (Ledger Value) Notes & ac. rec. Am. & For. Pow. Co. Inc.. . general Federal inc. 1945 * $5,275,631 ' 2,119,432 1946 $5,034,680 ; Depreciation of plant acquisition adjustments—' FederaL income taxes after extrordinary reduc¬ tions of $33,077 (prior period, $763,840)" 6,204,521 Assets— the of 37V2 cents each shares.—V. 162, p. 3191. posed Amort, dividends applicable to periods. to Deprec. (& Subs.)—Earn¬ ^Maintenance Other Net income April 25 and July 25, Operating revenue—_ Oper. exp., maint. & $3,570,154 expenses which 1207. p. Operating revenues Operation $5,673,186 161,117 12,353 211,675 $1,217,107 119,612 taxes Other income— oper. Month of July— 187,846 $815,745 Other preferred stock, 1592, Federal Light & Traction Co. (& Subs.)—Earnings—f 21,697,958 5,935,125 1,161,511 22,907,446 5,710,453 2,076,856 22,781,399 5,628,989 2,269,131 Engineers Public Service Co. (Inc.) 2,171,197 29,841 351,909 Gross income Federal inc. taxes 7% of p. , Period End. June 30— ; 682,117 183,465 , $3,314,143 2,369,738 10, Prior 1943 $2,559,577 1944 $2,879,536 649,650 249,073 1945 $2,087,562 67,519 ' *97,432 16,341,285 2,481,191 354,645 railway '■'Deficit.—V. 164, - 1946—12 Mos.—1945 ■ 461,657 4 ' ■> 1946 $2,702,817 840,641 462,154 railway—-1 from ' $503,858 437 ______ ' from Net . Total Jan. , Electric Bond & Share Co.—Earnings— 1946—3 Mos.—1945 164, dividend of 15 cents per share .has been declared on stock,.par $1, payable Oct. 25 to holders of record Oct. 10. Quarterly distributions of 10 cents each were made on this issue on ings— Period End. June 30— 4,545< shares :dividend& railway—. railway oper. income— ry. $2,100,777 ■ the but unissued.—V. the capital From Jan. 1—• $2,204,356 103,579 $101,853 require... eliminate given; To change the company's articles of incor¬ enter the general plastics field; to make 4,000 available for sale to executives and key men; A quarterly 1592. from Net $138,353 stock Fedders-Quigan Corp.—Quarterly Dividend Incr.— \V' * from Net $3,816,772 409,285 1,072,468 130,662 $110,485 8,631 ________ Balance, —V. $3,441,948 902 August— Gross * - Net - 32,185 income taxes.. profits tax..— Federal $251,426 30,752 82,321 may new Elgin Joliet & Eastern Ry.-^Earnings— $3,859,492 Dr42,719 ■ to par . $3,463,598 and was it so of authorized reacquired capital stock (973 shares of 7 pre¬ shares of common stock), $103,109; total, $163,- ; Net ■ and —V. 164, p. — Other income stock shares LIABILITIES—Capital stock (no par value), $155,044,139; accounts payable, $62,820; accrued interest (incl. $1,479 for which cash is in special cash deposits) , $2,405; dividends declared (cash in special cash deposits); $1,282,926; accrued taxes, $416,549; other current liabilities, $10,050; reserve, $57,203; earned surplus, $6,525,895; total, $163,401,985. i $7,953,094 1.550.345 37,736 $7,962,345 2,295,380 541,580 Approval also poration $2,462; assets, 401,985. 1946—12 Mos.—1945 $579,947 196,01'4 40,484 77,163 Operating revenues Operation 1946 ASSETS—Investment securities and advances (subsidiaries), $152,925,291; cash in banks (on demand), $5,689,157; special cash deposits, $1,287,487; temporary cash investments (U. S. Govt, obligations), $600,000; dividends receivable (associate companies), $2,794,478; other Riter, III, a partner of Riter & Co., investment bankers, has been elected a director of Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Mr. Riter is also Chairman of the board of directors of Copperweld Steel Co. and a director of Standard Cap & Seal Corp.—V. 164, p. 1328. Henry G. V / 1 *\ i ■x > ■ •v.-.- r.- • / •1*946 August—-' from Net railway—- from Gross railway $2,088,559 $2,301,458 514,489 $1,988,747 418,952 279,077 *195,969 Not ry. oper. income—.: i * $1,633,338 <67,107 - 991,324 598,484 ' 340,338 VI 8.009,377 i^etry. oper.' Income-*- : 2,166,892 3,610,612 railway raiway *Deficlt.—V. 164, p. 1201 reducing in 22,921,400 passenger 12,151,505 22,627,413 10,053,291 4,547,011 21,131,772 4,042,939 from from AA Period— AA •Operating ProdUCtiori^FallS^ General Motors Corp.—Car materials dio^d; last Shortages of baslc^raw factor 17,877.100 Net 6 Mos. End. June 30 units were produced in the 28, as against 27,374. In -high for the' current year. ... car a new was A,v<tv> Fruits, Jtac.,; Haines Cityi Fla.- The producers of frozen orange juice concentrate and products, on Sept. 26 filed a prospectus under Regthe Atlanta (Ga.j regional office of the Securities and Burnside & offering of 75,000 shares of com¬ an cents per share. The net proceeds of the offering, $236,250, together with a loan of $150,000 from the Exchange National Bank, Tampa, discounts $45,000 60 or : t Total that Operating revenues Operating'revenue deductions ^ " ,V71,066 81,937 $176,313 16,719 profits taxes Retirement reserve accruals 765,368 60,365 25,765 - ' United the (net). 'A v' $253,839 77,383 3,512 5,861 5,586 821 844 392 1,032 382 —Coaches 53 80 80 & G.M. 1,602 1,382 $149,049 Total Flour Mills of America, Inc.—Control— Gate, of formerly this U.S. has been acquired by Henry H. Vice-President of Tex-O-Kan Flour Mills corporation Executive of Dallas, Tex., and associates. The corporation has 461,504 shares Co. The number of shares not revealed.—V. 164, now Canada— 32,803 37,307 32,889 656,211 _ and owned of common for the 428,054 { stock outstanding. by Mr. Cate and his associates number holders for the third There the balance Food Machinery Sates—regular Satete—war Inc. fr. Motors - Prov. and postwar 1945. profits N«t income 1,717,098 of it is 56,620,891 20,346,073 103,078,816 The Cr322,800 839,184 1,486,200 1,271,273 $1,386,907 —— $873,071 1,354,830 8,924,813 u$2,220,184 $2,071,177 .power.equipment.-a. The Bolens facilities, which include a .modern plant building, well equipped with machine tools and fabricating equipment, will be called Products —John with Bean Division, Division "two other Food Machinery agricultural Manufacturing San Jose, of Calif.—V. Corp., divisions Co., Lansing, 164, p. 954. and Food of Mich., and will City Mfg. Co., St. dividend a the 280,'000 shares statement of ($1 par) common with stock the has SEC been June 17 of quire Interest Carolina capital in the shares of of sum $70,000) of the consideration for the shares without par value, being the 1,000,000 the company, to $180,000 in respect such reduction be effected by each ot 1,000,000 Public will Utilities of the said the said shares.—V. 158, of 1/10 share Carolina have been York Curb shares called of for Exchange \rk has cumulative redemption on received Nov. accrued dividends of 33 V3 cents per share. In view of the redemption call, the share of preferred into four shares of notice convertible 1 at $100 privilege common that 1 000 000 all preferred, a share, V. >...... of close business for be will each made deliver all an of of its own General common, date for the Public the 808,587 distribution preferred stock of South Utilities Carolina will it BALANCE value, of and Federal tories, the Fed, norm, and 1946—Month—1945 $856,029 $822,707 701,368 625,717 $100, ' Prov. plus payable taxes & Gas the of Electric Co. the on surtax- Fed. exc. profits Depreciation 45,500 13,900 44_, 369 57,598 tax .... 87,300 plant Gross Income income deductions— ^videnda $64,791 1,874 Divs. $467,913 2,517 $66,665 3,580 $40,709 3,450 declared~on~iommon3s°tock —V. 164, p. 826. $37,259 $713,328 248,263 A \ , $28,900; ac¬ » >., surplus, $651,919; $1,204,629;* earned surplus, • July and August operations were at a profit. August shipments were over $1,000,000, a record volume. Both Detroit and Adrian plants are booked to capacity for all ol 1947 and the remainder of 1946. /Work has started on 1948 models, for some automobile manufacturers. • "X-*-*- shares of will the of ac¬ Unfilled Orders on Hand Has Large corporation now is shipping more bathroom accessories in any one month than it did during an entire year prior to the war, it was announced on Oct. 1 by James Gerity, Jr., Chairman of the board, and Louis W. Blauman, President. This division of the company, The stock of ing General engaged in both die is manufactures, small some This "total the total became effective on Sept 27, it amount, 1946- casting and plating, as wel]2 as operat¬ was started in 1938. Unfilled according to Mr. Gerity. is Adrian the for orders unfilled bathroom for all accessory is departments department alone, many times this was 1946—12 Mos. 202'800, " 2,172,503 income $686,963* 297,902 Cr9,717 prem. on debt 495 income 3,753,187 5,099,182 covering 210,000 being registered, 120,000 shares of authorized but unissued stock are to be sold for the account, of the company. The balance of 90,000 shares are to off company-has filed a registration statement shares (10c par) common stock. Of the 210,000 shares $8,398,224 3,633,911 Crll6,607 selling stockholders. Merrill Lynch, named, as principal underwriters. comoany was incorporated in Delaware on Feb. 19, 1946 ana on March "l, 1946 took over the business of its predecessors, con¬ sisting of seven partnerships and three corporations. Goldring Inc. is a retailer of merchandise exclusively for girls, juniors, misses ana sold $6,604,534 223,005 2,676,064 $188,646 $3,928,470 wear, Gross Net from from ry. railway railway__„_:_ oper. income From Jan. 1— ^ / ;Net from ry. 1945, 196,709 $557,583 185,025 22,445 56,606 64,936 V rallway__ : oper. income... —V*; 164..P. 1208i - 3,732,$08 ^ 4,553,068/^4,502,5l6v 659,918 * 185,984 ' 1,762,415 539,639 1,671,111 > 469,620 a $100 The $679,663 5,074,522 2,557,654 817,028 V includes and dress wear coats, suits, accessories; furs, such as dresses, sP°rj;£" hosiery, gloves, . new par of issue value. of directors 35,000 -This 3 Vs% have shares of cumulative preferred preferred would replace' the fund debentures, due Nov. 1, new sinking not determined the rate on the ."With expected increases in postwar business, mob^fabric,.,thq^mjpanw may have/to carry * r •; stock or present 1956. proposed new preferred stock, but expect it will not exceed 4%. ; The proposed new capitalization would reduce present requirements, a company statement declared. It added: 355,752 f-l. 123,275 '/ i are merchandise children's $4,379,500 1944 $565,868 ,, Beane Goodall-Sanford, Inc.—Plans to Refund 3V2 % Debentures—-Through Issuance of Preferred Stock-—, The stockholders on Get,; 29 will be asked to; approve the creation, - Gross from; i raUway^***^ Net 1946. : I $458,608 86,066 - & certain of account handbags,vunderwear, costume.Jewelry and cosmetics. of August— Such women. $2,194,688 163, p. 2853. the Fenner The $4,870,752 2,676,064 $175,278 for Pierce, 10,168 $411,651 SEC— Goldring, Inc., New York—Files With 3,471,333 5,393,320 $398,283 223,005 preferred stock for and with The 2,526,263 850,375 $694,492 $10,309,794 301,506 3,589,919 Cr9,717 Crl 16,607 Cr8,948 - 231,947 568,546 Adams, 1945 $4,131,355 $51,040,545 $49,381,640 1,980,687 24,703,627 24,723,164 403,000 5,002,250 4,869,333 165,500 , exc. ^ , the Newport line being manufactured distributed through Crane Co. exclusively.—V. 164, p. 278. Dover and Georgia Southern & Florida Ry.—Earnings- $489,551 76,029- $413,521 233,660 & deductions on -V. 21,637 , ». /Discussing eyents that have occurred since the close to stock of the South Carolina com¬ U.'s wholly owned subsidiarv taxes Balance Net $749,164 35,836 P. $4,177,665 2,329,905 426,750 long-term debt. on Net 1945 $731,098 18,066 , bond war $1), $767,500; capital total, $3,583,837. ~ Subsidiary Effec¬ common 1946—Month—1945 "1 taxps income Gross $9,467,262 7,091,867 165,903 1,068,824 672,754 $38,191 G. acquis. mirafTav^ General - Operating income.... / Other income (net) common the Corp., depreciation! of Perioral Federal on the Exchan8e 8t 1946—12 Mos. $1,516,488; $319,757), (trade), and which expenses expenses for Amort, converting each expire at the close $9,741,715 7,597,387 474,150 366,150 572,929 of ^ $564,997; payroll deductions for employees" purchases, $15,446; accrued salaries and wages, $69,214; taxes, other than taxes on income, $37,758; prior years' Federal taxes on income * • and • renegotiation refunds (est.), $151,141; miscellaneous accounts payable and accruals, $46,736; re¬ serve for workmen's compensation risks, $45,597; common stock (par counts income -—Increase Other deductions rebates, $301,772; inven¬ $826,513; property, plant and at the Dresent time are in excess of $1,400,000 revenue vrnmuiui Operating Galveston-Houston Co. (& Subs.)—Earningsrevenues— $675,206; market, or at redemption estimated refunds of tax notes, Treasury t!ABIcrriE^--Nbtes^^^payable-Utrade and equipment, Georgia Power Co.—Earnings- Int. Period End. July 31— cost of lower at S. renegotiation and income on equipment (after reserves for depreciation 4eferrecb^harges^$76t790;,4ota^ $3,583,837. a 164, p. 1594. Amort, of Operating Oper. rev. taxes SHEET, JUNE 30, 1946 U. receivable, accounts & the dissolution Gas profits ««%£5b?vAS&SV** from deallngs $25,217; $161,851; special dividend of 25 cents per share reclassified $7.50 par value common stock of Electric 33,750 *L * com¬ dispose which $196,441 33,750 4,125 dividends ASSETS—Cash, on agent escrow v 33,750 dividends: discounts,' returns, allowances and renegotiation refunds. tUnder the carryback provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Public share by 68,400 •Less — the $3,747 Net , of will of business Oct. 28. $148,797 profit • said. The line includes such items as glass holders, toothbrush holders, soap dishes and similar products in that category. There are about 6,000 display boards in use in various stores through¬ out the country "and.. another 8,000" are on order to be shipped as rapidly as production permits. r/-'1'4/ ' In the bathroom line the company markets under the names Vernon, Gross of par $176,749 290,000 Cr218,000 as pany (George A.) Fuller Co.—Calls Preferred Stock— outstanding 44,000 — Preferred the amount of $45,369 and at as the dividend Period End. July 31— The New 45,000 195,000 45,000 (est.) profits tax..— Common Utilities Corp., payable Nov. 15 to holders of record Oct 7 certificates will be issued in lieu of fractional shares (see 164, p. 827). General 888. p. 177,213 refund tTax common. new days after The reclassification of and returning to the holders paid-up capital to the extent of 5c upon shares 188,982 15,198 Scrip outstanding shares and that ;of the said issue 231,324 367,539 V. on allotment of $1,459,040 1,020,630 and tax surtax Excess declaration common directors have declared South of the shareholders will be held on Oct 15 reducing the capital of the company from $230,000, being tfoe aggregate amount (after giving effect to a previous reduction of vote 6,566 $2,414,648 1,808,917 expense normal Fed. Utilities— Reclassification and Dissolution of A special general meeting to 1943 $1,453,001 6,039 $4,427,392 '■ $3,148,565 4,258,908 2,385,801 products sold— gen. & adm. Public - 30 1944 $2,408,082 expenses- week ended Sept. 27, the the dissolution of General Gas, by the sale of such shares through, brokers on the New York Stock Exchange. cash and operations. * 1945 12,432 of Selling, tive— Four Star Petroleums Ltd., Calgary, Ala., Canada- normal in $3,145,351 3,214 income income—-.—— upon 164 Plans Capital" Distribution— , for capital surplus in distribution Carolina The 3 60 shares covering withdrawn.—V the of earned surplus Carolina's 2,930 341. p. The General South Within Louis—Registration With¬ filed out South new stock. whom Machinery Bean-Cutler for registration include dividend out of drawn— 'The this company of , a South Forest .- Corp.—Weekly Output— Carolina. mon be $150,000 for use Total The program includes the reclassification by South Carolina of its outstanding 43,394 shares of $1QC par value common stock, aggregating $4,339,400, the premium applicable to such stock in the amount of $1,725,000, together with an appropriation from capital surplus of $2.50 into 808,587 common shares, $7.50 par value, having an ag¬ gregate par value of $6,064,402.50. }-■ : ' • General Public Utilities will declare a dividend on its common, payable out of its capital surplus, at the rate of one-tenth of a share ,■;; of loan were $4,414,960 Other 1594. Utilities, as sole stockholder, will acquire all the assets of General Gas, con¬ sisting chiefly of all the common stock of South Carolina, subject to any liabilities General Gas may have. Partner engineering and expansion of the Bolens line, built under the tradename of "Huski", will be undertaken by Food Machinery Corp. for the benefit of small scale fruit and vegetable growers, nurserymen, florists, country estates, and others requiring small the " its ;A the < 30, par) 1946 holders of preferred stock of record the day preceding the dissolution of General Gas. With the dissolution of General Gas, General " - - and transactions •Sales General Gas will declare and pay in cash to General Public Utilities, this Gerity-Michigan Die name INCOME ACCOUNT FOR YEARS ENDED JUNE 15 and dissolved. be (2) that hank a highest the the under 1946. r, and Exchange transactions South Co. associated output (1) announced Bolens is stock of record Aug. common 1946, 8, The income statement reflects the operations of (previously Gerity-Adrian Mfg. Corp.) only for Corp. in connection with the merger of that company with Gerity-Michigan Die Casting Co. were redeemed at par on May 7, 1946. by South Carolina out of earned surplus of a dividend in the amount of its net carrying value for 4,670 shares of common stock of Atlantic Utility Service Corp. held by it, payable by the delivery of such shares to General Gas subject to all claims which Atlantic Utility may have against , taxes— corporation has acquired the Bolens at Port Washington, Wis., one of the oldest manufac¬ turers of garden tractors. The Bolens concern today produces five models of tractors with a variety of attachments for plowing, har¬ rowing, cultivating, mowing, seeding; and fertilizing. It also builds equiment for row crop spraying and dusting, a lawn mowing attach¬ ment, and a scraper-type snow plow. the total quarter ... 21,974 represents electric will Gas -AcquisitionProducts third 1946 The March of as Co. Mfg. Commission approved Sept. 26 a series of transactions between the corporation, its wholly owned subsidiary, General Gas & Electric Corp. and the latter's subsidiary, South Carolina Electric & Gas Co., upon consummation of which General ad- "justs, and con ting Prov. for Fed. inc. and exscess 1,865,969 exps. 11,731,650 for 876,000 •• $13,957,741 $58,442,435 $23,921,087$115,561,006 (net) , preferred stock¬ . The Securities 1,004,472 processes costs Tofctl and common SEC Approves Transactions of Two — $3.22 These figures compare with 406,070 common stockholders and The • 775,243 $1.22 1946, 2,000 shares of 6% cumulative preferred stock authorized but none of such shares were outstand¬ ing. 1,967% of such shares which were issued as of March 8, 1946, to holders of a like number of preferred shares of Gerity-Adrian 1946, amounted to 133,754,472 kwh., an increase of 17,007,136 kwh., or 14.6%, over the corresponding week of 1945. 1946—6 Mos.—1945 $12,953,269; $8,873,688 $22,055,118 $15,032,972 48,692,747 98,810,936 machin- income Total ■ lines contracts-- leased and cry 1946—3 Mos.—1945 684,740 $1.97 division June At ($100 Cost Corp.—Quarterly Statement— 848,539 __— report gives effect to the merger of Gerity-Adrian Mfg. Corp. into the Michigan Die Casting Co., which merger became financial made Producing Co. below.—V. 164, p. 1207. Period End. June 30— • 17,438 quarter of 1946 was 428,874, compared with second quarter of 1946 and with 426,045 for the General Public Utilities ■ 58,449 21,984 preferred for the second quarter of 1946.—V. 164, p. See Texas Gulf 309,477 $2,496,029 adjustments incident to the merger of the two companies necessitated certain revisions of accounts of the Michigan Die Casting Co. for prior years. i As of June 30, 1946, current assets totaled $1,990,559 and current liabilities were $914,192, a ratio of 2.17 to 1. Net working capital was $1,076,366. ' A *' The company has no funded debt and at year-end had no liabilities other than current accounts. Since the close of the fiscal year it 428,874, Up Slightly Over Last General of 406,900 holders of were July 8. Fohs Oil Co.—Consolidation Ratified— 218,537 $833,579 and The 70,902 third of quarter history. in was 555. p. total 95,685 ____ outstndg. stk com share period March 8-Juns 30, Quarter— The of per effective 30,112 Canada of - 1,524 979 - Stockholders Number control $2,805,506 Gerity-Michigan Die Casting Co.—Annual Report— This 15,252 Cch.—Trucks Cadillac 164, p. 555. Stock 2,269,047 $1,052,116 163, p. 3134. with 83,990 873 Buick Trk. —V. Adrian 4,833 12,347 7,219 8,095 Pontine 53,028 $176,455 —V. 1,207,872 $1,668,977 stock preferred shs. No. Casting 4,748 3,694 6,177 —Truck $202,078 deductions $5,074,553 1,142,163 •Equivalent to reduction in income and excess profits taxes result¬ ing from refunding bonds applied as a reduction of refinancing costs 206,315 172,229 9,886 7,700 3,637 3,392 ' Income Av. Jan. 1 to Wk. End. Wk. End. 7.792 " Chevrolet—Passenger GMC income Gross deductions ....J..' • $1,764,662 on Earnings truck tabulation of production figures for par and Oldsmobile Other income $2,906,825 States. Following is a Wk. End. $237,119 Federal income and excess $2,259,988 $2,351,476 §. $2,997,496 Xf 90,671 balance Income Supplier strikes, as well as raw material shortages, continued as a hampering factor. There was an increase in supplier strikes over the previous week with a total of 58 affecting production in the United States and Canada, as against 57 a week earlier. Forty of these were $1,062,304 / 705,715 98,339 $1,133,919 ___ 91,488 2,611,143 2,529,677 1,941,356 207,250 $5,276,323 201,773 846,188 -2,184,227 a ' 207,250, t a income Dividends production in the Sept. 28 week was about comparable with the week before, considerably less than in some other recent The week's total for the U. S. was 8,540 as against 8,331 the -divisions: ;1945 a car output in the U, S. since Jan. 1,1946. was compared to 1,449,733 for the same period m 1941. as previous week. 10-year will be in * of weeks. ; 1946 Net < Florida Public Utilities Co.—Earnings— * 12,735,210 1,256,134- — Net- earnings' ; Interest & /other passenger 434,908 Truck used, it is stated, to acquire additional machinery and equipment for expansion of production, to purchase present land and buildings, to retire certain loans, and to increase working capital. 1 12 Mos. Ended June 30^ ^ 5,078,146 ^ " only 30 Pine Co., • earlier strikes in those industries, though the strikes themselves have now been settled. even St., N^w York, and Florida Secu¬ rities Co. of St. Petersburg, Fla., are named as underwriters. The aggregate offering price to the public is $281,500; gross undrewriting Willis E. profits tax—net excess ' • continues to trace back to condition lruit Exchange Commission, covering mon stock at $3.75 per share. inc. and surtaxes--..*../ /•Charge Net operating income -Miscellaneous deductions (net) Sept. shortages of raw materials—pig Iron,;'fist Tolled .steel, copper and lead—due to depletion of inventories and lack of produc¬ tion of these basic materials are becoming increasingly serious This company, ulation A with other oper. exp. General With SEC— other citrus only 7,792 for the to 21 -Files „ " n 6,910,597 1,351,053 1,670,839 taxes Federal sheet In Chevrolet, where lack^ of off from 12,347 for .the week- ended week ended Sept. 28. " " Bulk of the weekly shrinkage was : —-- — salaries and General Fed. norm. steel caused the pace to go Florida Frozen — Depreciation and amortization '/Traffic/commercial,/general office '.O 23,284 United States during the the preceding week, which week ended Sept. 7,018,276 Only Motors. General in production car 1945 Jun. 30,'46 $18,306,367 $16,569,143 $35,710,902 3,155,984 2,420,358 5,892 IT? 2,225,364 4,517,770 2,220,398 iA/'v a!; ■ 12 Mos. End ..•1946 revenues .Maintenance;/ ' From Jan. 1— Gross , 2817. Utilities Corp. below.—V. 162, p. See General Public 1943 1944 1945 -Earnings- Corp.-^Diss61ved— General Gas & Electric Florida East Coast Ry .^Earnings--^ , Monday, October 7, 1946 CHRONICLE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL THE ^ . sinking f""0 1 s,, particularly in autoa substantially largej inventory of raw materials,- goods in process and finished products. It would, therefore, be advantageous to reduce the cash outflow du& to the :aunual; sinking;fund - payment of - $325,000 o&~the: pre?*®* THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL .CHRONICLE Number 4531 164 olume preferred: stock' would have a maximum The "new annual August— subscription X,°t the new preferred stock. The present capitalization of the Tlg icrnv consists of 600,000 shares of common stock, $10 par value, c0Whp 314% debentures. ■ O Sept 1 1946, Elmer Ward, President, owned 35,063 shares "stock The next largest holder was William C. Langley of not have any pre-emptive or stockholders will ^mrSang° ly 2, for Net •Deficit.—V. decided to This ... .. m the ® iyidends,v cumulative ... 3,000-mile ward The in owner The 156-mile Mo., and Rock Southwestern - Rock Island Francisco, Kansas & the out all the terms" of the original plan. Gross; Net *M6, .will debenture from Net • ry. 659,592 306,254 —V. the Bank Francisco, this year as Assistant Treas¬ of plant adjustments General period as Assistant Treasurer of Triumph Industries, Md. Previously, he was General Auditor of the Pennsyl¬ vania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pa. .• Mr. Hickey, Chief Accountant of Graham-Paige, until his present, appointment, formerly was Controller and Treasurer of the Stinson and Stout Research divisions of Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corp. at Dearborn, Mich.—V, 164, p. 8. a ) a 30,137 j 48,000 326,320 The directors on $1,704,329 173,343 Cr2,512 Cr34,746 Cr2,489 30,679 $148,425 5,513 $1,453,425 66,156 $1,568,244 66,156 $142,912 Non-recurring amt. equiv. to reduc. in Federal $1,387,269 $1,502,088 621,655 1,083,949 $765,614 of until their ."Arrears total 14,302 Cr207 8,558 - the DivS. $86,879 5,513 income preferred stock on $81,366 Balance due to the amort, of cost taxes Balance have would it as of emergency the war emergency period— facil. applic. to been except the $83 full claim for back has agement the worked counsel, company EFFECT GIVING & 5% plan out is the based on Common ($10 par) ($1 par) shares NOTE—As of July 31, 1946, Depreciation Amort, of plant acquisition Federal Other adjustments taxes income taxes — — $1,600,078 584,03093,035 128,600 16,150 229,974 125,883 $1,446,960 504,741 74,081 143,333 16,817 164,347 108,441 $435,198 2,435 share a of Oct. as 15, shares mon be entitled in transferable liquidation detached coupons. This debenture stock, ence in liquidation would ($10 par) cancelled were new common shares shares ($1 par). for have old ' share, j: 2,302 Net *' Operating - Sales and • ''* after over class $20 under the a . terms' of the plan, would have prefer¬ but common Operating Other _ to mechanical reasons 912,587 1,618,641 198,475 1,534,534 . Net on 156,200 $142,781 giving effect to tax dividend requirements _ as possible. ' ' l' depreciation August— «ec from «et ry. railway— railway 193,770 *157,828 Erom Jan. l— Gross from railway--— «et from ■wet ry. 1945 sales and income $2,955,437 528,000 reductions 1944 $2,850,000 1,923,194 1,682,795 1,601,077 Depl., deprec., amortiz., surrendered leaseholds and abandonments, etc. 1,702,221 1,485,702 1,156,130 $2,050,850 12,072 $2,564,310 $2,257,995 $2,062,923 Net operating Interest income and miscellaneous- earned Profit 399,147 from - 24,806,000 5,093,434 3,204,030 *1,782,036 23,711,000 5,365,929 3,439,119 23,436,000 Total 6,977,507 operations 5,431,208 Lakes 1208. ——— Provision for Federal and — State income taxes— Co.—To Withdraw Amended request of the company-for permission plan filed on Oct. 1, 1944, which provided, granted -the things; s>mce Of it«. th# the u • ! Total plan proceeds s was filed Great Lakes u-reai. XrtkK.es> j.jicu sold sum its investment u.s juycbuiicui in jlii one wie aries' Ohio Gas Light & Coke Co., and used a portion of to full the -claims ot its bondholders.—V. satisfy 311. '"*•' $1,726,089 1,006,944 $1,396,524 8,847,253 $719,145 7,770,645 ' • •••" , ■ 163, ..... ■ — $10-243,777 r284,626 $8,489,791 ■ 284,626 ^ ^ for the distribution of cash and a portion of ^ts.subsidiaries -to Its bondholders in full satisfacciaims. « * nM . : • Dividends of their $1,664,232 61,857 $2,411,623 1,015,099 — Net.-, prof its-: Balance at beginning of year— - Utilities ^wthdrawv R&' ainended otter «or 4,255,199 4,472,399 ' Plan has 1945 $2,353,581 58,042. — ' p. 1,396,893 $20,640,609 $16,867,828 12,855,819 10,948,397 —— profit ««onq t««; ———— $9,959,151 *After deducting -debt retirement and postwar credit. < - <4' 1111 * Declares t Larger Dividend— $8,205,165 Balance at May 31 8,322 128,500 $1,937,201 y. $2.06 paid $2,422,257 — Net income Earnings per common share-. -54,496 210,000 $2,004,179 $2.14 1946 • 1945 $3,344,536 $3,107,281 293,006 375,411 21,695,483 accounts receivable, U. S. Govt, in banks, Cash $2.58 10,681 , $2*268,675 SHEET, JUNE 30 ASSETS— inventories of petroleum products, materials and supplies— ——— Invest, in other cos., special funds & deferred securities, receivable— accounts —_ 22,446,030 80,622 Net capital assets Prepaid and deferred charges 67,960 $26,164,194 $25,246,135 Total other and income payable, accrued property, accounts and Notes $882,128 Capital surplus paid in Earned surplus: '■ .dividend of 60 cents per share has been declared on the $10 par stock, payable Oct. 23 to holders of record Oct.. 2. Previously, the company paid regular -quarterly dividends of 40 cents per share on this issue.—V. 163, p. 1566. , ; r 363,668 98,180 12,794,489 3285. p. Houghton County Electric Light v 363,320 95,965 14,989,336 $26,164,194 $25,246,135 i Total 163, 1,500,000 9,285,945 47,500 •; Appropriated for self-carried insurance Appropriated for contingencies Unappropriated —— —v. $1,156,352 500,000 9,285,945 47,500 taxes obligations term 12 Months Ended June 30— Co.—Earnings— 1946 4 1945 $731,601 331,224 $692,407 319,287 131,034 50,676 129,715 50,000 Utility operating income income—net $218,666 $193,404 13,794 35,490 Gross $232,461 45,899 $228,895 47,756 $186,561 $181,139 $16,795 $36,835 Operating revenues Operating revenue deductions and excess profits — Retirement reserve : — income Federal taxes accruals — ; ♦Other Income Net income deductions income ♦Includes Fed. returns- income— •Deficit?—V; 164, Interest 11,614 $2,575,924 25,168 117,400 Total income $2,673,969 556,169 1946 634,768 , 417,754 1944 $5,Ulo,202 income— less Cost of goods sold— :— : Selling, general, and administrative expenses-- 1943 $2,915,000 586,643 ' Subs.)—Earnings- 31— \ from leased depts. discounts, returns, and allowances^ Other income 21,839,000 118,424 railway oper. $3,089,000 502,336 350,324 $3,177,000 oper. income— Gross S— 1946 from taxes- $4,070,862 at six Months Ended May Gross $3,508,059 522,622 usual rates, allowable for tax purposes as amortization of emergency facilities but not recognized in the accounts since such facilities are expected to be employed throughout their normal life and not to replace existing facilities.—V. 164, p. 827. of excess 1945 1946 $5,732,807 operating Long $2,457,437 $2,117,800 ♦Representing pro rata amount of those portions of premium and expenses on redemption of bonds which are equivalent to resulting reduction in Federal income taxes, tWhich result from deductions, in v Grand Trunk Western RR<- not always alphabetical $5,681,265 992,512 Applicable to common stock— Hart Schaffner & Marx (& 1 <« Hqpoever, they are mlways as neaf alphabetical Capital stock before Earns. Preferred $5,063,375 231,539 $7,628 (est.) s profit charges income fExtraordinary reductions in Fed. inc. $17,743 1,824 8,290 19,028 income and ♦Special $16,502 1,241 $318,009 it exact LIABILITIES— amortization- Interest End. 27,645 after the class A stock. —' $5,101,898 38,522 $4,662,548 922,950 (net loss) Other income 1,328,534 $4,695,042 32,493 Net operating revenues 193,983 __ __ Total income Other deductions Federal taxes 1,285*,626 Other taxes 1 Mo, 193,809 2,716,273 1,793,150 taxes Federal income /-J: $290,363 profit income in companies arrange CONSOLIDATED BALANCE $16,763,444 $18,286,584 6,150,417 6,498,946 revenues Net | 2,005,557 come dividend A Costs, oper. exps., taxes (other than Fed. income) and gen. expense— 1945 4 1,022,090 May 31,'46 June 30/46 $210,484 $2,295,920 II_ expenses to each share of class A stock, Honolulu Oil Corp. (& Subs.)— Earnings- ENDING JULY 31 Maintenance :■% End. - (net) Costs *e FOR 12 MONTHS Depreciation Amorti of plant acquisition adjustments issued 32 160,000 common general corporate purposes. man¬ In the opinion of entitled to vote ow debenture stock. The latter will share less the amount of any coupon to 6 Months Ended June 30— Gross $342,632 104,524 - EARNINGS OF GRAND STORES CO. details. not are Estd. Federal income taxes. taxes— Operation consisted 10 MOS. Periodr- $325,314 — 1946 200,000 shs. * • income EARNINGS PURPOSE—The net proceeds will be approximately $605,000. Com¬ pany intends to use $367,500 to redeem all the outstanding 10-year 5% sinking fund debentures. Company proposes to use the balance of the proceeds for its '77,470 — Extraord. reductions in Federal income shares of common stock total of a soo«> Pittsburgh sinking fund a possible $420,102 74,372 33,077 amortization Special charges the shareholders thereof were and each and Interest 40,000 shs. The outstanding 5,000 with merger provision equal to 50% of annual net requirements plus $200,000. The deben¬ ture stock's par value would be $1 a share and it would hold neither dividend or voting rights. A If the plan is consummated, according to Mr. Auer, the directors will declare a regular quarterly dividend of $1 a share on the class A stock, payable Jan. 15, 1947.—V. 164, p. 556. ' income - cumulative preferred stock ($l par). as 1946. The proposal then calls for issuance, $422,404 $432,763 Net operating revenues Other income (net loss) Outstanding the authorized capital stock resume annually, 1945 1946 Operating revenues ($10 par) and 10,000 shares of common stock ($10 par). In August, 1946, the articles of incorporation were amended to change the authorized capitalization to 100,000 5% cumulative preferred shares ($10 par) and 506,000 com¬ of 25,000 shares of 7% a necessary stockholders common NOTE—-For Month of July— FINANCING 100,000 shs. 500,000 shs. pfd. shs. cum. $4 proposal. order. Maintenance general de- ' carried >are Authorized rate of Payment of a cash dividend of $3 a share on the A stock is the step contemplated in the plan." This would reduce arrears to $80 position with the better PRESENT TO satisfied'. to Gulf States Utilities Co.—Earnings- grades of moderately priced merchandise. CAPITALIZATION, been intends first —V. 164, p. 422. partment store. The principal lines of merchandise furniture and household appliances, with particular emphasis on nationally advertised brands such as Round The Clock hosiery, Humming Bird hosiery, Leonard refrigerators, General Electric refrigerators, Sparton radios, Coty cosmetics, Charles of the Ritz cos¬ metics, Simmons electronic blankets, Artemis lingerie, Duchess under¬ wear and Cannon sheets and towels. It. is the present policy of the cater primarily to the middle class market have the board the class A stock at the full on wearing apparel, company to dividends share. a plan becomes effective. for non-recurring item above metal^ Lithograph Press Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary. A meeting of the class A stockholders will be called when the It Net leading a- production manager; Joseph L. Auer, President, stated that $418,138 long-term debt- • Director; Sept. 24 approved a plan of recapitalization under company will remain with the, class A stock*- control holders 23,871 381 $109,533 deductions initiated. as 247,000 48,000 Cr209 income on Other State of Calif. presently operated is $4,485,225 2,135,703 268,807 404,473 4,000 taxes—j Amort. of prem. on debt ■ business thus: acquired 21,000 4,000 79,368 aa 1 •• and. (R.) Hoe & Con Hic.^Plan5 Hecapitolization— ; - 3,350,323 $1,653,303 171,688 America National Trust & Savings Associa¬ Registrar, Security-First National Bank of Los ;:s:f; ■ . y HISTORY AND BUSINESS—Company is a California corporation engaged in the general department store business in San Diego, Calif. The business which the company now : conducts was acquired on Jul/ ?3i; 1945, from Grand Rapids Home Furnishing Co. That concern had, since 1932, operated a general department store at 1145 Fourth Avenue, in the heart of the San Diego shopping area. Grand Rapids Home Furnishing Co. was established in 1928 and moved its business to the Fourth Avenue location in the following year. The store was operated as a furniture store until the summer of 1932, at which time The 25,567,157 9,943,577 1,835,332 266,000 ~ - income Gross Int. Diego, Calif.—Stocks Offered— operations as a general department store were 400,772 $163,037 14,440 ' Transfer agent, Bank of Angeles. 1,234,153 v $4,475,916 152,574 141,610 23,000 ?>• ~ luiglcal chgineeh,. is to serve of four shares of Wagenseller & Durst, Inc., Los Angeles, in August of¬ fered 40,000 shares of 5% cumulative preferred stock atv par ($10) and 40,000 .shares of common stock ($1 par) at $7.50 per share. The shares were offered and sold only Los .Angeles... : acquis. taxes Federal $370,750 will start in busi¬ $3,179,049 1946—12 Mos.—1945 1946—Month- -1945 unit. per area.'-• recaPitalization $357,511" Amort, Inc., Elkton, tion, to Gulf Power Co.— Earnings— Operating expenses Depreciation . stock) at $5.30 share (10c par) com¬ one After completion of the financing the corporation with assets totaling approximately dividends revenue__ Offered—Henry C. $100,000, consisting of build¬ machinery and equipment and sufficient working capital to carry on a business of approximately $150,000 to $200,000 a year, on which the management expects to make a profit of 30%'. This recent financing was of a reconversion nature to set up the former heat treating division of the Johns Hartford Tool Co. as an independent integrated establishment. Duringr tthe year 1945 the company, through Johns Hartford Tool Co., numbered among its cliehts some 60 industrial concerns in "the plan 1943 v-#" 25,193,661 8,227,485 -3,162,078 26,369,004 3,785*508* 8",947*865 --876,271 - 2,839,165 23,043,600 Period End. July 31— $66,386 ing, 164, p. 1329., Gross . actually resident within the ' as t 49,102 $106,268 ness which income: 24,456 $31,485 Vic^Presl«lent $3,258,042 947,217 401442" $3,069,414 664,845 oper. 24,529 par)* 30c con¬ "intended 1944 ; 226,061 railwayrailway— 557,417 163, p. 3285. riartrord & from 494,814 $155,371 - $59,212 cumulative preferred stock and From Jan. 1— Gross Named to Financial Posts— The appointments of Paul W. Heasley -and • Milton- P. J; Hickey. as Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer, respectively, were announced on to persons company income— fromrailway*;-^ $3,056,711 ry. oper. 276,442 8,807 $115,716 49,329 deductions YEAR TO DATE ,1945 -194&- «Net .fronts jcailway;: Net that th AUGUST AND r-vAugUSt—• $55,942 taxes & income mon the of the G. M. & O. RR. ./i charged the lease filed for approval of the Commission provisions at variance with those in the consolidation said $673,133 Hartford Heat Treating Co.—Stock K.' protest, the control to Interveners $650,185 Robinson & Co., Inc., Hartford, on Sept. 19 offered 14,000 units (1 unit consisting of one share of ($5 Louis & Chicago that it be given the right to become a the Kansas City Terminal Ry. Co. Kansas City, St. Louis. .& .Chicago connects Mexico, Creek Junction, near Kansas City. y: railroads serving St. Louis, including the Chicago, Pacific, the Missouri Pacific and the St. Louis-San EARNINGS FOR Heasley arid Hickey Grand Stores Co., San —'V. asked appeared, as . $332,384 earnings Interest plan to acquire the Alton RR. and establish a line system from Chicago to the Gulf moved for¬ the I.C.C. took under advisement the company's also $664,326 10,947 . filed by the G. M. & O. RR. last year, carry permanent/deb^tures;$ea^g " - City company by They . not been after A. — when 2 company joint Convertible J)ebentures—- Sept. 30 by Joseph W. Frazer, President. Mr Heasley joined Graham-Paige -early a $639,238 $318,398 234,657 — — expenses Net 721,369 456,648 1946—12 Mos—1945 $313,074 ^ v $326,787 5,324 & 5.597 $83,741 income Oper. 1,854,661 466,936 126,286 representatives the. fact thai? received- from v theAiengravqr,; hiterest due Oct, V be paid on the temporary certificates now in the possession of holders upon presentation of these temporary certificates to of America National -Trust and Saving Association, San Calif., cr Manufacturers Trust Co., New York, N. Y. Owing to 1,909,877 386,224 63,689 raineu provisions at variance with th - Interest Paid on 4% 1,832,341 proposal to acquire the lease of the Kansas City, St. RR. -^-.4-'-'v con_ of the 5% class A preferred stock and 166,126 shares of'5% convertible preferred stock were outstanding on June 30. For the six months.ended, last June 30, the company reported a net loss of $925,813,.. compared 'vwith a. net. profit of $755,903 for the •t like 1945. period.A r urer trunk Oct. on shares 1 343 onlv Total Subs.)—Earnings— 1946—6Mos.—1945 NoneIinpr»rrVT-- :K;. V 1 264,126 *1,127 164. p. 1329. company's tained t^ird quarter. Non-operating income— Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR.—Plan Before ICC— 5% cumu- an the $285,225 125,458 76.733 Net class A preferred stock, par $50. due Oct. 10 and on the 5% Sfifltive convertible preferred stock, par $25, due Nov. 1. Regular cX2*rlv dividends of 62V2 cents on the class A preferred had been S to and including July 10, 1946, and of 31'/4 cents on the conSStlWe preferred stock to Mid . Including Aug. 1, 1946. Tncpnh W Prazer, Chairman and President, deferred preferred stock rfiSds recently because no profit was earned in the current quarter. hp stated' "Although the company was in a very strong cash position, ovfne net quick assets at the close of business Aug. 31 in excess 000 000 and sufficient working capital to carry on its fast increasing production of Prazer automobiles and Prazer farm equip¬ ment due to the reconversion from war work and expenses of getting Into production on these items for civilian consumption, no profit was "Therefore, the directors in accordance with rvative servative phHcystelt;it,4wa»*better to defer, tlbe .Period End. June 30— 1,733,135 from railway Net ry. oper. income ? earned in '■' 1— Gross from: railway. 1943 1944 $244,779 53,885 7,571 1945 $218,987 51,330 11,204 1946 $224,093 railway From Jan. Dividends— announced, on Sept. 24 that the directors had the time being, payment of the dividend on the was Tf from Net from railway—33,586 Net ry. oper. income.-4,331 with 10,102 shares.-V. 163, p. 2157. & Co., N. Y., Graham-Paige Motors Corp.—Defers - Gross Hamilton Gas Corp. (& RR.—-Earnings— Green Bay, & Western : Silwd requirement of about $90,000.7, ,1721 —V. ■* ; — — — tax benefits from filing of cons. — —— — 164, p. 8. " • ' a ^ Hudson & Manhattan RR.- 1946-rMonth;—1945 Period End. Aug; 31— Gross oper. income Gross Int. on —— • charges •Income adj. inc. bonds- 86,259,74U A5,676,140 4,930,519 4,829,470 $72,221 9,262 $134,754 $745,621 8,672 72,1.08 $1,430,264 72,798 $81,483 132,522 87,471 $143,426 •8817,729 132,679 1,055,181 95,512 749,000 $1,503,062 1,065,314 773,900 $138,509 $84,765 $986,452 $336,152 ■c Operating Income Non-oper. income 1946—8 Mos.—1945 ,$752,542 617,788 $723,818 851,595 .revenue.;^.' Oper. exps. & taxes- . A common Deficit — ♦Exclusive of Interest on adjustment income bonds.—V. 164, p. 1329; •A Y*\ na- 1722 ! 0 ■";'''. rulilVIi'I - JSSoai : }XJ59«fi ' operations!—^jM5S£j& $Hqn 7af *? expenses'—J--.—------r--^- ' ?' . Gross income from Operating "of common' stock; compared to inet income of $l)223,331f Or^$2.72 per sharfc of 'common stock lor the preceding112-months. Subs.)—-Earnings- Months Ended June 30— Prov, for losses instalment notes receivable- on -155,769 1 For — the 12 ended June 1946,. preferred 30, aggregated 60 587 shaies Net income irom for Fed. operations_---.---r.u----^i.- and Can. income taxes $4,762,489 paid 2iw-:— Minority int. in earns, of subsidiary company— Sundry income Net • -- income .—— Divs* on Divs. on 5% Divs. on common employees' Cash payments of 3%7<? —— to with series number of 51c Premium of prefened stockholders exchange of 100,000 preferred stock for series 1,517,263 56,684 Net 400,000 Instalment U. S. and notes Treas. in banks notes Total /" 840,000 Net • fluct. 603,910 3,355,957 1970 oth. Capital surplus Earned shs. par) ——_i_ —V. ; — 163, hime D. Vellis haa been elected Division, Hunt's Vellis Vice-President in charge of Guggenoperation. * dried fruit Gross Net Baxter, formerly a Major in the Army directly to Hunt upon leaving the service. came was At- of W Willard £•' Knudsen, who last June became directors Mr. F. he is Axle has been Rockwell, Rockwell terests, i S. including elected who retired Chairman Co. of devote Rockwell and Chairman remains to as Detroit serviee to time and industry has Ithrough as a ry. include & 13,141,322 Ship Securities and Exchange sale is -Operating revenues Uncollectible oper. ■;v Operating of the to the board, board other rtumerous $1,038,306 495,812 of Chairman in production Cleveland Pittsburgh, of as and where Timken-Detroit a contract and a to policy manu¬ broaden of its expansion acquisition of other plants. July 1, .1946, the name of Hupp Motor Car .Corp. changed to Hupp Corp., as approved by the stockholders on May 194C. Effective 127,230 was 7,801,108 3,189,322 7,733,591 3,510,118 922,285 1943 at $23,000,000.—V. 162, p, .2643; end of period-reported V, .161, p. 2661,. in * Hupp Motor Car Corp.—Name Changed— See Hupp ,,>/ Corp. above.—V. 162, p. 2643; V. 161, p. 2661. Idaho Power Co.—Three New Hydroelectric Generat- ing Plants Planned— . Three new 934,523 immediate Russell, tions , In use. construction General will on Superintendent, complete existing K ^ on the Idaho Power the Snake and has with facilities All at three river installa- sites ~ The in¬ system—are planned M&lad rivers, B. C announced. generating now final plans contemplate- the expenditure of approximately $11 additional generating capacity of 68,550 Construction will probably extend kilowatts until late 1948. Largest of the three projects is the 950,000 to provide rebuilding of $208,652 235 208 ' —^ 955,276 $1,584,100 > and the Lower Malad The-company is plant 13.500 kilowatts. will generate 7 250 kilowatt Kll°watts unit* wSh «?it generating capacity. New Line in Service— 350 $225,426 135,948 & Chemical „ in the Hagerman substation near At^T'^rnS3 II 26 «»= mately $1,000,000 ; i completed line «SUtX»'Sclyie0,amlnal Manufacturing Maintenance Net Income || ; . oi* 4.16 n an Insurance Corp. (& months an endKIS C43,458| * •- 1946—Month—1945 $155,079 $131,861 75,607 66,873 21,407 15,853 revenues res. Utility 13,058 10,416 accruals—income. oper. 1946—12 $i,679,614 9,166 736,671 230,794 120,555 116,250 7,920 $34,589 Mos—19451 $1,556,9911 789,356 . . 104,166 $32,048 Dr775 $35,983 $31,272 8,824 8,561 $22,710 145,485 $426,879 103,92 7 $27,158 preference dividend requirements: J.P.S. Co., Ltd.—Preference 196,188 $422,656 1,394 Other income—net repairs: * expenses Federal other • 55,429 investment 35,877 $373,8 4,223 4,491 Federal 17,327 41,292 $101,762 37,316 $62,784 $64,445 ; deductions income before Federal income taxes— and common payable, stock $90,902; declared about ■'' was $1,610,014, on cumulative unclaimed, $1,102; accrued liabilities, including Federal income taxes payable over the $89,864; customers', year 1946 deposits, including interest refundable only- on .service, $94,003; customers' advances for construeV'Hll first mortgage 4% sinking fund bonds dated April 1, £ue AP1"*1 !> 1956> $595,000; reserve for discontinuance ,!??,' lo 3; $3 of dividend cumulative maintenance, $66,673; preferred stock (23,400 shares no 000; common stock par), $1,170,(par 50c per share) and capital surplus, earned surplus, $485,943; total, $4,946,652.—V. Period End. June 30— Net sales and oth.. revs. Twin^ Sf V" Deprec. of plants depletion Int. of 1 and ser. 3,178,624 242,100 Prnvnfi;t£f',Fed" t?XeS $6*345'242 Provlfor Federal^exMss qw1 Shares Net of stock per u based VT-r- outstdg. $7,051,652 8,4l8*S#0 1'5"'000 on 416,062 — 4,568,000 4,899,315 1,633,105 4,899,315 $1.01 $3.19 $1.74 costs and retroactive respectively. Net shares six pay months ended amounting to earnings per share during* outstanding after, giving effect approved by. the stockholders on April 24, the number of for the three months emergency facilities and six months ended June 30, to Include accelerated amortiza¬ in conformity with the President's Sept. 29,^1945.—-V. 163, "p. 2855. ' < •• '■ * F. as and Mtge. 5s— Mutual Life Insurance New Community—* Co., Boston, a and .West Roxbury, Mass. President, stated that Clark, materials operating are construction available, rentals to 163, p. 904. be will proceed as determined costs.—V. & Supply Co. <& Months Ended June Net Cost 30— -r sales Returns, allow,, disc; and frght; otit by building Gross > Other — profit from income ,——* expense $2,501,265 607,445 578.396 744,613 operations.^— $1,529,816 150,046 $1,816,403 $1,315,424 I 135,431 " **;■ 100,662 $1,679,862 $1,951,834 8,691 20,781 400,253 2 064 3l6i698 472,433?: 303^951 v -a L—__ ' tax and surtax) v--——- " Excess: profits tax——• Minor, int. in prof, of Sub, cos.__ ^ per 1944 $3,203,611, 860,015 deductions, Consolidated- net * 713,773 Prov. for contrib. to prof. shar. fd. Prov. for, Fed. inc. taxes (normal Earnings -1945 - expense^—,—. paid Miscellaneous 1946 $3,103,604 . general Subs.).r«rEarnings-~ $15,743,136 $16,709,895 $13,585,136 12,639,532 13,506,284 '*11,083,870 — selling and ; Ttttkl Interest profit.*^— share— 642,594 . $1,416,C ' 4,495' ^ 1,-462' 283,698: e 976 f;* V$19,68j 258,626 665 853 162,270 $615,433 $3.02 149)079 e.«rfS«E.T&*~CafllV^2'268*82^' - $513,213r / 99,321 $448,797 S2*59 $3.02 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET, JUNE 30, - Cullen, Chairman, on Oct. 1 announced that the deposited with The company has Chase National Bank of the City of New York an profit Warehouse • $16,074,321 $16,988,123 $13,796,109 331,185 278,228 210,912 sales of* sales Adrnih. procla-. International Paper Cd.-r-Funds Deposited for Imme¬ diate Payment of 1st & Ref. institutional purchaser. a $350,000 bank loan. community of 800 new homes, to be known as Village, began Sept. 3 when ground was broken for the community to be built, owned, and operated by this, company Paul fast Net $5,212,600 1,633,105 $0.8p an Hancock garden in Brookline 484,218 $8,200,517 $12,714,600, 3'227'211 2'334'000 2,693,000- respectively have been adjusted R. J. of 226,475 $4,973,300 6 or onfr of .* 6 $2,841,652 include strike ,^^2) Net earnings tion 2,990,771 $3,926,342 share- $2,650,000, Hancock Construction 83,509,786 106,586,870 earnings for the three months and 1946, are John Mass.—Building. tax earns, 1946 of the issue with Proceeds will be used to retire —V. 164, p. 1596. Gorss -1946—6 Mos.—1945 I 1,776,164 203,677 nts. 1956, which are to be sold at 98 Six $95,117,136$126,012,163 • minerals. bonds & on $54,029,936 $65,930,244 45,704,853 55,457,868 * 27,219 -'21,991 70,097 91,8 : 2818. Subs.)--Earnings— 1946—3 Mos.—1945 i 1 21,991 80,373 91,800 "D" i/fe and interest, to Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.r Inc., which has made a commitment for the private placement $2,347,053; 162, p. $262,214 '>■*■ ■' $■ 25,189 Johansen Brothers Shoe Co., Inc.—Debentures Placed joslyn Mfg. Inland Steel Co. (& matiott effective ^946» dividends but $367,389 105,115 Privately—The stockholders on Sept. 11 authorized the sale of $3.50,000 V-k% debentures, due CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET, JUNE 30, 1946 ASSETS—Cash in banks and on hand, $259,120; U. S. Govt, securi¬ ties, $100,000; special deposits, $6,294; accounts unbilled gas sales receivable, including (less reserve for doubtful accounts), $222,689; inventories, $233,967; prepaid insurance, $15,488; accrued interest, re¬ ceivable, $1,507; deferred charges, $9,535; cost of work in progress not allocated, $38,150; lands, buildings and equipment (after reserve depreciation of for $1,704,289), $4,059,901; total, $4,946,652. preferred JB-- 1946 „S-Govt, securities,$247,371;SSLo'°«S fr!CIBi7abla (less reserve), $3,520,550; postwar refundacoounW excess profits of Fedtax, $14,512; inventories (priced at or below cost and ^asf-XCSeS of.,market). $0,669,572; pnuinmont total Prepaid insurance, $17 080 taxes, investments and advances, eta, rent, etc., $127,260; plant and 019er reserve f0r dePreciatlon of $3,083,432), , Dr6,495| $322,952 " —Preference Shares "B" —Preference Shs. "C" & Common dividends paid J. P. S. Ltd —V. 164, p. 9. 36,310 5,252 than deductions income Shares 46;184 $104,076 income Net approxi- of Net $623,273! 417,196 - income Income 1945 . 18,618 Net Other tulles additional will be ' tlmes^referred dfvWend^reouh^ ^Ufe $645,6695 828. Taxes Retire, Subs.)—Earnings — Taxes—State and income taxes 1945, Increases— 164, p. Gross operating revenues.— $648,491 operating expenses—429,237 and and Administrative and selling 194(r W1U $899,740 Operation $258,068 156,538 1946 ——— Power's electric svstPm * transmission linTpnnnoIi S put Valley with a npw tr2 'ng company Boise, Idaho, was energized tlansmission terminal plants 42,934j $1,289,1281 income .Operating 318,053 $35,866 21,408 $1,246,1941 $1,982,664 1,082,924 income deductions ■iS-r 350 225,009 715,051 653,894 905,513 32,265 Maintenance 50 taxes. $1,950,399 Period End. May 31— $l,444r793 868,322 44,311 $27,829 15,444 164, p. 828 profits One major postwar addition to Idaho use July 23 when a new into 2,934,985 327,484 Jamaica Public Service Ltd. (& Subs.)- 1,424 50 — Fed: income 1945 $6,783,136 3,288,986 407,152 575,853 688,773 424,237 depreciation than $1,446,217 $1,582,516 1,131,731 128,217 now building, under contract, new st the Upper power plant Sam,on site on Snake Btver, a development provide 16,500 kilowatts of electric , 1946 $7,335,402 earnings Net 1,584 $208,444 for other Gross —V. 33,020 taxes operating income the dam plant at the Lower-Salmon and power site on Snake River near Hagerman existing installation-, which was The constructed by a in 1910 and which is predecessor commnv rated at 7,200 kilowatts capacity will be renlaVpri by units having an installed capacity of 60,000 kilowatts. At Malad River, wnere an existing plant of has been in operation since 5,000-kilowatt capacity 1910, two new generating stations will be placed. Th© new Upper Malad ; Co.—Earnings— revenues Other income—net 1946—7 Mos,—1945 $235,226 LIABILITIES—Accounts hydroelectric generating, plants—to keep Race creasing needs for electricity for Provision Taxes Net $234,991 174,092 ' • Provision for estimated Federal, income taxes— 6,409,108* . of - 2,838,810 3 Months Ended June 30— sales and t RESULTS FOR THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1946 Net loss, after giving, effect, to. "Federal tax credit arising: from loss carry-back. $45,767. Unfilled orders excess date of issue. purpose public Iowa Public Service 126,677 oper. Production 24, The company had decided not to re-enter the field of automobile manufacture. ' of — the 12 Mos. Ended June 30— $878,191 419,587 1944v 1946—Month—1945' revenues— Indiana Gas in¬ :> annuonced —V. has; asked —„ 1945 rev. on the Operation 273,528 102,499 6,041,936 1,317,779 505,826 expenses!-— lease income succeeding been declared 2 .. his Co. of Net Corp.—Larger Dividend Decl, has share Maintenance. $869,210 108.314 Period End. -July-31— Operating by company Operating $887,362 254,877 oper. property per Dec. — Gross frpm railway from railway for Products cents payable necessary, RR.—Earnings- Net Rent, 75 ■•;>■■■'•.* the company said, April 14, 1942. Peoria will pay $500,000 in cash.-r-V. 164, p. 1595. income— whM maturity! M . The railway railway..- Operatipg full amount their bonds for principal and interest at of the financing is to enable the company to utility business pending consummation of its plan of re-l organization now under consideration by the Commission.—V. I6l| p. 2994. ' divestiture order, of income— —V, 162,. p. 1209. « sale The its of- 1946 oper. ry: the SEC for authority to issue and privately promissory notes aggregating not in excess of $600,000 ma-1 turing not more than nine months from their, transportation business between the cities of the village of Peoria Heights, 111., to the SEC's of $19, par The Island Commission From Jan. 1— Net member director. Manufacturing President, Detroit: H The Hupp company is presently facturer with plants at contract a his . " Gulf restated and Co. from from Net Hupp Corp.—New Chairman Elected— William 3,422,283 to 39,769 8,202,732 as President of Guggenhime & Co., the assets.of which acquired by Hunt Foods in May of this year.—V. 164, p. 1595; were 1,477,273 Cr374,832 ' the its on 1595. p. immediately company of its small gas distribution system in Waseca, Minn., to Gerald L. Schlessman,-. of Denver, was approve! Sept. 26 by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr..;,■ will Schlessnuii pay $210,605, plus an additional sum for accounts receivable unbilled revenue, materials, supplies and.. merchandise. The Waseca properties serve nautral gas to a community- of about 4,000. Plans to Sell $600,000 Notes— Indiana Associated Telephone Corp.- -Earnings— The corporation alsoannounced the election of Robert H. Baxter Assistant to the President. Mr. Mr. of Peoria Illinois Terminal 21,675,180 465,393 10,120,740 . Signal Corps, sale East Transportation realize Interstate Power Co.—SEC Approves Sale Total ' - notified successful effer dividend The 20,408,991 7,641,264 1,024,375 . August- 954-468; • I Hunt Foods, Inc.—N&w Vice-President— C 4 John 2,409,162 10,058,170., Cr96,017 Crl,044,360 3,625 a 38,983 1,024,281 1945 164, p. 1595. comply1 with the Transportation Co. $93,506,767 $66,183,774 3136. p. .2,601,141 3,483 to Net «. 1,618,509 1,854.495 income Peoria 750,000 142,953 10,000,000 21,675,180 465,393 11,460,368 surplus Total .]■; no 247,832 954,813 Company has 97,867 - 164,930 10,000,000 —— 58,969,881 35,959,749 052,384 989,816 Contribs. to empl. SavingSrRetirement Plan Minority interest in subsidiary company 3%*% preferred stock-—. Common stock (2,167,518 e| the common to holders of record Nov. 15. This compares with 25 cents paid on June 1, last, 50 cents on Dec. l W and 25 cents on June 1, 1945.—V. 162. p. 1514. y*^ Illinois Power Co.—To Sell Transport Lines- 15,000,000 conting._ 25,033,290 13,356,611 0*128,176 NOTE—Earnings for 355,550: 3,397,617 106,454 l, <E«I 1947| conclusion! the bondholders, by accepting The Chase National Bank"! can now case, 164, stock, ---— . 960,759 & 5,259,810 2,602,816 charges RR.—V. $28,724,000 $17,371,620 —— exch. - 1. maturity. Internatianal 209,112 _ the proposed Can. any purchase 1946—8 Mos.—1945 2,105,702 income oper. Peoria and — 4,169,309 Dr) income Net . 264,287 payable Miscellaneous 2%% skg. fund debs., due July cpers. 867,000 225,225 — $93,506,767 $66,183,774 Dividends 6,£,41,734 20,277,367 135,870,056 172,132.969 15,017,557 110,836,766 113,163,038 14,615,984 deductions" Fixed payable: Reserves for ry. (net ry. Other 28,705 —141,049 83,919 77,512 390,512 344,014 (net)—— exps accurals rents Vv-/ ? * Empl., offic., & oth., pursuant to thrift plan Fed. and Can. income and capital stock taxes— and • ; Power "We hope that Hudson River Power Corp.'s plans for payment ofth#! at maturity will be carried through to a In $7,676,879 A 18,785,293 Equip, and joint facility ^LIABILITIES— Notes . our will become due 1946—Month—1945 revs- fr. rev. tax Misc. ..?■■' & improve, River ■Earnings of System— 58,537,779 — 47,501 867,000 '4. TOtal $6,638,714 5,321,221 1595. p. operating operating Net $5,122,488 cost Other^Teceivable3* equipt., deferred charges Ry. Ry. Ry. $6,533,162 83,377,342 —. series C—at Travel* advances and empl. notes and accts. rec. Claims for refund of Fed, exc. profits taxes— Inv. in Dom. of Can. victory loan bonds—at cost Post-war refunds of Can. excess profits tax— Office furniture, 687,525 Illinois Central RR. 1945 in? capital «toek of^ andvnptessTe^iyabJd?; ,iuv. 164, $1,056,870 870,813 ,t SHEET, JUNE 30 —— receivable— tax savings $899,570 . $11,460,368 $10,120,741 $1.10 $0.92 „ 1946 hand income Period End. Aug. 31— ASSETS— on operating 36,851 BALANCE Hudson , —V. stcck_„ Balance surplus at the end of periodEarned per common share : •- that agreement with the banks, The Chase National as custodian of the loan collateral, will make an immediate offer?! purchase first and refunding mortgage bonds, at a price equal to nrtnl cipal plus fuil interest, to maturity. All bonds so purchased will hJ held, by The Chase National Bank as part of the collateral for the loan. ha 5 ?o 600,000 of issuance of addit. shares of common Cash f $13,152,551 $11,416,331 $90,330,778 $79,-.34,191 18,300 17,474 121,297 li6,924 rev. income —V. redemption— pfd stock and CONSOLIDATED oper. Its first -''v bonds Net called for Expenses incurred, in exch. used in stock— 80,000 shs. of on bo Operating revenues— $13,134,251 $11,398,857 $90,209,481 $79,217,267 Operating expenses—— 11,497,593 8,300,020 74,935,084 55,917,992 Operating taxes 737,088 2,041,967 8,635,703? j.5,622,39j shares a like preferred sh. $7.50 a series preferred stock Wi.l "Under revenues Uncollectible 1,625^63.9 ----— _for 3,000 shares Proceeds - Period End. July 3D--: Operating 93,752 327,720 past service benefits under Savings-Retirement Plan—net connection 10,674,018 187,505 for Offering price, $100 a share. working capital. No underwriter named. iniuolsBelLTelephwie Ca^arpihgs-- $2,422,308 $13,330,196 $13,096,326 preferred stock——stock Contributions preferred. for Cr 7; 443 . $2,562,017 10*768,178 surplus 3%% preferred stock— Ilg Electric Ventilating CQ^^Jhicigp^FUes With SEC. of 1:9,041 6,044 Cr2,0I4 • Balance surplus beginning of period——Total : The company on Sept. 23 filed a letter .of notification 120,808 . H;* 1 ■— $4,259,380 1,714,-665 1,784,250 -— Interest amount\of whichimature jan. Corp., which has n»r to pay. the aforementioned first and refunding 5% mortgage band* maturity, is working actively on plans ta, raise funds for that However, these plans have not yet been completed. 0 • "The agreement of Nov. 9. 1945, under which our ten-year 2% R bank loan from The Chase National Bank, Bankers Trust Co First National Bank of Boston was and n made, contained a provision quiring us to make this deposit with The Chase National Bank'5' custodian of the collateral securing the loan unless Hudson River pJ1* Corp. by Oct. 1, 1948, had completed arrangements lending banks for raising funds to pay the bonds at satisfactory to? I r, ^ >• Prov. to the $12,961,000 principal sinking fund jnwrtgagqibpnd* Mr, Cullen said; "We understand v.„. Monday^ October 7, equal funding 5% stock dividends $386,862^ based on .one.- months requirement for shares of 4% stock plus 11 months' requirements tor 100,000 -bo.*!it 4 of such stock.—V. 59,113 7, 163,. p. 2727. >V- • -t amount * . -months K>k ■ THE COMMERCIAL ^FINANCIAL CHRONICLE 4'--!*<:1*4" Household Finance Corp. (& P6 . -Iw' * $4,566,142' COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE IfvWiii'Jtf'! rAHTLlTIES-Acoountsnpayfeble, '$i;328,*770; accrued wages Including for profit sharing, $568,752; accrued taxes other than Fed;,.. taxes $172>733; other (accrued ' expenses, $49,588; provision for ^Station' of war contracts, $10,0001 provision for Federal income 53 (after deducting $353,000 of U. S. Treasury Certificates), $1,^Sni'Aons term debt (bank loan due in 1948), $1,500,000; minority in subsidiary companies, $2,457,007; 6% cumulative preferred ($-100 par value), $2,905,000; common stock ($5 par value), 7^0 000- paid-in surplus, $1,164,494; earned surplus, $5,065,902; total. r (R. G.) Le Tourneau, Inc.—Earnings- vicinn Period End. June 30— ro^vrtA Net •Deficit. Sept. 25 filed a letter of notification with the SEC of common. Stock is- to be offered to stockholders Oct. 4 for subscription at $30 a share at the rate' of one hare for each two shares held, Subscription rights terminate Nov. 3, m unsubscribed shares will he purchased hy Chicago Title & Trust Leader City Southern Ry.—Earnings— 1946—Month—1945 194S—8 Mos.—1945 ailwav oper. revs.™, ' $2,774,461 $2,914,819 $19,720,944 $26,501,301 ailway oper. exps 1,772,741 1,856,209 13,021,422 15,646,674 Period End. Aug. 31— $1,001,720 190,000 153,000 fr. ry. opers. taxes—, accruals- Net rev. ther tax ry. Railway oper. $1,058,610 $658,720 177,577 8,149 v 7,643 .. $493,681 164, p. -V. • $683,610 157,396 inc— quip, rents .(net Dr) __ facil. rents (net Dr) $6,690,522 $10,854,627 1,090,000 3,750,000 1,134,000 1,410,000 200,000 175,000 $4,475,522 1,561,544 49,557 *73,468 - $497,884 . $5,694,627 1,008,879 • $3,417,086 $4,059,615 1086. Kansas Oklahoma & Gulf Ry.—Earriings1945 1944 railway—- $313,446 $385,453 railway—— Net ry, oper. income— 115,753 - 52,702 190,968 $345,294 175,545 78,928 $379,638 169,629 71,860 2,'461.404 3,117,014 -2,729(347 2,665,654 from Gross Net * , from From 1210. 164, p. . 1,005,366 1,663,404 -1,452,720 714,802 -'630,515 12 Mos. End. Mar 31— Total operating revenues requirements the on out- Operating Federal to Be Offered 559,273 Net —V. July, V-*.:,v jfri 4 •/ 'Vr'ir ; •«•••", Keystone Custodian Funds, Inc.—Net Assets— 160. Nov P. standing. 30. NOV. An last with total net assets of $20,653,303 on yea'r, amounting to $19.94 per share on the 1,035,685 outstanding. Adjusting for the special distribution of $1.38 per -share Sn net end of series ! pai^ from -dflpital gains on Aug. ) 5, .1946, an" increase of "6 % asset value per share was shown during the fiscal year. August, 1946, the market value of securities owned "K.l" fund exceeded their cost by. $3,172,251. At " of ?, ' Combined net assets-of. ihg 10 Keystone funds, each designed, for a different investment purpose and generally differing as Jo the type of securities in which investments are made, amounted to- about 6170,000,000 on Aug. 31, 1946, which compares with a total of approxi¬ mately;. $140,000,000 on the corresponding date lost year,- 12, last corporation announces semi-annual distributions of 59 cents per share on. the Keystone medium ^grade bond fund series "B 2" and 17 cents pferA^are:4m%thevKeystone (speculative common stock fund seriels. "S 3,'' both-payable Oct. 15 to stockholders of record Sept. 30. Pay¬ ments of 56 cents onthe'*-T3"-2"^shafesand of-SS centsanthr'73- 3'r chares were made on April-15, last. --4.-1 .. (i Totaf distributions made on these issues in 1945 amounted to $3:05 on Ike MB 2" shares and to $L27-on tbe-''£ 3"* 1^9^ "i . a Net of ry. p. Definitive indications well 1946—3 Mos.—1945-. ; I94fr«6 Mos,*~1943 ? l v $1,086,13Q $1,540,156 368,483 £\'v {£' 800.458 192,281 186,792 York, N- Y., or at Philadelphia; Pa. ' ? 60,461 260,851 well bonds, series 62,012 16,730 $l/45i,614 ^$1,801,007 Bond;,-etc., interest 84,083 502,631 fst. Fed. & Wise.-, taxes due B, : over Lion 3% 3,000 acres Jan. 1, share per 12 to 6% record issues the on 7% holders of record under lease in the Corp. is immediate also drilling a discovery, miles southwest of this is held under lease.—V. 164, 1946—3 Mos.—1945 p. 728. excess pft. taxes,_ norm, and 276,555 2,962 surtax. _ . 101,789 profit 1946—9 Mos.—1945 $5,689,875 $15,454,089 $15,375,180 1,206,382 595,427 2,474,516 226,534 685,758 690,436 100,922 4,531 164,321 396,962 179,558 719,539 ...766,306 $385,000 Lone Star Gas Co. (& Period End. June 30— $481,964 •$274,420 $900,220 Sub.)—Earnings- 1946—6 Mos.—1945 1046—12 Mos.—1945 Operating revenues..,— $16,573,674 $16,996,349 $28,847,696 $29,466,573 -Oper. revenue deducs7,227,371 ' 7,115,552 14,168,332 13,830,281 - Operating income Other inc. credits $9,346,303 143,039 ■i income Depreciation Depletion 1975. Lease of $9,880,797 $14,679,364 $15,636,292 90,948 257,589 200,906 . $9,489,342 161,846 - 1,518,470 145,000 72,000 — abandonments Amortiz. j - ' • plant acqui. adjustments gas $9,971,745 $14,936,953 $15,837,198 176,079 331,483 358,779. 1,418,819 2,909,150 2,749,775 163,236 271,412 310,680 72,000 144,000 120,000 . 250,000 122,216 2,609,280 500,000 $,869,493 4,785,870 6,215,358 $4,082,746 $4,022,118 $6,282,822 $5,582,708 __ As Trust Co., Fed. income taxes " Net 1944 <- $514,902 231,289 147,245 221,833 136,580 85,567 126,217 —— 4,122,841 1,478,417 897,717 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE; SHEET, JUNE 30, 1946 7 ASSETS—Property, plant; and equipment, $119,146,792; investments 116,580 4,275,374 1,519,608 $582,567: income -1943 $638,452 . $579,267 242,285 ' —miscellaneous securities, $53,319; cash, $5,023,702; United States.. .Treasury tax notes, series C, $605,000: notes and accounts receivable' (less reserve of $71,132), $1,717,511; appliances, materials and supplies, etc. (generally at cost or less), $1,947,820; prepayments, $281,203; •other current assets, $13,742; deferred debit items, $154,043; total, $128,023,132. "V'; • L& $3,794,593 "170,000 cents Chemical $6,318,663 Depreciation 14,113 784,630 558,346 From 548,404 $2,693,433 163,636 -,84,688 approximately Est. 57,632 Nov, ■ 1945 "*1946- , w 1,015,0Q0 . a that Period Ended June 30—. sales EARNINGS -FOR-AUGUST AND YEAR TO DATE o. August— fronj of these Arbuckle Net, profit f. National' Bank '/ railway-,^ •Net -from* railway— jNet,ry, oper.-income^- $3,246,189 681,153-' m added block of 1943 3,676,979 $2,012,280 r"." "v1"'"1»«"'»"i» Total income Barton Net $244,484' 19,866 Tradesmen both by Lion Gross the the on holders on Liquid Carbonic Corp.—Earnings- ready for delivery in exchange for temproary bonds at The National Bank of the City of New York, 11 Broadway, New Chase to He 208,838 mortgage .3!^ share per 12 paid that wildcat " .Profit from operations Other income —— 87Va Chemical is now drilling. subsidiary holds abo.ut 1,400 acres vicinity of these wells. are-now in of This 2,089,565 851,282 133,900 Gross * 1944 $236,595 ' f first share oil field new Income- charges ;*? V* 2,228,667 443,947 2,175,272 741,316 income-— 1329. " ' '* share per formation at a depth of approxlsaid that in drilling the discovery well there another producing horizon existed at a slightly shallower depth and this horizon was tested in the second well. This well when tested was found productive in the Arbuckle formation, but was plugged back and completed in the shallower formation. A third Lehigh & New England RR.—Definitive Bonds Ready v 1 1945 $235,085 railway.^—^_._.-m< cents per cents Earnings— 1,747,672 railway-—. oper. —V. .164, ' (Including wholly owned domestic subsidiaries) (.excl. from Net. from Kimberly-Clark Corp.—Earnings— sales a good producer in the Net ^rppi':'Ja^.:fcfe Gross 50 cents 50 cents Dec. was of 25 of 163, p. 2441. matjely 4,440 feet. 1210. p. dividend of year. where 1946 from railway— Net from railway— .Net ry. oper. income— - Net 164, extra lukfl, as provided $260,608 81,845 34,352 August— * Vr Period lend. Juh#30— equipment.—V. Lehigh & Hudson River Ry.- The , and an cents per share •Loss.—V. 164, p. 558. Gross Distributions— of 25 Est.; machinery . declared declared, payable Dec. 30.—V. were Rapids Woodcraft Corp. plant has 35,000 square feet space and contains the latest woodworking and finishing floor 315,975 $498,398 approximately one mile west of the town in Pratt County, Kansas, by Lion Chemical Corp„f a wholly subsidiary, was announced on Sept. 30 by Coloned T. H Barton, President, who added tha,t the initial discovery well was completed Grand The > 253,738 owned consoles the 120,357 Lion Oil Co.—New Oil Field Discovered- • the by extra Discovery of of production of its home radios and comi bination radio-phonographs, this corporation has completed a longterm lease effective Aug. 5,., 1946. of all facilities of the Grand ^Rapids Woodcraft' Corp., Grand Rapids, Mich., it was announced on Sept. 2. v.*. ^ According ,.to Elmer R.. Crane, Vice-President, Lear will use the plant to assemble and finish a portion of its radio cabinets and This, compares 27 The regular .quartely dividend preferred stock was also . Aug. 31 of Sept. on increase ;to $814,373 $539,870 1633. directors Dec. on 1945, Mr.1 Finkelstein and his enterprises published a total digest-size magazines. This enterprise was curtailed move $793,608 deductionsHIIIIIII. and the usual, quarterly dividend of 37J/2 participating preferred stock, all payable Lear, Inc.—Leases New Planta $694,016 income e an regular quarterly dividend onj a* common stock and an extra dividend because of the temporary lull in the market for such magazines because of the lack of working capital. The market, it is said in 310,041 $695,506 98.102 I.IIIII £, 127,166 117,111 income The . Total net assets of the Keystone income preferred stock, fund series 4<K1" amounted to $25(812,510 at the clote of. its fiscal' y,ear on Aug. 31, 1946, equal to $19.87 per share on the 1,289,009 shares out¬ (net) 328,419 120,333 perIu ... is coming back strongly and with additional capital now being it may be necessary to publish a larger number of titles. —"II I IIIIU'IIII reserve 1945 $4,066,218 2,606,576 Lincoln Service Corp—Declares Extra Dividend— sales of current and future advertising have ex¬ this has resulted in an increasing backlog of f 1946 revenues income Colonel shares then payroll $3,960,466 2,821,696 205,820 — Net interest, and other comic seven and . 1596. operating Gross in 1946 p. accrued Subs.)—Earnings— taxes Other expenses, tand - May Department Stores Co. below.—V. 164, arrmori * taxes Net further During of expenses Property retirement This .■ if0"ffiSf B« Kaufmann Department Stores, Inc.—Merger Approved See &Q 541* taxes, S20,H2; Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (& 1946 includes a carryback. $Net 503,342 shares on public, ceeded 1,275,955 * for credit Fashion Trades, which was started in March, 1946, fills a gap in the rich women's apparel trades by providing analysis and interpreta¬ tion of the news as contrasted to straight reportage. The manage¬ ment believes Fashion Trader is on the last lap of its developmental • 450,256 tax computed Enterprises, Inc.- -Stock stage.- Since railway-—• Net from railway— Net ry. oper. income— —V. 75,817 1943 1— Jan. from Gross provision i3 tions. 1946 August— stock Co,, Inc. this week will offer shares of this company to give the concern additional capital to be used to its successful enterprises. The 57,000 units to be offered wiil consist of one share ($5 par) 6% cumulative convertible preferred stpek, and one share (10c par) common stock. The offering price will be $5.io per unit. Leader Enterprises, Inc., conducts a diversified publishing business started and developed by Jerry Finkelstein, who at the age of 30 looks back on eight years of successful publishing and business enterprises. The publications include the Civil Service Leader, largest weekly In the United States for public officials and employees and serving a large group of civil service Job-seekers; Fashion Trades, the only, national weekly newspaper for the women's apparel trades, and comic and digest-size magazines. In addition, Leader Enterprises; Inc., sponsors the exhibitions of the National Antiques Show. The Civil' Service Leader; first of the enterprises of the corporation, which, it is stated, has outstripped all its competitors since its inception in 1939, is designed to provide information for persons interested in Civil Service examinations and jobs, and for those employed in all government services. The readers are prospective purchasers of Civil Service study material and books relating to Civil Service matters, and pay for and attend courses in preparation for Civil Service examina¬ the exploit ederal income tax profits excesG common Geavhart & to plant facilities. Kansas income of of Week-— Proceeds will be used for expansion of building stockholder. a payable-—trade ,Bn?> New Yo.l!! state 'loome Other shares record o., Federal amount share per outstanding after provision for dividend stand.ng preferred stock.—V. 164, p. 728. County Title Co., Geneva, 111.—Files With SEC. The company on nd tThe proportionate * 4 000 LIABILITIES—Accounts 1946—12Mog.—1045 • income f 1946—3 Mos.—1945 sales $12,630,766 $22,228,637 $28,056,876 $44,844,382 Net inc. bef. Fed. txs. 241,168 2,944,025 *702,390 5,771,024 tNet inc. after taxes-445,274 1,003,191 ' 876,548 2,048,203 Pfd. div. requirement-78,339 59,194 135,784 118,738 tNet inc. per com. shr. $0-73 $2,10 $1,07 $4.29 17,080,019.—V. 162. P. ?5*5» Kane . 1723 914,978 914,=918- 2,185,600 " . ... . . LIABILITIES—Capital . rrofit of 'Wro. Bonifas ' - ' ■N^b«e5 North Star Timber Co. (60% of est. loss) Dr * $867,001 • 25,000 30,000 : : ' L. ■ir,i..ir. Jnc. before divs. $819,142 dive.,— 115,227 #»SLPr°m Profit per - I ... 75,527 9696,320 $1,579,020 "115,227: $581,093 $703,915 $1,398,493 ' 230,454" . 230,454 - $1,168,039 August-— . $1,95 Gross ■ "EARNINGS FOR 12 MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30 ^ Net k' - ^nL§aVs (,?35c1' M interplant sales) $58,507,688 $58,794,464 $66,388,934 '. GptLC. 8al«s-7l7—— 49,455,490 48,457,101 54,336,660 " ^»en|rai and selling expenses,..^., J 6,366,058 4,998,03.1. .4,546,306 vther °PW8tions income $2,686,139 1,254.350 — $5,339,331 1— 43.456,695 railwayrailwayNet jy. oper. income— t-V. 164, p. 1210., 55,163,451 •67,222,496 :60,367.457 11,918,340 119,275,402 20,350,409 3,206,462 7,795,2028,893,55Q Net -from 716,688 7,463,525 2,762,002 Nnn?al ,lncosmte ———$3,940,490 Bales";——,1— $2,734,452 Other income 347,500 ,893,074 ancl wis- $8,202,655 414,704 4,903,500 150,000 $6,270,151 -340,904 —— »£;SL ?Jal''0an; for 3,272,ipO contingencies——i , of Wm. $2,716,512 - Bonifas Lumber Co. -r- ' $2,650,551 ^ • Cr40,092 Timber Co. (60% ' Br30,134 of sales, • oper. & general- expenses — ' $211,760 g; 178,680 ... 75,527 145,707 before dividends $2,681,077 $2,474,710 460,908 499,975 dividends., ront $2,220,169 $1,974,735. $3.70 $3.29' share^^ •Based on Total Cr36,000 » 1946 $352,978 Sp? rrom ?J pm f,ail^ay ec ry. railway^ oper-. Prom Jan. 217,767 148,017 l— 120,613 ' 1,295,489 • 1,929,007 '904,996 'f 26,009 — 466,942 196,593 , 1 : m-' : $188,766 The wages. $203,628 175,777 to several 1946, lengthy RESULTS $16,472 ~$12,4Q7 $23,901 876 4,373 surplus Dividends paid Exc. profits tax $17,348 9,287 $16,781 6,460 $24,730 $20,287 $8,061 36,252 $10,381 $16,578 $20,287 $44,314 — 7,813 Operating 34,785 . . refund 27,649 $45,166 8,000 7,868 8,116 j J $429,545 272,072 154,604 $502,760 • 336,804 195,266 - 2,095,118 ,2,060,357 '* 1,017,944' 998,343 534,818 517,383 — $49,255 78,135 78,135 79.237 81,161 $0.73 $0.10 $0.13 $0.20 cap, " ^Includes 1944, and depreciation of $3,508 in 1943. $2,045 $36,509 Total . . : '' 1946 $9,709,304 8,990,293 expense in 1946, $37,165 $36,111 $2,420 in 1945, $2,953 in JUNE 30, 1946 ASSETS: Gash in banks and oh hand, $29,497J inventories, on the basis, of cost or- market, whichever is- lower, $18,277; investments in United States bonds, $53,500; prepaid expenses. $2,686; fixed assets (after reserve for depreciation of $164,011), $57,518; goodwill, $1; total, $161,480. ' "'"Vl £ :> } 1 'I — $719,011 29,316 — — ;?j * ... I - '•» * ' V •' ....... l income for . ' ■■ ■■ •; $748,327 153,779 tax_»w^"——U——-.'--w^-^w__^.. per 20, 1946. .. of 12 V2 cents each were statistical data for - ■' wages 30— paid Street cars owned Motor coaches owned..—,— —V. operated-,- passengers 164, p. 281. the on March periods 29 carried shown ; 1946 . and Juae — be may of . 1945 $5,243,760 Approximate number of employees__ Taxes other than Federal income— Revenue stock outstdg. - 6 Months Ended June Revenue miles paid ■ following and com. 8,643 $363,261 $0.33 _____ share on 1,095,440 shares of interest: ?ii'222,0tt4 deductions Net income Salaries r; — ——— profit income ProvLsion The BALANCE SHEET, v JUNE 30, Interest Earns, Cr63 ; ENDED $44,227 standing (par $1).— Earnings per share— Shares MONTHS 6 Other income 8,150 30 stock out- June FOR 829 Miscellaneous $2,102,672 $3.51'* 1943 changes in accounting procedures put into effect in figures for prior years would not be comparably explanatory notes, v and withbut 179,729 $34,219 13,932 for surplus..* Balance, Jan. 1 $2,700,452 597,780 1944 partially granted the request by authorizing fare increases to become effective Aug. .20, 1946, pending their further investigation. The increases authorized were from 7 cents cash and token fares to 10 centg-cash fares and 3 tokens for 25 cents; " Dividends r Commission interim Operating income 1 $188,184 172,294r 1,139 income Balance, - , raHwayX.Xi^i. V L°per< income—. * V.-164, p. 1329. i : i 1945 $354,541 193,214 income— NefS?r«r0m rail^ay—— 1 ' total, Tl)e following condensed statement of the income for the six months June 30, 1945, reflects the results of a 26-day strike during May. and- increases in wages' to. employees from May 1 as a result of the strike settlement. The company filed application with the1 Railroad Commission for increases in fares to offset the increases In > : Lake Superior & Ishpeming RR.—Earnings— , $4,892,596; Los Angeles Transit Lines—Quarterly Report— , 1945 1943 90,000 599,760 shares,—V. 164, pp. 727, 955. „ 1944 $33,080 —. Total «pSfPr0fit per surplus, ended Operating Net inc. ^"vision for preferred 2,809,511 1,068,447 ^ • Prov, for income taxes- — earned •Cost of est. Dr $8,320,027 Due 1945 1946 Profit from operations — *ront 2,244,602 * 1,423,783 v Lessings, Inc.-—Earnings 6 Mos. End. June 30— reserve aid of construction, $313,746; $128,923,132.—V. 163, p. 2856, 1943 $6,717,049 1,679.783 295,891 - Gross from $7,485,967 930,820 Jan. 1944 $8,515,850 $6,212,059 1,357,962 773,523 railway—,— railway— ry." oper. income— From , 1945 1946 - ,V from Net from *rat' in , Lehigh Valley RR.—Earnings— $1,348,566 $0.97 $2.25 -* 599,760 shares. : , 56.000*' „;-:nr:i share—$1.18 •Based on Lehigh Portland Cement Co.—Pays Larger Dividend— A:, dividend of 62'/a cents per share has been declared oa th# com¬ mon stock, payable Nov. 1 to holders of record Oct. 14; This com¬ pares With 37 Va cents paid on Aug. 1, last, and 25 cents each on Feb. 1 and May 1, 1946. Payments in 1945 totaled $1 per share.— V. 1,63, p.- 2008. ' - 15,500 .■ 75,527 ,„U XTOV. for pfd. $1,438^93 39,668 stock ($10 par), $54,990,000;^ notes payable banks,' $9,375,000; accounts payable, $1,155,642; customers'^ de* posits, $2,997,362; federal income and excess profits taxes, $5,589,724;. other accrued taxes, $644,668; accrued interest on notes and cus¬ tomers' deposits,, $793,412; customers' advances for construction, etc., .$855,221;-reserves for depreciation, depletion and amortization, $45,-" -727,724; reserves for accident and surplus, $1,588,037; contributions to " ' 27,668 *. -> Net \ $701^30 :4L6U,879 $5,541,635 4,225 $655,635 $734,336 825 1,036 563 536 *4,203 1944 $4,799,439 " 4,053 $667,697 ' 1,036 520 17,885,979 19,451,225 19,428,445 126,169,557 139,516,823 136,130,416 i * ••. Kliiiii S|iii hi is ;S:s|;S-;|;; Ifelllil s iisiii ■■':-!» ■'" >' ■.. -1 i \r,..''' ■... .;V V '-7/ •- Net Net ry. railwav-— $4,609,428 $4,724,874 1,288,553 1,769,513 railway-Llaiiway from Irom income- oper. 532,354 $4,732,910 1,846,144 822,040 1,066,781 ■ 1943s r 'S^''. $4,580,344 An. order of Irom rslway Net Irom railway—-,. Net rv. oper/ income— \w-tV. 164, p. 1329. ' . 30,679,727 | ' ' 2,151,114 1,141,980 Sept. '''• 8,672,020 2,208,796 3,419,796 as 9,030,545 ■ August— Net railway railway—.— from Net ry. ■> 1946 from Gross -Prom Jan. 1— Gross )Net ry. $1,471,278 667,142 186,451 ;':'.'v"Sv£- from 2,823,675 $1,767,233 728,125 1,311,787 1,846,100 8,710,810 14,112,259 169,766 700,278 13,476,001 5,437,051 1,460,137 164, p. 1210. 1 Louisville ;; ' ■ .'■■■ 1,488,836 >' i I J from railway railway from ::164, p. 1210. v i The Magnavox Co.—Co-transfeif Agent— Bank agent for of The Manhattan 500,000 shares Co. ($1 par) has been 524,037 479,518 frh:± ' Kaufmann co-transfer 1946 deductions revenue Utility, operating Income incomi^net Other ——s.— taxes t .Qross .i— - 723,845 • iNet income 164, -p. 2111.. stock now $507,129 194,190 Discounts $344,786 87,825 $312,939 > JI'Maine & New Brunswick on — $1,727,189 Operating Operating revenue Dominion income Retirement deductions and reserve profits 1945. .133,783 51,906 30,000 30,712 ggg', Utility operating income income—net -!——*— Other $131,985 . - . Gross income $104,246 2,261 3,156 $135,141 v deductions Net income 54,693 v $80,448 $106,507 28,650 : $77,857 1946—3 Mos.^-1945 " J $65,215 $58,542 18.294 14,150 . Balance $46,920 3,737 „ Other income " f .iA. -V 0 Total ^ Fed. inc. S. of 5* for $44,391 3,003 -1945 $90,459 6,263 * 6,302 " r . 330,000 $29,974 396,000 $36,528 330,000 $0.04 $0.07 $0.11 < laboratory, will be verted ' pilot have been announced The new 0 ' ' and according to new said carried that laboratories.r-V.' applied in on will the development to Mr. be in pulp, by D; C. Everest, research unit conducted at the in an resulting from be in charge of the pulp, paper and chemicals applied research on con¬ company's 164, p. 424. unit be undertaken by traces much of its processes will on while a Menasha, Wis., End, June 30— Proyi for Fed. Net . 6,252,146 2,375,815 $3,876,331 profit *tfecludes 3,458,594 $1,224,675 $25.84 $8.16 $0.55 inc. tax._ Net prof, per pfd. 8h.._ Netfprof. per com. sh.« . rental 1946—6 Mos.—1945 ; 4,683,269 $1.91 income of $998,297. $2,001,768. fBased on preferred period.—V. 163, p. 2294. 11,428,974 v- 9,793,307 4,343,010 7,232,357 : 6 Mos. Ended June Gross Other operating income 30— & $2,560,950 $47.24 $3.48 1945 1591320 Operating Taxes t gii costs than Federal taxes on Federal income os?ftft5 rSroJ ~ other rS3*252 ??7 ?nn income_--"*I 1 249 220 936 021 ^ Consolidated tion charges.ZZZIIIIIZ" ; $2 prelerrid"ihMi"s:~ Consolidated balance -V. 164, p. are authorized 424. 58oil62 - v Metropolitan Ectfsbit Operating $$1.15 of 1945 102,210 $10,314,307 5,228,334 570,399 737,500 1,207,849 1,137,244 purch. for 3,120,066 resale. 986,772 489,160 for Other depr. of util. inc. taxi «i no(- 527,884 taxes *1'("!5'196 1,271,134 $905,094 762,680 J)r$l85,337' ... income Gross its per Cost 10,000 ^ < deductions : , ' preferred 864,000 818,000 453,278 . /■ ?r. shares, of which ior redemp- for income deductions $2,121,821 $4,181,710 11,981 ^3,474 Income "Reduc. in Fed. inc. tax. $2,171,491 369,465 $2,133,802 $4,245,184 753,538 sa.to earn, surplus, $1,802,026 Resulting from 0n January, 1946, S Cr491,000 $2,065,471 $3,982,645 deductions, r„°-"'aZain ion, charees parents. 431,331 Cr363|00O in consolidated returns secdrities of former under fnr indirect Chapter X n° l0nger &vaU?ble due -rL^ ^.;-/?AW^iS?EET.UJ}UN?l of the * $3,321,604 11 a " 1,121,000 850,198 $4,745,421 348,084 $5,093,505 2,033,707 Cr625,000 $3,684,797 intPrP-t Darents >. * 1946—6 Mos.—1945 " 1 $4,439,177 $10,260,441 80,594 249,876 624,810 C-i and 458,905 $9,129,722 1,673,908 877,265 ' > 1,325,000 - $8,670,817 433,639 $4,689,053 $10,694,081 847,385 2,255,323 593,615 1,153,453 $5,597,120 1,200,833 - : \ • v, 1,214,250 : '.i 2,525,000 2,916,750 $2,446,477 $2,033,803 $4,760,303 $3,661,799 $1.31 $1.09 $2.56 $1.97 Current assets as of June 30, 1946, were $46,485,372 and current liabilities were $9,440,659 including therein the reserve for 1946 Federal - — - - , and State income taxes. On 867,728 and current liabilities June 30, were 1945, current assets $9,049,998.—V. 163, Midland Steel Products Co.—Earnings— Period— tManufacturing Selling, Other profit general and tax $723,975 119,243 — admin, exp,--- * were $46,- 2858. | . ( „s ^' (38%) 177,000 Profit feeif. est. exc. prof, tax refd. Estd. excess profits tax refund—— 31/46 June 30/46 •$122,223 $601,751 114,917 234,166 19,398 86,345 59,722 ' 122,151 —. 9,545 Crl20,000 57,000 ; 66,947 62,429 9,545 —- $288,803 Net . p. 3 Mos. End. 3 Mos. End. 6 Mos. End. June 30/46 Mar. deductions—!————' Income 1,720,500 BankruDtcv - profit. 110,000 deducting cost of *$196,261 465,000 $398,803 ■ - ♦Deficit. tAfter labor and factory . $268,738 goods sold, expenses. > $92,541 575,000 $667,541 including materia^ NOTEr—Because of uncertainties then existing, the company did* hot reflect any possible tax refund in its original statement of income and expense for the three months ended March 31, 1946. The estimated excess profits tax refunds reflected in the above statement were com¬ puted by applying the so-called "carry-back" provisions of the existing laws and allocating to each quarter year one-fourth of the company's excess profits tax credit. The results reflected in the above statement have not been and are p. 3076. audited, are based upon subject to adjustment upon estimates final in material respects 162, determination.—V. ,uh ire^Act") of $142,414 I, v* Corp.—Earnings—< $5,516,526 Depreciation Profit sharing to the reorganization 30. 1946 r,ti',, $19,979,422 $17,343,290 $36,978,973 $33,952,772 12,417,482 11,345,540 22,927,584 22,311,178 2,045,412 1,558,572 3,790,947 2,970,776 —— Federal Net income Per share Dar $8,445,928 $17,329,950 $16,957,389 •3,211/754 6,057,306 6,775,342 519,903 1,580,488 817,684 448,387 "1,065,953 482,063 $3,511,604 ' 190,000 < sales State income taxes-_- accumulated $2,147,010 24,481 24,377 $5,308,931 1,797,327 yj&rg&i#.-. |^ 1946—3 Mos.—1945 Deprec. and depletion— Leaseholds sur. & aban. , 1946—12 Mos.—1945 858,000 804,000 $5,284,553 > , >190,000 t v"" Net profit from salesOther inc. credits, net- accumulated shares called Cr497,506 V $3,486,939 v, vvv v '-k 19,407 $79,183 30,667' outstanding $50 e * > Cr205,385 $3,296,939 2857. ''A1-*" allowances of Prov. and / , $4,893,253 1,406,313 — Sell. & gen. & adm. exp., ■ share 4,080,753 t „ $4,765,280 • Operating income Other such all of $55 2,606,628- 63,420 • income 163, p. and $256,207- : 1,722,000 1,860,000 852,493 ~ 2,740,749 11,587,889 6,813,414 1,063,089 1,670,856 63,420 2,707,320 <8,240,340 1,517,793 1,858,698 « Ferio^d'End. June 30— Gross/sales, less returns 927,244 i for Fed. 9,290,536 ' Co*^—Quarterly Reports-, II- Maintenance Prov. $1,432,979' at dio4r£r!LMoS~1945 expenses of retire issued $30,878,061 $32,773,792 ——— — ——— income Midland Valley RR.—EarningsAugust— 1946 Gross from railway-*--. Net from railway— oper. income--! - .. Net ry. $151,398 30,086 7,132 1945 $144,820 , ~ . $38,022, deposit in escrow in accordance with consolidated tax liability Net ry: operr Income— —V. 164, p. 1211. 1944 - 36,705 20,801 ^ Gross from railway.-.-! Net from railway-!!-!- G N N MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30 resale Net income per share. and 12 Mid-Continent Petroleum $357,054 59,776 99,581 " : $104,391 —V.6 157, pn818e treaSUry' leaving 6'343 Elec. balance Consolidated balance Prelerred dividends on 56,609 : —V. 1943 ^ - 283,523 * Maintenance Depreciation r $355,788 to Ni N Balance Merrimac Hat Corp.—Calls Preferred Stock— The $17.07 Light Associates <& Subs.)— '"",v • 1944 $301,595 72,265 - 11|:■...I1945 ——— for sta P. hearing for Oct.. Dividends on preferred stock Co.—Earnings?— ixf.x,*.- plant - in company 30 ^ed a letter of notification with the SEC for 2,500 shares of class B stock (no par). Price Underwriter, Hanson & Hanson. $18.50 per share. Stock is being sold by Cleveland E. Dodge executor of the estate of William Fellowes Morgan.—V. 163, p. 782. ' revenues $10,896,540 $10,212,097 "Total gross earnings Gross Total /, $161,000 next, • dee of $5,787,567 5,606,004 «• (net)————U—'127,972 nation-wide $1,748,661 451,436 2, a C< G •/'""/-••'v' >"/•, <••>••«*« 1945 $7,596,869 7,520,103 , Operating income Other income o Operating rental income requirements at end revenue a 47,009 corporation has elected stock on Dec. '$813,864 797,092' — Merchants Refrigerating Co., New York—Files With SEC— Prov. Massachusetts Bower and Transportation $1,297,225 Period End. June 30— $7,085,964 tlncludes dividend York %. There $47,399,666*$38,853,851 $88,673,610t$77,326,753 Earns, bef. Fed. inc. tax rr;(■* ' • $48,516 depreciation but before provision for Federal ' taxes.—V. 164 \ ' After 1211. " ,, since . 30,689 preferred 1946—3 Mos.—1946- r Net sales New 1,717,972 Net income p. in 729. $277,097 113,991 oper ^ Reduction:due to-inclusion in-consolidated re-—■ turns of American Light & Trection Co., parent company brands to jobbers is planned that larger retail supplies of its in all parts of the country. 1946 Net income Prov. for Fed. inc. taxes * p. at sha - Amortization of utility plant acqui. adjusts State, local and miscellaneous Federal taxes Federal income & excess profits taxes separate return basis which operation T< 1211. p. so $192,399 dividends amounting to $1 Marshall Field & CJo.—Quarterly Report— 'Period - from line change is contemplated in $902,581 * revenue acquisition Somerset to Everest, products and new 3 Mos. End. June 30— Total revenues 1 ' the N Tot which $6,635,527 $51,982,964 $46,404,134 4,330,124. 37,034,336 30,208,043 1,491,539 7,351,759 10,408,524 931,361 . EARNINGS FOR Depreciation studies laboratory is Abrams,* Vice-President,' who products Miners v!. j\i >|?r research. Pr^;Allen & Net gain on other profit and loss transactions research which, Merchants 22,500 ; to No 164, payments uf 1946—7 Mos.—1945 $6,643,583 $52,107,411 $46,463,753 8,056 • 124^447 -v 59,619 5,982,980 P. 1087. Net income .S?%^ . '' 2,000 9,000 $15,386 Manager. growth in recent years ■■■ *Net inc. ' of flVZXpy i 37,694 paper and chemical products, President and General company $294,494 Somerset Somerset system of branch offices.—V. 164, *»•*;! $96,723 $0.06 ,<5 of announced, 45,771 2,000 added volume. Ope Ope —V those Maintenance for N agei —V '1946—Month—1945 income-—898,043 Gas purchased Operation 50% a way be shortly be available maintains headquarters $77,746 Y J^C&rathon Corp.—To Build Research Laboratory— Plans for a modern research laboratory to be erected at Rothschild, Wis.,; in 1947, to accommodate research and expanded program Mr. Dunn several lines will 23,008 1596. v the of income.—V. $7,816,922 Operating $490,994 196,500 694,000 $1,131,676 of prohibition. allocations immediately, • 27,153 July 31— ^;l.• ;■ V Somerset organization which has been $47,394 share p. present available upon including $7,835,032 18,110 >- of prominent brands to further enhance its sales Additional $117,613 $71,443 ... ■ period__ outstanding per distributor other the 35,676 „ $23,061 396,000 " '■■■ Shares ^ mat $31,004 ' interest in the large Somerset Ltd., Inc., of New York, N. Y., sole Haig & Haig scotches and Gordon's gin, was on Sept. 24 by William C. Dunn, President. Somerset, one of the biggest organizations in its field, holds ex¬ clusive U. S. rights on Haig & Haig Pinch Bottle and Five Star ■scotches, King William scotch and Rlondo rum. «*» .» According to Mr. Dunn, negotiations are under U. shortly after repeal 1946—6.Mos. $107,119 $446,391 stock 11 on the • proposal of the company to purchase from! various' stockholders of West. Michigan Consumers Co. all of the outstanding capital stock 0 f t h a t company consisting of 4,182 shares of common stock, without par value, for $353.68 a share, or an aggregate of $1,500,000. West Michigan Con¬ sumers Co. will be dissolved* announced 25,596 %'■ taxes . Earned corporation $50,658 Deprec. deple., dry holes, leases forfeited, etc.— -fV.164, ,34,269 $1,825,676 - ^ Acquisition by this liquor import firm of Maracaibo Oil Exploration Corp.—Earnings— Period End. June 30— Operating income Oper. exp. & gen. taxes ♦$71,453 and debenture The SEC has ordered $594,675 52,771 50,909 •<$. ■ $' $1,242,728 Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.—^Hearing Set— *20,607 : en ^ $1,616,39.1 $63,264 —V.164. 14,195 4 Co ary, 1,211,724 Operating revenues— Operating expenses Operating taxes——— Merchants Distilling Corp.—Enters Import Field— will inc. i. •"" 1,170,000 Operating revenues—— Uncollectible" oper. rev. ■ —. 163, p. 3139. for provision——_ Net profit —V. 163, p. 3287.• r I;<; Income over , $319,936 115,262 57,324 taxes —— :v ' 1 201,954 Period End; .'204,793; $1,859,945 Provision for estimated Federal income taxes— Electrical Power Co., Ltd.— —-— excess accruals Excess renegotiation refund Sundry deductions 1 Michigan Bell Telephone Co.—Earnings—- $538,919 20,952 £, ; — " $130,501 > 190,000 dependent Net 49,170 / . . ^ 1946 revenues!—, $335,285 is . 35,459 ; purchases will Woh Woh l: Subs.)—Earnings charges—.. 5,023,253 v prod construction earnings!-—- Net A5,766^966 84jl69 , • > cumu¬ 1945 - 9,497,661 (and amort, for 1945) J income $253,264 int. Net.operating income 11946 ••••• . and :• dividends (received—* earned income Total $256,961 ' f* s. •On bonds 48,126 Interest earned 55,754 - annual M soutl ' || represents 1/5 of a share of $3.40 income-.— oper.; Accrual of and $7,972 • 1 Deprec. of fixed prop, Other r . tcl2 Mos. Ended June 30— Net * • .I $289,032 . hI $11,309,020 • — ■^-v. $180,404. ; 116,390 $491,127 ■■■- —...—>. . Pro. $731,816 723,843 3139. common ■' , Net $904,249 -4-;^-.-—----- — and of. Su 1 ';l' ' balanceP.«T!—'i.. 6 Mos.Ended June 30— 526,691 209,579 46,975 16,002.; ' v - income, i.—— deductions —-— Income 1 $788,925 57,108 56,507 Maytag Co.—Earnings— „ $1,188,669 115,495 —-.---w-— '.'v ,:■> 1945 $1,296,192 570,929 -66,761 51,878 Netlr^mentreserveaccruals-^---—— ! •/ Tt : Well total, $73,300- (Expressed in Canadian Currency) Period End. June 30— 1946—Month—1945 -1946—6 M0S.—I945 Gross earns, from oper. $1,550,969 $1,166,729 $9,073,583 $7,102,467 Oper. exp. incl. deprec. 1,297,705 1,036,228 7,457,192 5,859,739 \> *V'4* .' "v■ lative preferred stock of a new series and 9/20 of a share of common stock of The May Department Stores Co. The present outstanding stocks of the latter company remainunchanged.—V. 164, p. 1596. capital stbck.--V.164i p. 728. revenues federal income & excess profits Dominion of : Canada taxes.— >s 513,915 765,562 $960,757 contributions in aid of earned surplus, $2,769,252; Mexican Light & Bower Co.> Ltd; (& 377,995 May Department Stores Co.—Consolidation Ratified-* ^ appointed Mos. Ended June 30-* Operating Operating b 379,748v-m/>232,805 income. stock (non-refundable), $165,265; 513.—V. 163, p. 3287. The consolidation of this company and Kaufmann Department Stores, Inc., was approved by the stockholders of both companies at their meetings held on Sept. 30. The formal documents effecting the consolidation of Kaufmann into May Department Stores Co., the surviving corporation, were filed on Oct. 1. Each present share of Maine Public Service Co. (& Subs.)- -Earnings— , 145,737 $6,933,433 4,254,228 . Consolidated Balance —V. 163, p. 'r6'; - f^The) ■112 y '*■'■' Consolidated -"■> 111,100,604 140,036,108 143,074,651 138,260,653 18,017,250 49,099,078 55,597,815 61,447.378 9,450,680 16,935,083 16,638,511 17,636,765 —_ £fet' ry." oper/ income— ,• 197,935 — from Gross Net '■ $7,122,822 4,505,764 —— — 1944:.. 1943 railway—_ $15,824,723 $15,853,894 $18,644,710 $17,674,138 Net" from railway—— 3,553,430 3,987,345 7,448,348 7,592,490 Net ry. oper. income— 1,996,272 1,884,780 2,183,606 2,226,035 *Erom Jan. 1— Gross 1945 —a-. -—— Preferred dividends LIABILITIES—Common no par value (360,780 shares issued and outstanding), $10,823,400; cumulative preferred stock ($100 par value), $12,500,000; premium on cumulative preferred stock, $173250first mortgage bonds 27/a% series, due Nov. 1, 1974, $24,500,000; divil sional lien: York Haven Water & Power Co. 50-year 5% bonds due June 1, 1951, $1,247,500; accounts payable, $597,380; dividend payable July 1, 1946,- $121,875; customers' deposits, $113,337; Federal, taxes accrued, $1,805,703; interest etc accrued, $169,119; other current and accrued liabilities, $77,753; deferred credits, $23,742; reserves *or depreciation of utility plant, $17,511,369; reserves for Federal taxes for prior years income (including $90,903 deposited In escrow), $559. 869; other reserves, $139,699; Subft.)—Eafniugsf 1946 $116,431), . | Consolidated balance Interest and other charges.—.- 1945 uncollectible account* $1,221,105; interest and dividends receivable, $5399. materials and supplies (including construction materials);, at average cost or less, $708,978; prepayments, $62,030; deferred debits, $25 433. total, $73,300,513. ; >; ■'r I largest amphibians ever stages of the war and has and Martin personnel In the Vo J>; vT''a■" , in banks and on hand si special deposits $21,910; U. S. Govt; obligations (at cost)" $3,300,000; accounts receivable (after reserve for • the lV\ > Taxes, other than Federal Federal taxes on income RR.—Earniriks— 1946 , "Vv 451,444; of # 372,995 ■ Louisville & Nashville -smaller types as- ;v of this company lor the week ended Sept. 28, 1946, totaled 28,811,000 kwh., as compared with 22,512,000 kwh. for the cor¬ responding week last year, an increase of 28.0%.—V. 164, p. 1596. ■ /'v | V! ]" 7, 1946'. •.} airplanes are both and fa; addition. afford.- npflfAPiotlATl x-i ' f * __________ amphibian Operating'- -■ costs.Maintenance.. (Ky.)—Weekly Output. .1 Electric output August— versatile. large their own. airplane, which is the first of was completed during the final Total gross earnings ■ /.:V;'v/vf; Gas & Electric Co. that 6 Mos. Nnded June 30— Gross operating revenue 5,504,465 , v-'y demonstrated 13,095,916 ■ ■ which Massachusetts Utilities Associates (& $1,605,394 201,906 6,421,967 income— oper. —:—— :>>.vy'-V'Ali-I-!': • Other income railway—— railway—_— from Net r' | 1943 ■. : •!,;• t ■.<.;;i' S >-t,V-i>'4/' ■:h■ / apportionment agreement; $90,903;; cash extensively tested by, both Navy ensuing months.r—V. 164, p. 1086. ' '' 1944 ; -, : ;v;A i'-r♦►> been 1945 $1,213,744 . 466,513 210,471 income— oper. • 20 practical jand The built, ;J ^Louisiana; &VAirkan^ Ryv- -Earnings— »vf •,l • ■ -•many advantages' of 'S ' ' :v ■ The order, which may be increased later, was announced following completion of a series of strenuous test operations by an experimental 29,083,428 3,070,461 , 30,600,508 7,950,362 21. model 1 , ! " 31,113,510 6,595,702 752,144 , • large Martin Mariner amphibians Jiaa been: placed fey ythel United? States; Navy/yrtth /this 66mpany< it rwak*fcttttbuhced m Prom Jan. 1— Gross ■■■ (Glenn L.) Martin: ■ . S'Gmf tam- u: >'•. .. ' ■ 11 . •«■!, •fM* Long Island RR.—Earnings— V _3—:. : ;i~,v'*;' •'' SS;,^i': ^46f i94&^|l|SS:;Sr:;aL944'"'.'4'' ^ - 'M ' ' 'iltiiiii!^ •*>n ' : 1,065,169 1^175,099 223,372 64,323 395,119 195,429 1943 $134,728 $154,469 43,726 26,680 34,690 ' 17,470 , J''., 1,118,664 .* 1,223,228 353,828 154,766 - 515.499 273,78ft G C P Volume 164 ^Number .4531 TUS.COMMERCIAL&rFINANCIAECHRONICLE Missoiiii Pacific RR.-^Earnings--August— Gross Net 1946 1945 from. railway—. $15,757,935 $19,731,446 from railway... 3,796,683 7,521,909 Net. ry. oper. .income—^ >2,248,740 2,369,328 V»Frpm<Jan.li,'-vv i r ... '< -• • Gross from railway.:...-' 113,087,590' 153,672,072 Net from railway 22,436,907 62,520,279 Net ry. oper. income 10,805,122 21,426,795 —V.. 164, p. 1635. . Monsanto Chemical _.Tho company war has §tyrene Piaut--r announced Assets Administration of styreno plant which Monsanto under the $9,550,000 government-owned a built and purchase from the Texas City, Texas, operated for the government the wartime synthetic rubber program. The purchase was contingent oft .approval by- the- Department of Justice and the Office - of Rubber Reserve. The company said the negotiations were part of its polystyrene plastic production to a rate a program to of more than pounds by early 1947. - Polystyrene is a thermoplastic mold¬ ing compound used in home refrigerators, cosmetic containers, battery expand 80 million cases, plumbing fixtures, kitchen utensils, dishes and hundreds of other applications. Styrene is a hydrocarbon made from petroleum and coke-oven fey-products./; 1 j ■ .'•« v , > a\» • The plant is situated on 30 acres of land on Galveston Bay- and employs about 500 persons. Designed and constructed by Monsanto in 1941 plant to to of the into 50,000 styrene tons operation During program. inents. ■ produce go production needed to annually, the in the meet the ; it the was it years nation's first styrene synthetic government's war produced rubber 21% about synthetic rubber require- '-.Vy, The plastic^ ^expansion program, the compariy said,- Included En¬ largement of its Plastics Division plant facilities at Springfield, Mass., and installation of an additional polystyrene production plant 1 adjoining the Texas City plant. The company owns several buildings large dock adjacent to the government plant site. This prop¬ will be Used to house the proposed additional units. Styrene and a erty for polystyrene production will be transferred to the by pipeline from the present government plant. Felix N. Williams, Vice-President, said the styrene plastic output capacity which additional units • - 50% of Monsanto has under con¬ struction at Springfield, already is in production. The new facilities at Springfield with those at' Texas City will represent a major item in the division's $14,/fe million expansion program. Canadian plant facilities for production of styrene plastic also are expected to be in production by fall. This plant is designed to both serve The the Canadian thermoplastic iustron.—V. is and that the export marketed 164, p.. 829. by ; more than market. under the Monsanto name ' , Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.—Earnings— v" 6 Months Ended July 31— ' ••• . .. 1945 1946 - -* $ Net sales ' • 418,397,220 289,787,519 'Cost of sales,, selling, and general' expenses,, and all taxes other than income-taxes^.375,484,651 268,302,284 *. Deprec. and amortiz; of -fixed:':pfoperties^.-^w £. Profit taxes before income on 1,638,969 ' • Net : operating profit.. Net profit on np1 Earned . inventory price decline 4,000,000 to surplus on Dividends Class 7,801,102 - Prov. for possible future Dividends 4,705,000 7,310,000 24,558,600 taxes 19,816,102 16,715,000 Federal and State income taxes____ Excess profits stock.. 705,439 705,439 5,217,147 stock per common share 5,217,147 $1.36 ' COMPARATIVE BALANCE $4.57 SHEET, JULY 31 — J U. Receivables, securities S. less Merchandise 66,620,703 : reserves. 59,320,127 198,439,061 11,708,100 — inventories Prepaid expenses Fixed 1945 1946 - and 7,301,102 20,558,600 "A" common ASSETS— Cash 1,669,133 41,273,600 - ... ___ , assets 39,003,245 Total ■ $ 81,015,626 46,568,488 139,377,931 7,893,427 40,973,588 375,091,236 315,829.060 ' LIABILITIES— Current liabilities Reserves 61,769,846 23,212,082 1 Capital stock 172,957,747 149.035,664 117,151,561 111,396,780 Earned surplus Total'"< —V.-164, 375,091,236 315,829,060 " - • :/ 1635. p. 36,661,522 18,735,094 Montour RR.—^EarningsAugust— Gross "c 1946 railway railway Net ry. oper. income... From r from Jan. 1944 1943 $262,105 $282,200 $286,084 109,671 119,373 77,674 81,268 2,036,348 716,825 1,917,429 770,136 524,995 542,158 1— 95,250 iBk Net from ^ Net ry. —V. railway railways— oper. 164, p. income— 1635. 90,488 ' 71,080 65,929 1,632,355 244,810 W-Gross from > 1945 '$303,720 from Net • 1,959,451 256,527 * 639,494 %. 474,812 * ' ! (John) Morreli & Co.—50-Cent Extra Dividend— , An extra dividend of 50 cents per share and the usual quarterly dividend of 50 cents per share have been declared on the common stock, both payable Oct. 31 to holders of record Oct. 11. A similar extra- distribution was made on year 1946 will be $2.50 per Operating?? revenues. Operating expenses:.:.; Operating - taxes: V, •- .« i** Net --i... | 'I'CJP oper; income.:-. Net ; incomei—i- —V, 164, p; 829. Oct.-2.7. last year. Total payments for the share, the same as in 1945.—V. 163, p. 1570. National Power St Light Co.—Earnings— Under Way Unit Shipments wiuv Kipnis, President, recently stated that shipments-of kraft use in manufacturing corrugated boxes were no# under *"*""• TJunot> -way fromth<r newly acquiredsubsjdiary, Tomahawk He further stated that one of two machines owned, by Tom^awk Kraft Paper had been converted to the manufacture of kraft board, the1 second machine is still manufacturing spwialty kraft papers. The additional supplies of board from the Tomahawk mill diately be reflected in increased sales of corrupated boxes by the existing converting plants operated by the parent corporation and subsidiaries.—V. 163, p. 2859. Samuel board • for * ' — " Period End. Mar. 31- Income 1946—3 MOs.—1945 ^"v" " $150,043 143,701 890 $150,507 $741,481 $981,142 89,238 72,721 348,292 1,075 4,977 183 319,559 : 3,010 taxes.* taxes and National Gypsum Co. (& Subs.)—Earnings— 1946—3 Mos—1945 1946—6 MOs.—1945 deductions • %</ Prov. & 6ell„ admin. & -4; * 11,616,626' 101«6,262 ' «„«„„« $1,444,514 $4,441,078 $2,674,959 881,840 734,266 1,722,627 1.465,770 $1,546,692 $110,248 $2,718,582 $1,209,189 gen. exp. ' - 320,874 81,735 349,346 190,235 $1 $1,867,256 $791,983 $3,067,898 $1,399,424 doubt. disposal assets 138,405 43,617 special accts._ J 8,078 63,605 31,023 85,158 Gold Land 8,421 473,200 1,073,500 665,100 $1,053,258 $0.58 $238,068 $0.12 $1,727,218 $0.93 $519,559 Earns, per com. share— —V. 163, p. 3420. • . . National Lead Co. ; 6 Months Ended June 30 dredging Depreciation, Gross $302,043 $6,993,896 1,656,327 Total 15,000 income < income and Federal Pension' reserve — 3,580,768 profits taxes— excess —i-i.-- —» — .,—.« $5,069,455 ' $3,475,845 797,275 797,275 232,386 232,386 net- income^*>.*<.<.«u.—— Total Dlvs. on DiVs. on '• •<u't>- class A •*»"/".' V-V1A, preferred Stock*---—,— class S preferred stock—•* • /.Amount ■ earned on Common dividends ; ;• " ♦ •- stock common i —$4,039,793 paid-. Amount earned per $9,986,187 6,447,841 62,500 Stk. outstdg.— com. . .« $2,446,184 772,666 $0.79 1,545,332 shr.' on .i 6,726 7,941 BALANCE $1.30 SHEET, JUNE 30, ments in 10,536 credits 60,654 $723,554 $324,984 $398,569 Omaha mittee, Public 167,129 this District on Sept. from company the Gross composed of into Electric . ry. New Bedford Gas & Edison Light 12 Months Ended June 30— Total operating Total operating s * Net ry. payable and accrued liabilities, $6,298,262; subsidiaries, $120,963; provision for taxes, Including Federal income and excess profits taxes,»$10,368,679; divi¬ dend payable Aug. 1, 1946 on class B preferred stock, $116,193; reserves: (fire insurance, $4,797,284; employer's liability, $426,664; pension, $5,475,595; contingencies, $4,080,358; general inventory, $700,340), $15,430,240; preferred stock, class A, 7% cumulative, non-callable ($100 par), $24,367,600; preferred stock, class B, 6% cumulative, nonpallable ($100 par), $10,327,700; common stock (par $10), $30,983,100; capital surplus, $485,295; earned surplus, $37,620,867; reacquired capital stock, at cost, Dr$5,048,248; total, $131,120,651.—V. 162, p. 989. income Other income railway income— oper. 5,091,654 29,799 $1,678,856 124,559 504,894 income taxes —V. income The directors on have the class A declared the full stock, payable Oct. Last year, the company V. 162, p. 1396. paid $1 year's 15 to dividend NOTE—-For oper. the ciation of 1,355,267 the J Net sales Gross Other and selling and purchased admin, 6,683,823 income $847,764 $8,772,004 212,671 326,592 . week the a year Sept. 27 Gas 14,136,016 kwh. above production ago. week is Securities and "ihking income $1,060,436 Ib4, $9,098,596 298,126 . p. 167,168 Other deductions and on reported ft-> Exchange Commission on 2,300,000 shares 163a. $762,310 Prov. for Fed., State and foreign taxes refteg. of profits for the 6 ended June 30, 1945_ and Consolidated Estimated income credit provision of Federal tax from months 320,000 $442,310 s' Total - on 4Va% Dlvs. on on «uiuiu,c, are stock Net is oper. 30, included in accounts the amortization charges for the 12,780,740 kwh at 121,405,000 above a contracts (not including $834,196 of $447,160; accounts £^ne^nt of suh-contractors), trie's^ ^2r9S2er4e39f*°rinvpl5tfUl notes an(J of Oct 2 gave the com- of plan which calls 20-year collateral common months 1,993.248 1M7. P 78|728 111,718 2%%>, receivab!?—S accountS, Cr$936,542; invenfixed 868) 9,ia,017'868)' 4 $11,250,000; reserve for if«fiSnp»lnterest rate approximately miscellaneous, $649 714- reserve fir servic1e» adjustments and tingencies, $1,200 000* 4>iT ^ adjustments and con$17,OOOiOOO; $2 10-year nreferi»nJ2^1f«i ? Preferred stock (par $100), stock (par 225.904.~V. $10), $11 549 163/p 930-' 2730. L!!f 18,956,555 16,427,361 $9,504,391 $73,355,939 $65 6,872,173 59 181 400 46 — the of Commission application With the Issue Sold Privately—Hemp¬ $3,200,000 par 3% bonds due 1986. Company will apply the proceeds redemption of $3,453,000 first mortgage 4%% bonds of 1998 at 103 on Jan. 1* See also V. 164, p. 1636. for the 448 •>IB 802 587 $1,025,070 $1,236,678 608,924 817;429 yi^^resldents $8,100,301 All $9 657 351 ^875 July 653 103 ' and Interest, Immediate payment of ml'a\y t0 S,1CCeed °* upon Bleaknev A. Skinner. Gross Net railwayrailway Net ry. oper. From Gross Net Net Jan. from from 1946% from railway— Net,from railway S40)' 511,181,480; common d SUlplUS> $8'943.189; total, $69,- ?) income__ $1,205,688 52,182 370,018 76,565 521,641 636,795 141,797 railway railway 8,406,099 3,810,083 8,640,561 3,747,365 9,530,988 164, p. income, 779,686 1,087,459 5,523,020 1,438,728 352,703 1212. 832,960 1944 " 126,583 from Net ry. " 1943 5,303,975 Gross i946 from railway Net from railway Net ry. opei*. income From Jan. 1— Gross from railway railway—*.... Net ry. oper. income— —V. 164, p. 1212. Net from $510 657 154 948 15o!543 5,277,384 2,589,580 3,004,514 1944 1943 $618,866 270,656 $701,342 342,265 $804,351 223,513 187,435 181,565 income- 26,975 oper. Norfolk & Western Ry. August— Gross w 53,885 £ ' 90,288 5,260,287 $575,076 $761,620 15,574,655 208,674 1,085,097. a,/. 113,504 ~ 48,356 . 5,477,203 1,543,159 708,510 1,23^86 426,786- i- 499,407 Net railway-^.. from railway Net ry. oper. Jan. Net ry. income— —V. 164, p. 1943 1944 1— railway railway-.*— oper. 1945 $13,408,621 $11,136,434 $14,821,727 $12,767,159 5,294,551 3,722,412 5,857,946 7,221,374 3,244,860 1,937,251 2,076,081 2,279,144 from from Earnings— 1946 x from Net 1945 5,239,978 596,402 1943 1944 $634,452 132,424 32,997* railwayrailway-—. DATE —V. 164, p. 1636. Gross -Earnings— 1945 $709,269 108,834 from Net $1,133,309 ' 1— ry. oper. —V. -Earnings- 1945 $918,406 - EARNINGS FOR AUGUST AND YEAR TO . ry. oper. income. From Jan. 1 $790,809 price, redemption presentation and surrender of .said-bonds. Gross 1946 from from the full together with interest to date of redemption, may be obtained At the Manufacturers Trust Co., trustee,. 55 Broad St., New York, N. Y* M. Hennessey Mr the: outstanding first mortgage 4 Vz% bonds, series A, due 1998,. have been called for redemption on Jan. 1, next, at of 1, and Net August$1,413 787* respect of ter¬ claims for rpim ? t'Jf ,l2.0)'' ^^^^>232, ^tali?517-232: install¬ iMO-ifi? l946-iQtv,7 2,208,051 Norfolk Southern Ry. Gross let -V Augustloans due 46,458,589 25,616,556 23,153,642 hill, Noyes & Co. have sold privately at From bank 32,353,822 2,632,228 164, p. 831. 1946—7 Mos—1945 13,868 New Orleans Texas & Mexico Ry, ment 6,130,677 effect' consolidation with the Public Service State of New York and proposes to file a similar SEC soon.—See. V. 164, p. 1635. . - $9,518,259 $73,467,657 $65,526,944 New Orleans & Northeastern RR. in 225 904 1 90,589,183 170,292,544 15,542,467 132,618,805 104,877,400 to stock.—V. $9,940,996 'o.cif/ *26,926,439, investments and other assets, $1 415 938* lin nL «ftQeriefSei'Ve,10^ dePreciation and amortization of $19 017 $16,595,669; deferred charges, $356,578; total, $69 24,305,372 2,325,858 operating income . JUNE 30, 1946 claims $. Securities and Exchange Commission ordered Sept. 25 that a hearing be held Oct. 11 to consider the application of the corporation for an order extending to Nov. 1, 1S47, the time within which the company must dispose of its interest in Buffalo Niagara Electric Corp. Niagara Hudson stated in its application that in order to comply with the Commission's order of Oct. 4, 1945, directing disposition within one year of its holding in Buffalo Niagara Electric Corp., the company pronoses to consolidate Buffalo Niagara Electric Corp., Central New York Power Corp. and New York Power & Light Corp., its directly owned subsidiaries, into a single operating company. Niagara Hudson has already filed an application for authorization ago.- 559,074 818,672 six receivable—customers, $ Niagara Hudson Power Corp.—Asks Extension of Time ft., cu. production year I?f Neuedham' Mass., and Thomas J4ass*' kavei been elected Vice Presidents hhoiio ^ 1945, of $U7,103 and $1,085,570, respectively $8,370,776; 1946—7 Mos.—1945 The for accounts. e—customers, 3,942,049 1,830,125 735,417 3,906.477 August- 1946 and receivab war Meets^Wo 9,155,314 $8,943,188 and ,CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET, ASSETS Cash, $14,295,324; notes minated 20,453 94,554 3,946,420 1,718,173 624,195 24,334,120 190,923,663 170,485,043 28,748 334,480 192,499 21,162,282 taxes income Asso¬ increase an 188,945 $2,161,427 419,305 ouiiJiLta •HOTE—Depreciation . taxes ... $9,744,994 $11,316,742 382,500 pfd. stock lo-year preference prior preferred stock ended June Operating Mn?et°Piratlng income income $1,242,310 8,502,684 $2 Divs. cumul. $10'799'942 217,295 91,835 1946—Month—1945 27,439,867 45,250 Telegraph Co.—Earnings- 1946—Month—1945 Operating revenues.. $10,779,489 Operating expenses 9,565,474 Net income & $516,319 208,653'//' 4Vz % Bonds to Be Redeemed— 800,000 — surplus—* Divs. $2,161,428 "carry-back" ^Consolidated net income Balance, 6,770,000 _• laws Telephone uSlPpnHhiIeVe«UeS"-Uncollectible oper. rev. I — resulting $8,931,428 inc., on for New England 1943 $473,106 ; . 1330. 27,394,617 Aug. 20.— Electric This of 3V° ,comPlate its recapitalization f ain<? Saie $22,500,000 of Series A fund bonds and Period End. July 31- 1,270,116 454,186 *19,345 rev. Operating per 0 Total 656,885 Operating revenues.. Operating expenses ■ mk tiust 1944 3,208,059 ' revenues Uncollectible >-* m* 9.04% corresponding week cu* 207,570 Association—Output— New England of <838,138 *367,660 $ Time Extension— The 6,985,160 profit 10.60% or 1945 $45,917,077 $83,054,496 38,385,489 67,297,332 goods expenses in 27, output the 1946 customers to Cost of manufactured Merchadising, kwh., output Sept. i?i «?iCVnnoQ cu. ft. of ..10'964'900 in,.>41,000 in Supply Co. (& Subs.)—Earnings— 6 Months Ended June 30— ended electric corresponding Gas National week reports 5,853.602 6,473,230; 464,976 ; . 2,632,610 income— Net New England Gas & Electric For arrange 1945 $352*795 .; 44,252 Period End. July 31— Operating . mechanical reasons it is not always companies in exact alphabetical order. However, they are always as near alphabetical position as possible. to 5,671*472 <•160,039 *723,004 88,921. railway railway —V. possible $899,957 175,901 55,435 New York Telephone Co.—Earnings $1,001,450 $1.75 1943 $872,015 81,292' *54,431 holders of record Oct. 5. April 30 and 75 cents on ry. 129,650 of 1944 $340,911 115,082 48,000 , from *Deficit.—V. 164, p. New Bedford Rayon Co.—$1.75 Class A Dividend— share 726,161 Earnings- $725,824 107,872" *3,270 1946 >, from from 358,765 163, p. 3141. 929,033 164, p. 1330. from Net $1,489,865 $1,049,404 1,801,520 From Jan. 1— $1,460,066 35,480 2,027,501 952,800 .1,174,100 - Nfew York Susquehanna & Western RR.—Earnings— 1945 5,266,691 113,074 1945 1946 $748,191.. 11,484 ^133,578 railway-— *Deficit.—V. Gross unconsolidated Net 1,323,372 railway— 4,840,933 Net from railway**-— *74.093 Net ry. oper. income— ' *1,009,276 $6,551,719 / from 697,446 railway railway--— Net ry. oper. income $1,643,3^7 (net) deductions 1,837,951 853,374 „ . retire¬ for income Federal 93,306 131,203 from Net Net 1943 $226,802 70,620 From Jan. 1— Gross Net 1946 Operating income Other 1944 $247,327 oper. from; Gross $6,910,068 expenses, provision general taxes ments-and ':v: 1945 1,400,326 331,569 •railway- railway from Net Co.—Earnings— revenues 15,528,570 92,093 203,987 August— . . - $201,761 income from Gross group ■, v 1— from an Com¬ of local, citizens,^purchased control of Nebraska Power Co. in December, 1944, - from the former parent, American Power & Light Co., with the announced intention: at that time of eventually turning the company over to the District. When the sale is completed, Nebraska will be the sole state in which all electric power properties are publicly owned.—V. 162, p. 3196. ' / a . New York Ontario & Western Ry.- entered 18 Omaha Inc.; Committee, . . $186,501 52,914 117,903 railway railway..- Jan. Net made The . , 1946 oper. Net and to ry. From for A pficc of $43,747,630, according to an Announce¬ by the District. The District will complete the purchase from the Committee, as soon as a 30-day waiting period required by law has passed. ment " 811,871 Crl,331,132Crl0,121,541 income —V. 164, P. 1330. Power purchase profits — from Net n 20,325,253 , from Net $231,441 agreement to excess August— J LIABILITIES—Accounts *5,087,387 .-^Earnings— Nebraska Power Co.—Sold to District4— The miscellaneous payable r— August— 1946 advances to .-"unconsolidated subsidiaries, $3,610,147; investments, at Cost or below (net), $974,128; plant, property and equipment (including intangibles) (net), $46,658,417; patents and licenses, less amortization, $341,176; prepaid expenses, deferred charges, etc., $985,991; total, $131,120,651. 2,002,958 2,471,316 income 6,108,502 37,933,923 13,738,857 tDebit in 1946 includes carry-back adjustment of $682,400 in August, and $11,112,400 in the first eight months. ^Deficit.—V. 164, p. 1212, *Loss.—'V. 163, p. 229fi. ASSET^cash, $18,862,233; tJ. B. i Govfernmeht securities, At cost, $17,241,303; other marketable securities, at cost (at market quotations $3,305,271), (net), $532,117; accounts aftd notes receivable (net), $12,266,143; notes receivable from employees, $32,899; inventories, $22,916,097; fund for deferred expenditures on expansion and development, (United States Government securities, at cost), $10,000,000; invest* 23,407,636 •.51,672,780 1,232,280 1,155,462 27,262,743 30,192,065 163,832 •1,214 10,536 60,654 sales .., CONSOLIDATED 5,743,814 3,575,024 146,616 3,490,570 Net 60,000 Net profit $9,365,081 621,106 $8,650,223 — 12,165,29$ 11,242,341 1,329,561 Total income Misc. deductions*— Total fixed charges-— $269,617 75,000 Miscellaneous $78,910,059 $90,006,931 70,397,844 78,071,083 1,518,318 2,570,766 profit Other income 4,234,679 1,508,939 4,778,941 income- Net $571,661 rentals Water Cost Non-operating expenses, incl. taxes (except Fed. income and surtax), insurance, general expense, reclamation assess¬ ments for interest and maintenance, depl. and deprec.— 1945 1946 — sold, taxes and other exps. depletion and amortization opef. ry. taxes $0.27 Subs.)—Earnings— <v Other income Gross Sales Cost of goods Net * V'!" /r Returns .' (& ' fr^jy. opers. total, *and 30,1946— Total * .' »*• Net-rev. . Co.—Earnings— Interest profit -vii >'.«*•**•'.'' : ^Includes Fed. income Natomas 8 M0S.--IO45 1949 4 11.39M20 5,130,794"-'45,909,421 :09;S7r,9i6 dei>dsit^^344^SM!Wa^€jala^^^5^~i-i22.rtiK.ina.- ««noi« cash / 3 Months Ended June 59,163 660,100 1946—Mottth^lfi45 gr; ^ $$£±1 S&»3 31; 1946 ' 276.—V. 164, p. 1211, ' 3,626 (including all Leased Lines)' Period1"End1. Aug. 31— LIABILITIES—Capital stock equity (5,456,100 shares of no parb $82,168,244; accounts payable, $38,949; accrued taxes, $79,411; liquida¬ tion account—Tennessee Public Service CO., $328,076; long-term debt called for redemption, incl. premium and interest (cash in special deposits), $170,139; $6 preferred stock retirement account, incl. accu¬ mulated dividends (cash in special deposits), $165,457; total, $62,959,- of capital Sundry expenses Inc. & exc. prof, taxesNet 1 $61,225,954;, cash, in banks^-on; der securities, Treasury bills, $499,613; dividends receivable— ate companies^ $293,274; other current assets,. $1,000; deferred : (liquidation account—Memphis Power & Light Co.), $2,223; $62,959,276. 15,278 60,590 71,218 23,527 debt Prov. for on $592,613; 19,222 fund. Loss 28, for New York Central RR.—Earnings— 6613,051 .. *68,734 BALANCE SHEET, MARCH vestments—U. S. 104,859 ...— innnmp income Int. & expense on ' I? 269,821. $2,428,232 Operating profit S 1 Other income TYit.ol Total mouan —-—- I— Gross profit 1 6,618,408 6,102,580 depleC, de* amortization for prec. , Sept. Association—Weekly Output^ Q^2mber«»?*VnllaKe fo' 1946, as 67,593,602, compared With 61,566. The 2~e"300 $351,938 3,000 3,60,0 W3%i ASSETS—Investment mand, 2mo&aSre------■ $7,326,741 $16,057,705 $13,963,217 $8,530,812 excl. Cost of goods sold, ; 34,337 "1,086 5,645 5^645 » 6,000. ... • >*«8MSVSOWX& ' •' ' . Not income Period End. June 30— $150,043 . 15,257 Federal income tax.*.* ■" ended the week ended Sept. 29, 1945, an increase of 9.79%-. ' comparable figure for the week ended sept, 21, 1946 69,753,011, an increase of 14.74% over the corresponding Week last year.—V; 164, p,- 1635. v-y : 665 $980,252 145,857 $293,144 L_ $595,624 464 318 income excl. peaejai taxes Int. week * Expenses, other Th0 Association reports ,. the majority owned other income Total New England Power 1946—12 Mos.—1945 subsids.— from 84,497,062 102,534,331 107,629,550 24,240,661 41,819,284 47,499,584 14,908,142 16,632,510 17,396,342 income__ 99,923,389 44,096,069 15,337,150 1636. 501,260 North American The 6,248,163 i 3,306,998 6,929,3494,062,047 5,957,960 3,640,029 2,045,265 2,251,162, 1,290",446 Securities and Co.—Hearings Postponed— Exchange 11, trom Oct. 3, oral argument on Commission the first has two nostponed steos -•-teotganizatiofi^of--; This set for is the third Sept. 19 but such was in the to Oc plaii fo vVv^''*" postponement. Oral argument originally wa put off until Sept. 26.—V. 164, p. 1636. » | ■: , Number 4531 It rolume THE CO preferred^stock ■ y orth Texas fiod $306,038 revs, deducts,—-■ 'normal and surtax fe'dl'txcess pre tax--, ivings from tiling of fconsol. tax returns— ter. Ed jreciation Cr36,000 Crl29,400 close of on 289,200 $37,846 ,i: '7,248, I Gross income-—'-— it. on equip- notes, etc. ■ , "$32,163 Net 5,934 $369,163 .101 249 2,859 • $334,563 ... railway-— railway—_ from oper. $38,827 — - ■Northeastern Insurance ■ '• ' Net Net 1— 3,202 ry, Operating Operating W. Babson has sold his stock interest "in this company to Less, II, a meftiber of the New York City investment firm Ellis & Co. j At a meeting of' the board of directors on Sept. 23 Mr. Less was lected Chairman of the board. **• [Mr Less, according to a letter sent stockholders'by Mr. Babson, paid 5 75 a share for the Htatter'e - stock. 'fhis holding is estimated to -have weeded 40,006,'shares.. Purchase of the shares will make Mr. Less the linant Stockholder, since he already owned a substantial number Appropr. Amort, value Net gen. exp. laintenance retirements... for Prov. $2,516,141 245,454 1,090,494 34,041. 41,768 117,739 • —_ 196,998 fed. inc. and exc. prof. taxes —_—- $150,885 income—_ $168,535 Hirer income 314,010 $189,917 52,398 1,479,977 1,484,974 1,141,000 Federal 489,590 1,624,409 deductions 490,591 income -46,93^. '$417,958 — $5,476,836 8,019 -V. 164, p. 11. $5,484,855 2,234,898 $1,928,205 $1,055,735 1,569 $3,249,956 two 2t 1946 accruals 6,722,636 1,974,800 1,565,557 — reserve 1945 7,017,380 741,650 893,583 2,776,000 be 546,995 railway— railway—— let ry. oper. income— -V. 164, p. 1330. 79,407,497 $798,111 deductions 653,916 $2,664,603 stock dividend oper. Operating revenues.^ Operating expenses pperating taxes— Net Net 34,725,009 $6,093,973 •8,018 $6,085,955 4,902:967 700,395 The 20,037,575 $482,593 466,284 Chairman of income 3946 from railway 1944 $613,982 182,335 Mr. from 103,520 124,906 was 3,091,787 4,280,325 3,934,521 4,148,017 -390,759 892,721 702,624 1,191,522 *815,422 railway 449,912 302,843 783,536 ry. oper. income— ^Deficit. V. 164, p. Ohio Associated Telephone Co. Pperating pncollectible oper. Operating revenues. pperating expenses $105,488 $789,858 $739,402 126 128 978 901 $107,088 $105,360 $788,880 66,446 516,712 433,720 32,459 122,760 income oper. r-V» 164, $149,408 1,831 p. $6,455 revenues jUncollectible Operating; 1,045 110,883 the oper. — rev. $7,2.36,678 . 18,723 revenues- $7,217,955 expenses— 5,162,413 taxes 1,051,994 announced also Netitperating income.$1,003,548 U?v income——.— 975,891 Other and income Interest 1946—7 Mos.—1945 Prov. 7,892,415 General Managei - of and for reserve the Prov. Percy pRts, President, stated that sales and earnings for the months of this year gj^vertible were the best in the company's history. Preferred Stock Recently Called for Re- company in July, last, called for redemptton' oh AUg. 2,1946, all outstanding 11,876 shares of 60-cent cumulative -convertible http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ ,Akrf.-1,,, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Lax $1,743,535 20,803 It common. ' offer and is 12 pro-- and Pantasote for various & Co., has been elected » 1 Fed. and income $748,684 debentures-_ taxes 43,555 oper. - Net $627,345 70,476 $697,821 86,501 $581,588 *$1,063,371 5,167 174,029 10,363 m ! 164, p. •• " 236,000 281,000 crio¥,66o Cr500,000 income $340,421 *$118,443 from fResulting carryback $747,763 provisions year hand on securities, and demand deposits $1,214,454; (due within ,! U. S. Govt, securities, at cost, $415,000; deposits in con¬ acquisition of aircraft, $475,000; property and equipment for depreciation and amortization of $2,854,244), equipment, nection (after with allowances $338,461; prepaid unamortized debt discount total, $18,598,466. $8,777,458; work orders in deferred charges, $363,622; progress, expenses and and expense, $290,353; other assets, $49,181; LIABILITIES—Accounts transportation $2,283,385; payable, taxes, employees' withholding taxes, etc., $447,794; accrued salaries and wages, $489,971; accrued taxes, other than Federal income taxes, $89,874; other accrued liabilities, $587,037; provisions for Federal income taxes, $190,256; deposits on air-travel card accounts, $384,043; unearned transportation revenue, $60,295; deferred credits, $161,135; 15-year Earnings— Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. 12 Mos. End. Mar. 1946 31 operating revenues Operating expenses *>^3,264 taxes taxes revenues 1,728,675 Net • income 432,169 $15,202,353 $11,158,482 — 79,574 — 88,496 $15,281,927 $11,246,97a —— ——— 9,484,772 ————*-—*— 5,795,042 $5,797,155 Net. interest and other deductions— . 3,580,000 plant acquis, adj—..— Other income (net)—. income 1,632,424 3,030,496 oL electric oper. 1945 $51,934,181 $51,221,011 28,687,926 26,995,719 7,422,217 Total Other 1 convertible income debentures, due Sept. 1, I960; common stock (par value $1), $478,296; capital surplus, earned surplus, $597,980; total, $18,598,466.—V. 164, p. 12. 3 V2 % $10,000,000; Amortization $5,451,936 Definitive Debentures Ready— fund debentures due Oct. i, 1965, are ready exchange for temporary debentures at The Chas^ the City of New York, 11 Broad Street, New York, N. Y„ and at The Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities, Philadelphia, Pa,—V. 164, p. 1088. for delivery 3 % 11,732,777 sinking in National Bank of $8,153,862 11,124,228 in banks, at cost, $2,950,000; notes receivable 24,633 $6,756,681 Internal from 934,230 917,854 $411,549 the JUNE 30, 1946 -— $1,183,366 of Code. lescence), $897,250; notes receivable (due after one y^ar from date), $445,908; estimated claim for refund of prior years' Federal income resulting from carryback provision of the Internal Revenue Code, $500,000; special funds reserved for purchase of property and Pennsylvania "r, " v- "I1"" >*"? *'**•*- Reading August— 6 filed a • 5,272 taxes, Telegraph Co.—Earnings— 1636. < normal Depreciation registration statement with the SEC for $75,000,000 of-'40-year debentures, due 1986. Underwriters, by competitive bidding. Net proceeds will fee used to reimburse its treasury j for previous expenditures for extensions and improvements to its plant and plants of subsidiaries. Remaining proceeds will be used to repay outstanding advances from American Telephone & Telegraph Co.,. parent, which are expected to nearly equal the amount the ^proceeds from the sale of the debbnturas, the registration stated.— V. *$1,322,827 259,456 $516,449 65,139 date), $536,492; receivables (traffic balances, etc.), $1,345,287; inventories of replacement parts and supplies, at average cost' or reconditioned value (after reserve of $116,510 for obso-* Registers With SRC— The company on Sept. -1946—6 Mos.—1945 5,313 422,282 $918,996 income thi# $4,704,42* 4,137,080 <•$283,560 inc. tax cred. Govt, S. one 42,825 637,868 operating Net income of $7,926,481 9,249,308 *$126,629 ASSETS—Cash U. 1946—Month—1945 1946—7 Mos.—1945 $2,848,379 $12,332,837 $88,372,424 $82,935,578 * 41,775 29,611 310,038 192,182 rev. stock Earnings— > 163, p. 2997. revenues-^- capital $2,772,757 2,256,308 BALANCE SHEET, $444,915 207,826 the of 1946—3 Mos.—1345 $4,816,736 5,100,296 156,931 Fed. for Revenue $1,826,059 272,200 $1,764,338 411,034 64,420 540,200 10,187 — all purposes. 'expense——— •"Deficit. $1,783,234 $892,037 that and surtax Net 30,'46 June 30,'45 - ""I will L. corporation, $902,224 notes on for Uncollectible . expansion. It 1636. 3 expense—-— Definitive a % of a share common of debt discount Amort, Operating revenues.. $12,806,604 $12,303,226 $88,062,386 $82,743,396 8,282,395 73,344,501 55,262,669 11,301,702 Operating expenses*.—19,326,865 taxes 7,961,204 585,912 2,837,465 Operating 750,000 shares remain in the treasury as Astra Textileather p. Oct. on commercial and fEst. Fed of $378,643 (net) income Operating $5,938,737 5,739,631 shaies to 2,,750,000 from 500,000 (which are all out- iThie held ,a<yitional be announced income Interest (& Subs.)—Earnings— Pacific Telephone ^ at a special meeting held on Sept. 30 voted a V»+!on.e split in the common stock and an increase in the number win Total Gross Nu-Enamcl Corp.—Split-Up Voted— nine declared Net j?5 stockholders > will be 30, E. F. Taylor, 957. p. to 164, Operating, incomes- the Net earnings $6,422,962 .$48,622,543 $45,408,627 3,920,033 32,683,119 27,064,808 1,665,922 7,939,191 12,405,082 $8,000,233 loans Other income- promotions in the officers roster of were announced on Aug. 3C by Depreciation $6,432,893 $48,727,806 $45,466,864 9,931 105,263 58,237 $839,007 789,319 of no and of C. C. was Production Period End. July 31— standing) authorized Operations Gain from operations before deprec. —V. Pperating iTv- 164, . 3 Mos. End. -—6 Mos. Ended Earnings 1946—Month—1945 Operating ~ in Federal Period End. July 31— Operating ,The increase current fiscal year on Oct. Oxford Paper Co. $117,344 77,270 1636.~ Ohio Bell Telephone Co. first an board, said. 187,437 $7,454 share Pantasote -rr Owens-Corning FiberHarold Boeschenstein, viz:W. P. Zimmerman, Vice-President in charge of manufacturing and sales since the Fiberglas corporation was formed on Nov. 1, 1938, has been named Executive Vice-President. J. H. Thomas, General Sales Manager since 1942, has been named Vice-President in charge of sales. Ben E. Boyd was promoted from General Factories Manager to the post of Vice-President in charge of manufacturing. Other major officers of the Fiberglas corporation are Games Slayter, Vice-President and Director of Research and Develop¬ ment; H. R. Winkle, Vice-President, Treasurer and Comptroller; G. E. Gregory, Vice-President and Director of Purchases, and Carl G. Staelin, Secretary.—V. 164, p. 832. Gross hf approved June 30,'46 June Net income share of Greenfield, of Greenfield, 164, p. 1212. $738,501 3,342 make to $2,828,400; 91,292 _ pperating taxes Net ' 1946—7 Mos.—1945 $107,214 rev— one each Period End. June 30- Corp. President Earnings— 1946—Month—1945 revenues for common Operating revenueOperating expenses-*.^— appointment of L. W. Whitton Campbell as General Works Whitton Manager and Mr. Campbell Assistant General Works Manager.—V. 164, p. 560. .glas 1330. Period End. July 31— Petersen Three 187,663 pet from railway pet have end of the the Manager of Manager. Mr. 254,728 26,731 its for common Pennsylvania-Central Airlines Corp. named. Douglas, formerly General Manager of the Otis international division, will continue in charge of the company's foreign operations. Mi\ Wallace, Auditor since 1943, will have general responsibility for all accounts and budgets. $649,894 175,870 its a Mr. From Jan. 1— Gross No underwriter Petersen, President, has announced the election Douglas and of Bruce H. Wallace as Vice-Presidents. 1943 $663,l£l of No changes in the management or policies of the company are con¬ templated. F. W. Carter, President for a number of years/ will remain as President and operating head. However, G. L. Ohrstrom, H. T. CaVaftaugh and Merrill Stubbs, partners of G. L. Ohrstrom & Co., have been elected to the board of directors. Owens-Illinois Glass Co.—Changes in Officers of Af¬ filiate— 94,654 income ry. oper. .'costs. L. A. $4,326,820 4,007,271 $605,030 pet from railway pet 1945 K. tax $5,279,037 $40,641,995 $35,733,380 3,461,520 30,644,740 23,057,485 1,203,304 5,481,497 8,349,075 4,407,439 of domestic With SEC— Otis Elevator Co.—Four Officials Promoted— Northwestern Pacific RR.—-EarningsAugust— $2,081,003 The increase in capital is made to provide funds for. the acquisition the controlling interest in the original Orange Crush Co., Inc., of Chicago—V 163, p. 1434. ,1946—7 Mos.—1945 $4,515,758 shares • a large of gas heaters for domestic and commercial uses and recognized leader in the manufacture of fireplace fixtures and equipment. It recently added to its line an automatic stoker for of $5,284,851 $40,696,600 $35,776,729 5,814 54,605 43,349 $614,213 576,403 $0.52 manufacturer .. shareholders soon-after the (Del.)—Weekly Output- as operating income $0.98 This corporation, which has been in business since 1884, is , Orange Crush, Ltd. (Canada)- -Stock increased— h-V. 164, p. 957 and 426. Dross . $2,237,103 stock and surplus—^— common such construction year, an increase of 31.8% .—V. 164, p. 1636. rev. $0.24 corporation has been purchased by G* L. Ohrstrom & Co., investment bankers, and associates and that no public financing is contemplated. ceeds will be used for partial payment of construction of new village for employees of company and roads and utilities appurtenant thereto or for partial payment of bank loans incurred for purpose of paying Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.—Earnings— pncollectible $0.50 • it ' was $2,508,503 427,500 427,500 requirements par common stock to 500,000 shares from 250,000. It is hoped that a dividend on the common stock pperating revenues—— $690,758 Drl2,945 $3,318,519 ' '• $;23;679,090'^32f635,107 :?.t5^506,285 14,756,692 14,397,146 Period End. July 31—^1946--Montli-^1945 $1,027,168 (The) Bay lie Cutlery Corp.—New Director- $3,198,876 690,372 income Balance for Electric output of this company for the week ended Sept. 28, 1946, Dtaled 50,012,000 kwh., as compared with 44.714,000 kwh. for the cor- |esponding week last $334,254 director. -V. is 92,407,725 Northern States Power Co. $517,156 share- com. applied 1,673,735 The company Sept. 27, filed a letter of notification with the SEC for 36;G00 shares :<$20 par) common. Offering price, $20 a share. Pro¬ 101,866,605 98,067,996 88,920 surp. to corporate purposes.—V. $1,476,442 9;660,726 45,892 913,514 $3,211,821 Net income - from from 44*460 Peerless Mf&. Corp., Louisville, Ky.—Control- 1944 1943 1946 • 1945 ross from railway— $11,237,207 $13,079,408 $13,437,505 $12,931,452 e$ frtolh railway!-— "$r?6i;52I '3,298,^84 4,250;M2 «Sl33i282 2,086,541 - 2,944,766 ' 1,763,230 2,888,194 pet ry. oper. .incomeross $779,678 23,604 that underwriters will offer publicly a maximum of 60,000: of preferred and 250,000 shares of common, of which 12,853 shares of preferred and 50,000 shares of common are to be purchased by the underwriters from the company and the balance (which are part of the shares to be received under the exchange offer) are to too purchased fVom selling stockholders. Proceeds to the company will $609,293 200,047 " 1,068,700 . posed $15,506,296 $15,844,703 — Gross 180,104 274,438 inc. per shares $2,421,845 Utility operating income^—$3,313,324 income (net)_ 5,194 1,405,657 . 646,100 $1,073,060 163, p. 2898. H. $2,014,951 538,508 Prom Jan. 1— 568,800 $378,714 shares and State taxes on income Retirement Ry.—Earnings- - 334,500 „ sote Plastics will offer three shares of its common, plus of preferred, for each share of Textileather common. 2,697,772 12. p. Olokele Sugar Co., Ltd., Honolulu—Files " $1,958,534 110,155 company Sept. 27, filed a registration statement with SEC 60,000 shares ($25 par) 4Va% cumulative preferred and 1,352,677 shates ($1 par) common. Underwriting arrangements will be supplied by amendment, but it is. contemplated that van Alstyne, Noel & Co.? New York, may be one of the underwriters. Company is making &A exchange offer to stockholders of Textileather Corp., Toledo, O.; The Pantasote Co., Passaic, N. J.; and Astra Realty Co., New York, for the purpose of acquiring the controlling interests of the companies. Panta¬ $5,119,617 $2,515,069 1,459,334 $2,625,232 697,026 taxes , Northern Pacific August— 101,149 for $5,118,048 449- 391 —i: Federal $2,400,985 1,038,289 114,325 184,534 428,119 $137,518 54,898 tax. Pantasote Plastics Inc., Passaic, N. J.—Registers With 1,606,008 $2,514,619 $2,624,840 income- —V. 164, p. 426. Net inc. The exc. income Preferred lcome $1,820,309 50,573 income.. _SEC—- 957,990 722,408 — General $998,158 " •.14,474 $1,002,412 ; $540,760 net Earns, —V. 23,156 748,021 Maintenance $570,039 21,381 $464 895 Gross income——— Fed. for Est. Oklahoma Natural Gas Co.—Earnings- Dec. 352,016 $925,333 on pfd. stk, of subsid. held by public State & income 164, $5,152,333 2,499,927 100,265 357,410 118,896 $1,791,189 29,120 14,654 Prov. • $1,929,347 29,187 1.230.454 1,230,454 DiVs. 23,145 taxes oper. Income Operating 265,381 $987,938 income from 1946—12 Mos.—1945 11,585 12 Months Ended July 31— Operating revenues —. Operation — 253,629 287,240 42,930 265,820 $911,179 oper.. Balance Other 69,776 fr. Deducts, 208,691 11,571 Net income —V. " 47,098 71,625 — )ther taxes 131,685 income Total 547,212 234,352 on Total income deductions 1946—12 Mos.—1945 $602,507 $631,227 282,736 31,150 47,731 revenues j>per„ adm. & on 808,493 res. than Fed. Gross -Earnings— me—3 Mos.—1945 Period Ended June 30— -597,834 769,984 for Other share.—V; 162," p. 196. Northeastern Water Co* (& Subsu¬ berating the stock of 132,621 °Fed~ inc. Other .. 1,002,213 $8,847,803 $18,080,576 $17,818,489 2,941,277 6,203,524 5,867,256 603,508 1,152,304 1,135,593 816,793 1,629,787 1,625,462 590,352 — taxes profits Guernsey Curran, Jr., a New York City insurance broker. The capital of,sthe company consists of 300,000 shares of 5 par value liquidating for Prov. jfficial of the Imperial "Trust Co. of . Montreal, Canada, who was also lamed Chairman of the executive committee; H. Carl Northrup, a tustee of the Putnam County National Bank of Carmel, N. Y., and a — investments- income President of Rockwood,Sprinkler CO.; H. Clyde Baldwin, The indicated 178,258 52,734 179,366 $5,127,537 2,599,615 limited-term (other Prov. wellesiey, Mass., of Babson's..Reports, and Carl M. Eldridge, Viceesident and Trust Officer of the National Rockland Bank of Boston, in Carroll also ^resigned as Chairman of the board. I Elected to thrboard to fill the vacancies were R. H. Webster, ah $13.86 3,086,324 for retire, electric F stock. $9,032,566 income) | The^three following directors resigned, viz.: W. J.1 Carroll, of Wor- l; 1945, Was 31,424 - 1,074,428 858,168 -374,392 121,171 1946—6 Mos;—1945 expenses- of Taxes :■ ammon 60,674 (estimated) revenues- Maintenance L D. H. bster, Mass., repairs $147,670 1212. p. Period End. June 30— Conn.—New iRoeCr kiliam —&—. & ( Net 1946—6 Mos. $2,582,180 income) 81,617 _ , 1946—3 Mos.—1945 $2,602,018 1,319,234 — \ 629,137 201,109 44,469 income— oper. $141,172 75,889 26,457 11,183 , Taxes .,1943 Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.—Earnings- - Hartford, Co., revenues $330,201 $366,303 $31,914 ^ Operating to- the up Depr., d 1944 $96,877 38,092 ! 20,220 from railway from railway— —V. 164, ! Net income LV. 164, p. 831, stock Operations 1945 $75,224 ( income— Jan. ry. From 4,361 . common Ry^Earnings— 1946"* from Gross $38,929 into p. 316. Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka August— $328,628 ;$361,914 $30,891 1,272 1,083 Aug. 2.—V. 163, " 517,097 214,700 : 20,920 business convertible was Maintenance Gross Co. Period Ended June 30— stock. 160,000 77,500 'J-'-i-'':"'.'. V, • Trust^^ pPaC,"C Pub"C Chicago, -111. The preferred $3,652,760 .2,787,234 Net (net)—-s- income ' 17,700 •*- Operating income-wi¬ ther * 229,600 Crl3,900 227,592 25,900 $3,589,016 "2,741,301 27,200 revenues—,, lerating iiy, *1946-^12 Mos.*-M945 ' $307,097 228,888 14,000 is , at $11 per share, plus acerueddivld Payment was, made at the- Harris Trust the Harris share. Mbtlth-*—1045 Snd^July 3 Y, CIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE railway—— Net from railway—-^ Gross from Net ry. Form oper. Jan. Seashore 287,887 1944 431,566 income— 1943 $1,827,926 981,247 631,321 $1,516,767 $1,938,246 8,809,790 2,618,389 736,094 '9,002,493 3,042,776 l,446,©»xr ■ ,699,080 , 1,035,838 717,632 1— Gross from railway-.— 7,591,411 !Net';;ftom:'-raHwftyS;aSsU^ '**• 773,757 Net ry. oper. income— *862,694 ; Lines—Earnings- 1945 1946 $1,577,752 558,547 ""Deficit.—V. 164, p. 1331. • 8,435,311 2,226,035 378,136 - • 1728 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Pennsylvania RR.—Places Equipment Orders— The be T® Pittsburg Shawmut company on Sept; 25 announced the placing of orders for 1,100 cars of the most modern types for delivery early next year. built usually make of large Gross high tensile steel, the cars will include 100 of an un¬ equipped with newly developed devices which will pqpsible heavier and mere secure loading of merchandise shipments. These orders follow close ordered earlier^''&;^,'v^^:'-;^ the on wide variety a railway railway——^ Income..* Net from of from railway.— Net from railway...: Net ry. oper, income.*. cars •Deficit.—V. Gross Net from railway railway from 1945 1940 l— 1946—Month—1945 tU. S. income and Can. inc. & Other Net prof. exc. railway rwy. tax. Net- income -J , 423,488 41,667 , of inc. to " surplus— *Deficit. 231,173 265,592 571,226 — Snkg. Id. appro, Balance 36,357 244,447 income. $381,821 irom tion 164, p. : 1946 1945 1944 I $497,352 $658,536 178,793 88,496 2,980,586 243,657 225,903 126,742 Operating revenues-— .. Operation 140,444 5,037,809 1,604,948 1,033,627 4,868,308 1,488,212 a registration statement with the SEC par) common. Underwriters, Brailsford &; Co. Operating Operating (I ? r'll '£ V " 'A'' ^ Jt J Prior Porto Philadelphia Co. (& Subs.)—Earnings— .(Not incl. Pittsburgh Rys. and of Period End. June 30— Operating Operating Approp. retire, depletion' Amort, of other street and —V. reserves 3,982,901 3,976,436 642 1,416 leaseholds (other inc. than by ity subsidiaries Fed. excess 131,021 7,780,271 1,764 345 1,468,449 inc.) taxes 1,551,255 131,367 2,848,418 1,704,692 3,500,502 subsidiaries— operating 1,842,200 Other income 252,618 (net)— Gross income Total income deductions Minority inter, Con.sol. Divs. net on in 302,083 J 663,108 4'«?2 458 872,458 870,756 income.;. $4,453,037 1 709 884 1,709,884 other $132,927 General Net bankers are issue. This is by the $2,386,527 $946,222 $7,815,073 $14,486,096 $405,337 $445,204 $2,645,812 $3,125,374 Total expenses 303,585 317,859 2,089,675 2,260,745 $101,752 $127,345 $556,137 $864,629 $2,488,279 2,149,196 $1,073,568 287,552 revenue— fact revenue net Total that Operating $339,083 '$786,016 $2,081,700 $5,241,428 deprec. Deprec. adjustmentstlncludes payroll taxes groups to bid for any new securities that the company may put up for sale incident to such an operation. has 20,000 shares of 6% preferred and 50,000 shares of 5W% 657,519 $78,448 4,627,653 419,062 464,061 3,611,677 6,144,096 12,210 3,037,969 1,398,637 5,567,495 •Includes 164, p. 2446. U. S. Govt. inc. & .v 4,308 exc. 1,556,987- profits taxes -V. 164, p. 1250. * Cr388,014 The company Sept. 26 filed a letter of notification with the SEC for 150,000 shares of class A common. Offering price, $3 a share. Pro¬ ceeds will be used for purchase of land, machinery, equipment, plant, warehouses and for other expenses. No underwriter 1 784 028 i,7»4,uza $5,492,834 — $8,371,210 $15,350,726 6,289,510 10,109,298 income— NOTE-—For possible named. f.*;• * order. • 'Yp;> "j'Y " ' f : (The) Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. of America —New Business Up 53.3%— $7,510,630 cash— mechanical reasons it is not always to arrange companies in exact alphabetical However* they ar^ always as near alphabetical position . $5,258,169 capital stocks, revenue. fTaxes accrued in¬ Company value.—V. opers car expenses $11,911,888 $11,675,268 $82,076,403 $82,533,780 4,428,749 4,884,030 28,062,531 29,501,771 ' 25,669 Crl59,658 2,076,609 Crl,143,181 4,444,829 5,382,902 39,551,499 35,332,199 626,113 621,712 4,570,691 4,356,896 revenues forming par cars Auxiliary Operations- Refunding— suggested OPERATIONS 1946—7 Mos.—1945 Total 25,267 probably will replace its outstanding preferred stocks lower-cost new of maintenance- Conducting 1,029 Protecto Sales & Service, Inc., Drexel Hill, Pa.—Files With SEC— $9,222,883 $10,355,937 $14,749,145 $17,141,974 3,899,090 inc. company a preferred, both of $100 2,973,692 597,135 revenues •Maintenance $158,194 $113,745 1946—Month—1945 ir; All $157,164 $139,161 25,416 — income The * 164, p. 427. Total 31,212 38,270 $136,489 2,672 163, p. 3143. with $9,452,077 $10,677,695 $15,248,727 $17,803,787 229,194 321,759 499,582 661,814 revenue 327,541 • 31,618'vy*. 38,659 income deductions vestment . 3,524,352 profits taxes 1,144,800 ^ accruals Potomac Electric Power Co.—See 690 $3,892,012 501,710 paid- dividends preference Net 3,049,783 by utility Net 2,342 V 1,669,794 reserve 7,919,723 util¬ by utility subsidiaryState income taxes Net Gross 687,50 0 $4,579,512 687,500 Sleeping Car Opers.— $554,189 361,920 </ income taxes income—net Income —V. of electric plant acquisition adjustments Fed. Other 1946—12 Mos.—1945 . Amort, Taxes subs, $4,077,802 Period End. July 31— Utility operating income railway Co.) $31,176,092 $32,398,883 $59,756,057 $62,030,145 12,246,733 11,279,236 23,951,481 22,309,781 1,971,857 1,760,925 3,854,192 3,782,886 . to and 1946—6 Mos.—1945 revenues expenses Maintenance subs, Philadelphia $4,856,223 61,27 4 REVENUES AND EXPENSES OF CAR AND AUXILIARY ^68,688 deductions revenue Rico $413,536 $282,609 tax resulting from $4,168,723 inc. Federal of Balance t.: Co.—Earnings— revenues Retirement > <j -v $6,487,704 121,462 2,288,440 V (The) Pullman Co.—Earnings— Porto Rico Gas & Coke payment of loans and replace working capital expended in purchase of building from RFC and to complete construction of a building.—V. 164, p. 1636. 2,286,786 • 4,915 Balance 12 Months Ended June 30— to 191,959 . "carry-over" of excess profits tax credit pioceeds. The registration showed that the company changed authorized capital from 4,000 shares ($100 par) common to 400,000 shares ($1 par). Each share of $100 par common was changed into 100 shares of $1 par common, which exchange was consummated Sept. 23. company Sept. 27 filed a registration statement with the SEC 100,000 shares ($20 par) cumulative convertible preferred. Under¬ $7,204,283 1.618,288 4,138,581 3,005,798 $4,856,223 Balance The for $479,483 702 188,173 receive writer, Van Alstyne, Noel & Co. and G. L. Ohrstrom & Co., New York. JPrice, $20 a share. Proceeds will be Used for 3,416;i80 $602,411 Reduction its Pilaris Tire & Rubber Co.—Registers With SEC— 1,706,948 3,237.512 268,573 revenues— oper. and amort Int. Shillinglaw, Bolger & Co., Chicago. Of the total, 100,000 shares will be offered t6 the public and 10,000 to employees of the company. Price to public, $6.50 a share. Price to employees, $5,525 a share. Shares are being sold by four stockholders of the company who will 1088. 143,972 307,245 Other inc. deducts, (net) Chicago—Registers With and $3,402,071 148,410 182,000 taxes— taxes— Other Subs.)—Earnings 292,837 — income Federal 1,966,237 1,241,827 1,086,126 - Depreciation 5,330,265 corpora¬ totaled 170,250,000 kwh., as the corresponding week last y(ar. 1946, 1946—Month—1945 1946—12 Mos.—1945 $2,407,133 $2,298,590 $29,364,650 $27,782,217 1 om im cm? RfiO 117(11617 imco J 952,869 11,701,637 1,003,701 10,762,929 146,448 2,098,090 177,774 1.771,919 Period End. July 31— $608,087 184,444 CS 27 filed ($1 Sept. 28, " \ 110,000 shares operating companies served by this Puget Sound Power & Light Co. (& 1943 - 63,926 Maintenance Sept. company Engineering & Service Corp.—OutpuU of the week ended the for compared with 178,110,000 kwh. for a decrease of 4.4%.—V. 364, p. 1637. 1— from The for for adjustment of net 1943.—V. 101,154 Portis Style Industries, Inc., 1,124,988 1,878,327 *$814,420 of $140,573 1945 *to Jan. railway.. Net from railway Net ry. oper. income —V. 164, p. 1331. 4,743,112 3,652,071 250,000 *479,836 334,583 $111,563 tlncludes credit accrual operating loss carry-back Public Utility Electric output Net 498,842 41,667 47,319 *52,301 $496,896 104,586 100,266 • 153,679 1,868,214 153,230 11,036 ♦93,824 . from Gross 1946—8 Mos.—1945 Cr2,6l8 taxes oper. proveuients and other corporate purposes.—V. 164, p. 1125. 988,426 211,992 164, p. 1331. from From $4,208,312 $31,571,236 $37,634,115 $4,884,348 865,979 *8,836 railway.... railway Net ry. oper. income Net Pere Marquette Ry.—Earnings— —. $138,317 35,174. 21,831 , Pittsburgh & West Virginia Ry.—Earnings— railway—— 531.083,893 654,044,829 678,185,898 643,249,761 Net from railway 37,610,448 150,773,991 183,464,256 212,988,889 Net ry. oper. income:— 3,462,011 84,660,377 72,816,428 '96,263,623 —V. 164, p. 1330, r Period End. Aug. 31— 729,838 $104,574 ; 1,973 .♦9,736 *12,634 *24,248 123,980 August-*" Gross Gross from Gross income $70,554 parent also proposes to make a cash donation of $5,000,000 to the surviving company. This will be applied in part to redemption of bonds of Atlantic City and Peoples, and..in part for additions, im. The 1943 $7S,Q03,533 $78,136,421 $89,315,259 $88,413,643 9,904,471 16,208,086 26,708,439 36,889,110 5.483,721 8,494,108 10,205,533 18,940,176 —_ Net ry. oper. inc®me From Jan. 1944 $71,080 11,089 *2,341 - stockholders Th» 1943 From Jan. 1— EARNINGS FOR AUGUST AND YEAR TO DATE August— 1944 1945 562,444 ry. oper. Gross completion of 500 other box 1946 from Net size corporation either by sale, or distribution to its common method will b° specified by amendment to the plan. & Northern RR.- -Earnings—. August- box aaew Monday, October 7, 1945 possible. as ... " 4% preferred!^ 736,710 736,710 $6 cum. preference-- 300,000 $5 : 300,000 cum. preference--- 134,670 134,670 non-cumuistock '790 395 1,297,662 1,297,662 cum. Pfd. 5% Common —V. 164, p. 1,473,420 600,000 269,340 1,185 2,854,856 13. M. 1,473,420 The electric output ended Sept. 28, 10,528,000 kwh., —V. 164, p. 1636. this of 269,340 8.8% or Philco Corp.*—Now Radio-phonograph $2,250,000 which in Philco is the world. by and the Ground was on Sept. plant continuous broken was started television longest for at -3,114,388 Period End. July 31— Operating this plant Net Inflowing V-J Day. in a Pa., new Philco radio, radio-phonograph and television plant con¬ 300,000 square feet of floor space. It is three stories high and adjoins the main Philco plants in Philadelphia. final need construction for for operations Philco on a products is work facilities so partial basis.—V. & Benjamin With SEC— \ The company Sept. 14,164 shares ($5 scription installation great 164, remains to be immediately to that it was to 1088. p. to , 23 Co., , filed a held. wishes to norm. exc. ♦Special the Net begin Other Int. Conn.—Files of notification Stock is to be with the SEC offered for sub¬ & „vV. the p. meeting to consider be held on Oct. 31, 1636.:|/A:'V;;,:v..^r V~., Y.'lYw Phillips, Chairman, announced the hydrocarbon, and "Isooctane," which is now available for tankcars. shipment of been available hydrocarbon in of time chemically pure form and is the the product second Earned bons are past 15 and examples years of of the- company's many continued other program over supplying chemically pure hydrocarbons for industries, laboratories and other outlets for intermediates, the announcement the chemical chemical *Per of hydrocar¬ use as Pittsburg & August—: :.« from railway-— 1946 Gitsss Net from railway ry. oper. income . ; $210,663 57,903 37,723 Gross from Net —V. ry. railway-railway-*. oper. 164, p. income 1331, 209,719 119,739 22,126 32,388 25,060 982,223 236,575 181,315 1,040,861 230,819 166,492 Both $136,760 •r 47,554 The part 24,866 i v? £55,550- 295,996 170,522 applicable to *vrs; to proposed of the 1946—12 Mos —1945 $878,369 $10,681,007 $9,911,642 492,558 5,440,747 5.102 799 — 85,200 $176,091 28,475 103,370 $134,531 $1,569,087 $984,985 fr. net $282,441 1946—Month—1945 oper. deficit ord. —176,708 $20,976 $95,066 $169,383 688,416 7,325 20,516 : $12,104 income 69,324 171,344 $48,348 3,110 $76,273 $45,238 $45,928 21,620 $483,046 17,670 $27,568 : 4,060 income $8,044 6,266 earned surplus —V. 164, p. 1125. 3,660 , $4,384 — $24,308 $142,176 $519,033 35,987 30,350 340,870 $4,064,46lY$3,600,244 739,257 357,896 873,200 806 548 715,784 ... 194,216 $52,755 $1,524,560 $1,213,899 * Railway Express Agency, Inc. (& Subs.)—EarningsPeriod End. June 30— Chgs. for 1946—Month—1945 33,936,414 income- 490,688 37,003,761 206,849,441 227,338,372 388,844 : 3,015,249 2,443,930 • 34,427,102 24,016,213 37,392,605 209,864,690 229,782,302 21,502,356 150,244,334 130,323,561 comparable because change in the par value outstanding.—V. 164, p. 1250. Exchange City Gas Co. to be Service filed filed Express later are with the Corp's- holdings In common and preferred stocks City, and ,Peoples, aggregating $4,067,000 of stated will, be value, exchanged for 550,319 common1 shares, par $5, v of Atlantic City, .the surviving company.' funded Other •Rail and revs, Operating Interest not and revs, Total $2.18 / plan with the Securities and Peoples Gas Co. into Atlantic Oth. 1946—6 Mos.—1945 transp—— 669,797 Aug. 15. —95,066 $8,412 — 18,150 $1,883,696 merger and allied transactions for dissolution of Public 515,226 —20,976 $338,518 Net income transf. to 569,548 stock 670,653 —8,412 income- ord. Deducts. fr. $575,587 74,223 income commun. Gross $53,247 101,103 revenues- 1946—7 Mos.—1945 $92,691 revs expenses $3,593,978 a the Radiomarine Corp. of America—Earnings— $4,046,311 $2,094,108 common filed earned surplus —V. 164, p. 958. Deducts, fr. net income Dr786. $281,655 64,511 89,473 19,100 income 69,547 income transf. to 1,214,865 $0.21 of Net 1,193,949 $108,571 55,816 inc.- expenses—** taxes & 1,586,522 discount debt 111,192 deductions transp. •Payments 6,568 8,706,607 revenue— to 1,354,890 rail 8,209,307 9,783,077 on - and other 107,688 636,978 658,413 101,305 7,108 14,420,563 50,384 90,561,772 49,077,561 , carriers—express privileges, V. 164, p. 596. Railway & Light Securities Co.—Asset Value— Based upon market quotations reports net asset coverage of its Per collateral trust 3V*% Per 4% cum. conv. Per common as of Aug. 31, 1946, outstanding securities this as $2,,^'<vr preferred share, $50 par share_; 1. — company follows: bond- -1 74. — . Atlantic parent $68,393 Deducts, Net 106,112 plan on 1,027,400 $3,604,825 2,619,840 ' ' All Public Service of $2,596,437 50,950 $482,031 347,500 income Ord. inc.—non-commun. Hampshire—Earnings- 1946—Month—1945 $913,956 510,200 earnings for last year 1946, which included a merge $119,343 Net Operating wholly-owned subsidiaries. Commission The are 84,765 81,998 122,809 9,600 Other expense 426. share corporation Commission 1943 i 1.080,721 < 1944 $141,769 19,150 . From Jan. 1— -Net.from The 1345 $119,102 48,555 11,970 Period End. July 31— Public Service Corp. of New Jersey—Plans Merger of Two Subsidiaries— Shawmut RR.- -Earnings— 80,525 long-term debt p. in added.—V. 164, p. 832. Net 1,192,742 $147,616 and number of shares the use (credits) inc. Net of in 75,984 $3,551,563 $3,306,258 — financing 72,484 $2,593,720 $4,197,636 deductsincome— common new 9,111 $443,076 oper. $2,030,133 inc— income oper. $297,644 share ord. fr. ord. Total and Dr26,29(J 8,665 Net 2,561,267 1,483,155 income— $50,788 ■r Total $3,021,949 stock Deducts, 105,731 require— per common $3,627,547 Extraord. .fY, $7,381,288 $10,459,956 $12,392,087 16,272 new $2,663,204 $5,867,526 Balance extremely high purity developed by the company this April the company announced the commercial availability grade normal "Heptane." These year. La,»t of pure $452,187 $6,445,298 2,247,661 $313,916 52,625 Net income Pfd. stk. div. in $59,443 ord. Gross $5,761,795 (net)— taxes on $2,671,442 Dr5,238 75,342 deductions—_— Fed. $459,704 Dr7,517 $3,653,837 JDr2,000 55,001 income Non-recurring and K. S. Adams, President, on Sept. 20 development of another chemically pure "Isooctane" has long been available as a com¬ product, generally used as the standard for measuring octane motor fuels. However, this is the first ratings has commercial $61,443 $3,513,289 Gross income Total — income Operating income Ordin. 35,825 deduc inc. $3,534,062 119,775 $4,315,211 1,293,262 revenues Non-oper. $2,573,129 98,313 $6,369,956 Operating expenses Taxes, other than Fed. income proposed plan of recapitalization instead of on Oct. 18, See details 7,692 $3,458,288 Public Service Co. of New a $452,012 3,719 revs commun. 5,668,414 Period End. Aug. 31— oper. $57,724 oper. 633,000 2,500,000 $4,279,385 income— Net $7,453,951 3,919,889 ; Extraord.'.inc, (chgs.)— •!' . 90,600 * income Operating 5,677,898 961,878 charges other 634,694 deductions- .. 2,223,000 164, Phillips Petroleum Co.—New Development Announced Frank mercial . , 3,469,000 portion of premium refunded in 1945.—V. Price special drums ' 791,775 tax_ income income (net) & 16,166,999 have probably 164, 16,233,947 454,000 896,268 ' " ' Y-Y Y.,r $6,139,385 1,860,000 surtax prof. — The - — •For Phillips-Jones Corp.—Meeting Date Changed— will ' $8,251,027 opsr. Net $6,589,513 $10,369,355 $11,199,344 Y. •' oper. Net basis of one share for each not disclosed although it is stated that company available 6,000 shares to take care of options which it proposes to give to management for past services, the options to run over a period of two years and six months and provide that the stock may be purchased at $10 a share within 18 months and thereafter wad before the expiration of the option, at $15 a share. Proceeds win be used for exploitation of its business. No underwriter named. share $6,139,385 gas, ' : letter par) common. stockholders on present Waterbury, of ' $1,086,706 .'' / ( The 1946—12 Mos.—1945 done, meet decided inc. This 1946—7 Mos.—1945 $953,992 inc.—non-comm. Total Inc.—Earnings- 9,501,429 1946—Month—1945 31— Total oper. revs—i- - income— Federal Federal Gross Phillips for and increased production Period End. July Other . 9,493.061, income-- oper. oper. Total This While RCA Communications, Inc.—Earnings- company's agents August than was of ago tains demand the end . dates lines year that the $15,632,447 $16,090,942 $26,603,303 $27,366,343 - water & ice properties for periods prior to of sale in 1945 the new production just to up 1946—'7 Mos.—1945 revenues Oper. exp. & taxes (excl. of Federal income)— Net 24 announces insurance Public Service Co. of Indiana, Philadelphia, radio President, life 1945. paid business for the year to date stands at $76,459,000. total is 53.3% ahead of the corresponding volume for 1945. average policy is nearly $6,500.—V. 164, p. 731. Operating New Plant— production radio featured the over Linton, more New 790 and its subsidiaries for the 130,775,000 kwh., an increase corresponding week of 1945. company amounted to 1946, of sold sold in all of Philadelphia. Electric Co.—Weekly Output— week Albert have 600,000 company will dispose of the stock of the surviving As of the same date,-total net assets of the company $11,217,520, of which 18% .other, bonds. 14% V. 164, p. 959, * in (Continued •ai^d. fS^% ^.in on page -1762) * aggregated in cash and U. S. Govt, bonds, 32% preferred' stocks was »a olume 164 THE Numbef-4531 COMMERClAl^rFINAiiClAI^CHRdNlCtE Stock Record «»sNewiYorfci Stock DAILY RANGE OF PRICES WEEKLY VOLUME OF TRADING YEARLY RANGE OF SALE PRICES LOW AND HIGH SALE JPR1CES SMonday >:;•> v Sept, 30 $ per share t pet share 9per$hure 68% ^ • . Thursday ■ Ofct, £ " Oct. 4 $per$hare 9 70 10 42 CLOSED 9% 10 42 14% *47 69%. 70%- *46% " 9% 41% 42% 15% 15 " * 51 27 % I --""27% -■10%' 11% - *47% Lowest^::■' per share 31% 32 97% 4. : 35% .37/a 34% ••*56 41% 43 19 * *90 19 19 159% 160% 2V 21% *20 32% 32% 21 >32 39% 40»/a *102% 103 '40% >*102^103 37% 38% 37 29 28 . 28% 7% 7% 7 7 43%:' 44 *45 52 71 71 71 70 41 41 11% 11%30 72% 15% 72% 38% 40 1% I" 84% 7%. 85% 193 195% 49 . 49 % 130 Va 19% 85% .85% 128 . 130 51 6 94% 95 93 94 40 40 *39% 6% *44% * - 98% 100 n 10% 11% 11% 26%: *115 ' 27% 107% 107 % 100 137 19% 22 ♦101 102 20 15y8 2,000 5% 700 *15 v 19"% 16 300 20% 3,200 9,800 6% 5% 6% 106% 106% 500 22 22% 4,600 94 93% 93% 39% 39 y4 39 % 6% 6% 6% 39% 6% 39% 6% 44Va 44% *44 9710% *105ya 97% io% 112 112 112 *108 11 11 11 11 11 26% 1,200 54% 6% 27*54 1,500 23 5% 94 "12W 320 20% %; 106% 106% 22% 22% 51 97% ioy8 98% 10% 12% 26% 27% *114% 115% 19 12% 2'7% US 115 5,400 2,200 51% > 20% 6% 100 25% 95 10% 19. 27% 116 ' 105% 24% 39*/* 112 10% *11% 15% 20 300 49% *93% 98% 10% *105% 16 20% 195 48% 23 6% 51 10% 112 53 '6 194 22y* 40. 98 io% ♦105% 102 6 6% 108 *105% 20% 22% 53 : 40 14,300 5,400 128% 130 *101 52% 6% 6% 6% 105 » 105 6% . ' 6% 16 22%. 10% 102 20% 21% 44% 22% 19% 22% ; 22% ; 16 6% 128% 20% 6% *15 20% 45,800 133 105% 25% >28 *107% 110% 20% 52% 170 400 4,800 *131% 110 22% : 3,100 . 7% 195% 50# > 50 *103 130 ,800 67,600 84 20 Va *101 2,000 2f100> % 132 194 *104 22% 103 52% 6% *101 103 44%; 83 200 1,700 72% 15 38% 7% 198. 196 50% ' 50% 110 25 25% *107% 111 '> 20% 6% >85% €4% v 21 22% 6% 157/a'157/a 19% 21%: 132 128 ♦6% 6% ; I 13,000 7% % % 1 *131% 1337*/a 7% 7% *20 21 •21% 23 102 102 51 52% 103 38% 192% 195 49y* 50% 110 25% 26 *107 108 26 130 39% 1% 8,900 69% 72% 38% *104 *106% 111% " 15 . 700 1,900 42y«42y4 12 ' 12% 30>- 30 16% 133 4,700 20' 52. 68% *15% 7 *105% 110 25 : *131% 133 •m.- 3% 29 y8 *46 39% 39 • 33. 1 T , 50 70% 15% 15% 5% 31% 28 162 20 33 29 41% 12 12% 29% 30% 72% >72% 11% 29% 73 f, *72% / 15% % 133 11% 29 ' 5% 31% r39% r 40y* 103^ #101" 37% 38 41% 41 40% 28% - 38 y2 110. 94 161 - " 29 *44% 10?* x36% ' 94 7%: 50 69%. 51 28% 18%- 18% 7 ♦43% ♦49 ,10% 3% 96 28% 9% is y8 *97 19% 32% 33 40 " ' 41 < 103 103 37 37% 38% 28% ' 32% 08 37a 4 35% >36 56% 51 >' 160 161% 20% 20% >32 40" 4 57 Va " 9% •100 5% 32% *98 43"-43%- 96 19 163 158 3% *56 *44 98 10 *11% 800 : 47#,." 200 98% 10 y4 3,400 ■ 3,400 100 112 11% 2 800 2,900 1,500 •- , "300 26 y4 26% 7,100 *114% 115% 200 LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES Monday Sept. 30 i per share Saturday Sept. 28 i# f per share 25% STOCK CLOSED . Oct. 1 $ per share 26% 9 per share 25% 15% 25% *99 16 ^*15 > 26 12 12 37% 12% 12 113 14% 12% 115% 15 32% 33% 104 y4 104% 104 % #16% 20% 16% 20% 20% 36% 37 > 49% 51 16% *36 168 42 : *36% ! 49% 117 174% 175% 14% *179 33% 105 17»/4 20% 14% 105% 17 38 49% 49% 169 38% 20 36% 39 17 20 " 50% 33% 32% 30 30 30 167 25% 27 26% 31% Nov 4.4% Nov 68 y4 181 30 25 27% »38 369 *166 41%#42% . *138% 140 58% 58% 172% 174% 168 77 157% 52% 53% 156 40% ,'134 > 71 37% 169 43% 33% -45 37% ;46> *44% 43% : 44 111 >111 42% 42 135% 38% 46 -■ *42%, 43% 111% *110 • 53% 135*125% 7% *62 38, ■ *45 42% 138 71 *62 38% 46% *43% ^43%*109 111 , 37% - 16%; ^15 -- 55% 17% 45% 5% " *55 > > . 57 - > 16%16% : >45% > : "*15 / *55: 57 16% .16% 15 -15- — 118% 118% -*132 134 '*5%; 122 134 134 120. 120 .*132% 140.: .. Sep 8% Jan 0 43% Jan > Jant r 100%. Mar 5% Mar 7% 60% Jan 29 Ya 71 38% Jan 38%. Jan 24% Jan 109 July 38% July 57% 16% 15% 122.- 122. *134% 440# Dec 99% 12% Aug 4% 5% *118 69% 116% 44%- 46- 16%r Oct Dec 121% Mar 26% - *42%>>43%; *15 Dee 91% 161% 43% Mar 139% >»##: 5% ,- .5% V#:>; 5y4 5% ::732%732%Vi.'V»92 v->.r33fv^#"-V>Y32^.;':32% t :32%; 33. * >11% :12.ll% 12.>";>> >, n%v ll% : 11% 12% *51/4 90 Jan 65% Jan 145% *109 >111 --57' Jan 65: 75% ' 53 Dec 53% Nov 196% Not *135" 140- 7% Dec 151 52%.-.03% .# Dec Dec 60 *117% 123 43 137 140 7% Dec 29 78 16 16% 106% 106% Aug 31 156% 156% 15% 16% *104 106 71 »62" 38% 77 *117% 123 v *125% 140 7% 7% 8 •63 52% 53 *117 y» 123. 15% 16% 105 y8 105y8 >133% 137 131 Vi 131% 7% 75% 77% 156% 157 Dec 164 41% 42 140 140 58% 58% 172% 174 V75% 75% 77ya 157 52% . . 76% 78y0 Dec 50% Nov 39% ■ 75% 79y4 ♦117% >120 14% 15% 102% 102% 41%42% 39 y4 Nov 142% May 34% 32% 75%' 156% Jan Jan 182 29% 78 Dec 24% 130% 13y4 33 75% Nov 19% 121 170 42 w42 • *138 140 58% 58% 172% 174% 41 106% 111 25 59 » 11% 37% 29% 146 59 12% 31% 26% -42:.' *13* 11% 37 305% . f Mar 11% Mar 26% 156 *166 38% *166 *166 29y2 *25 50% 169% 20% > : 39% *38- *38 29 26 *153 12 17 ' 15 Highest 9 per ehare 101 15 37% ?.3y8 104% 16% 21 38 48% 170% 172 t 39% ♦166 170 32 32% 105 21 26% *99 117% 119% 105% 106% 14% 14% al79 179 33% 34% 118 102% 105% .14% >14% *179 >183 32% 34% 183 25% 356 11% 37% 12y4 11% 37% 9 per share 15% 27 15% 25% *153 12% 114 *179 25% 11% 37% 102% 103% ' Year 1945 Lowest I per ehare Oct. 8 26 101- *99 -15% 156 *153 37 25% " 101 '• 25% 156 *153 26 Stnge for Previoua Thursday Wednesday Oct. 2 101 *99 EXCHANGE Tuesday Migh 3,200 128 28 110 5% 97 *92- 19% > . 32% -35% >36 *55% 98 *90 32 97 "97 3% 4 '35%.w 37" ' 57% > - 42% 43 Vi 58 , ' 29>~ ^io%/-10% *100 5% 5% 32% 32 % *95% *48%^ 5r : '110 *100 < 97 51 *100 .Highest Low 70% 14% 15: 37%# 37%-' V>""371£ " 39%" ■ . 9% : 68%i' . Short* 43 14% 10%; 10% •$ -36% 37% '37% 37% ' *100«115" x'*100 110 :5%;#5% 5%; 5% 9% \43 ZlW 2Vb ' 10%4 10% 40%-70% *ioo 120 - 9% 42% 15 14% v:v' 27% ' "27%" - *100-. 120 10. "*42 15 51 Year 1940 the Week •. " 69%' •100^420«no4^ 12^- EXCHANGE Stage for Previous Sales for Friday: Oct. 3 ' STOCK FOR EVERY LISTED ISSUE T . Wednesday 68% Sept. 28 Tuesday Oct. I tperthare Saturday Exchange Jan 23% Sep . 6% Jan 102% Mar 111 Mar 112 ' Dec Nov 31% Deo 140 Dee THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Monday, October 7,1945 NEW YORK STOCK RECOUP LOW Sept. 28 46% STOCK EXCHANGE Oct. 1 t I per share f per share HIGH *105% 105% 22 20»/2 > 15% 21% 16 .^45% 21% 134% 135 48 t per share v.;46% 48 % : 106 106 22 15% 15% 15, 21% 21% 21% *105 *21% 48 105 105 Shares 3,500 200 21% 700 -14%' 14% 201/4 21% 1,900 8,600 21 22 ' 15% 22 % - 133% 133 133 133 133 220 135 *134% 135 134 135 136 136 140 49 *45% 49 49 100 84% 106 STOCK YORK EXCHANGE the Week 133 *45% 86%' 106 i per sharp 48% •; 133 46% 85% , 22 , ; 135 - 135 46% Oct, 8 NEW Bales for Friday Oct. 4 Thursday ■ *105 N 21% *130- 16% 51% 34 ya 34 y8 34 108 16% 53 86% 16% v : ,% 103% 77 16 16% 53 52% 53% 34 34% 78% 37%. 37 38 414 115 115 104 *102 . 115 104 *102% 104% 16% J 37% *45% 88% 34% 34 ,81 49 86% 106- 16% \ 52 34 *45% 87% 106 '52 v *78% 133 86% 106% 16% 52 ■: 47%. 15% 22 ; $ per shore 106 *20% 20% CLOSED Get. 2 47% 106 , ' $perthare 47 47 STOCKS SALE PRICES W*dnesday Tuesday Monday Sept. 80 Saturday AND *76 78 37% 37%. *115 117 ' 104 104% ' 23% 23% 23% 59% 61% 60% 60% 59 *114y4 118% *116% 118% *26 30'- ,*•26 30 *116% 13% *17% .19% *18% * 20 % 20% 19% 19% 20 19 7% . - 47%. 14 7% 48 23% , 24% 118% 30v *26 14% 19% 14% *18 24% 60% 14% 14 19% 20% 20 % 7% 7% 48% 48% 22% *55 *112 113 106% ...14% 15 *16% 20 36 35 122 *112 112 17 *107 36% 36 25% 25% 100% *iooy4 26 W 97 t 150 Feb 2iS 88% Sep V 10 22 98 V4 150 8 98 Sep 31% Jan 35 26% May 34 Sep 10 24% Sep 20 101 34% - 20 107 26 y4 *100% 10 18% Sep 36% 25% 19 18% Sep 19% 109 36 Sep 23 Sep 25 15% Sep 20% 18% 109 112% 106% 16 *31% *107 54% *112 *105% 10S ••15% 24 54% 56 . 24 144 2 Sep 25 54 Sep 12 32% Sep 20 17 Sep 19 18% Sep 24 37% Sep 19 14 10 38 18 .Sep Sep 22% Sep 42% Sep 101 : Sep 54% Sep 33 Sep 42% Sep 40% Sep 101 Sep 4% Sep 45% Sep 12 '4 10 11 24 4 19 24 , • 18 *91 18 % 15% 34% 50 35% Jan 14 124 11% 120 80 26% 20 101 19 100 : 83 78% 24% 24% 5 23 Sept. 28 . I per share Sept. SO tper share 103% Sales for Oct. 4 * NEW the Week 32% 56 YORK 56 Callahan 7 Calumet & Hecla 23 13% 14 *117 122% 45 46 13% 13% 56% 56% 13 *53 55 • " 116% 118 Zinc-Lead !i No par _ _2. Cons par Southern Ry Canadian Pacific Ry .Cannon Mills Co__ Capital Administration class $3 preferred A Carolina, Clinch .As Ohio Ry Carpenter Carrier Steel Co Corp Preferred 4% series U Carriers & General Corp; Case For footnotes ^50 ;__i Copper 5 Campbell W & C Fdy_ No par Canada Dry Ginger Ale Inc__1.66% $4.25 preferred No Canada *12% * 2 STOCK California .Packing 5% preferred 3% 6% *22% 2 EXCHANGE ,1/ V 3% ; , Shares 32% CLOSED 23 y4 Oct STOCKS • per share STOCK EXCHANGE 3 £ Sep 26 99% Jan 23% Friday* Oct. 3 I per share Oct Sep 10 Sep 4 Sep 24 16 Monday Thursday Sep 20 ,5 ' Saturday Sep 4 Sep 27 Aug 28 Sep 23 105 '5% 17% 23% 24 75% Jan 105% 105% 17 Sep l4y« Sep i3 7 85 *102 24 100 7% 78% • 18 104 14% *80 t Sep 23% Sep 20 38 Sep ?5 *99% 101% 14% **% 2 24 X101 40% 20% 106% lOl 106 9 Jan 80 101% 101% 26% 19 25% Sep 82 27% 40 . Sep Sep 10% Sep 11% 27 26 22 y4 15% 123 19 104% Sep 23 15% 24 31 % Sep 104% 23 3 26% Sep 35 *103 10 108% Oct 27% 34 21 Sep 9 32% Sep 3 23 Vb Sep 24 109 27% 10 Jan 13 % 25% 49% 109 Sep • 35% 25 , 17 72 95% , 14.% -3 25 (J I) Co •Preferred ; 100 113% Feb 47 _„25 10% par A__l 48 yj ;ioo 116% 11 52 Jan 128% 56 Dec Dec Jan 20% Dec Jan 72 Nov Jan 21 Dec Mar 56 Oct Jan 135 NOV i_5 32 49 _£lo* Iso Mar Dec 21 Jan 25 33% NOV Volume 164 Number 4531 THJS ^COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE (The) MiIter*W*fel C*,» Inc.—Purchases Hosiery Mills I The $rp«, vortm-ntsm, flclU C®, SUud St latei-ft. ? Max t, Of k «T be w;ll Slot## aiKi i Cooper nx S pair# tUa«#e> Three operated an m Miller a annual rate retaU doUar a of Wohl Net Miller Monsanto Chemical doz¬ The War n.*d« »t«*me»it» ai.wh » V. I§a. p. 3 5 J», the to Wells operation Fr*akcl, and Nicholas Cooper Louis by or man- P. Lahr. <& Railway Transport 30-- as»4 (& Co. The 1946 1945 ,,,„ f $862,563 and $1,227,950 . .... , 320,629 ,„.ir fiiyi Net in*®*** V. 163, #. - ■ $963,450 . ■ ... : of $588,847 * 314# i .... The direefor* have toted 5 of to eail for redemption on Nov. 15, next, *,000 of the 125,000 outstanding #fc*sefc. pnetrntm approted by the Securities and Exchange *&«?* #*$ $15450 jw* f» »#****«*$ • This mUh®.*w t®«.. fee v |h« <S»C as deem m p. made »l treasury tmneej 9.000 mad S t tu pr»i#rr*d shone, $.iw» arrraed dividends.-—V. a isis the at redemption erty trom li-t 1945 1944 $2,562,182 $2,454,258 $2,501,223 321.653 629,557 406,569 122,977 „ 268,308 N. i from W*t 16,836,193 697J76 3,188,284 expected be to both ,r•' the 1,657,104 4,319,686- 20,024,502 Gross Month *547,7#* 6 Months Ended $$15,746 $6,242,797 3,013,269 34,750 468.916 of A corttA i plmm 144.801 738,701 953.543 696,357 F rdwtal , bat tawe the 62,0491 568,135 'v ' ■* ,•1 1 $78,708 $1,428,263 |, . Is t, on 22 6*1 22,902 273,570 276,215 , debt 10*49 $43,838 $1,146,214 10.049 $138,$!$ M Cr48,853 than $682,908 taxes before on taxes. 120,594 -• V. 184 $ $1,025,620 173,811 $509,097 ■ 1945 1*46 Goes frt-sw roiiast4». •34.802 48,452 9,000 ♦15,25# ♦15,953 33,962 .'-••v.: *5,695 fr«a .;■ ? From 3*rs O""o§» from fnwt $213,374 1— ■ *♦$ ry. »f»r 1,576.956 1,655.108 •14,525 460.456 204,105 *10436$ •270,490 168,388 •Defkn.- V, 144, p. im »*4« WW frwa XH ry mtmf FrataJaa I lw« from XH 17 -a- 1943 1944 Net $319,226 $357,918 $305,074 139 *#6 ... 120.917 176,032 156,003 32.291 102,523 railway....... &p#t K 4 1945 $344, Ml 48,559 • — railway,„, 2,27* 651 2.357.215 t«*»f....... 62411* 1,016.124 855,428 932,100 291,547 322,081 1945 from Net ry. oper. 18,735,094 1944 m of St .tlooal &hm •£#„ Lemts, Mo., Vice President of Sent ctecWst a the Inter- director. v,.-.-: , f August-—O 109,671 119,373 from I/-;';•* 1943 1944 1945 $8,955,095 $7,513,171 $6,108,188 798.851 4.044.394 2,305,043 1,678,703 2t»2 16'J 788,724 381,174 578,641 43.761017 61.736,417 54,934,733 49,516,511 raiiwav.... lirt ry. apwr. , ,l; Front J-a« 1-C frew» om from K rt „ 16Mt ry. aper. V. - 144. 114.921 21.486.746 17,264,354 J.&2U00 5,052,467 4,478,134 « rftiitai »*-•&««. 13,072,429 •. 4,701,704 1,632,355 244,810 639,494 256,527 Tto 474,812 Total twe« firen permission fows?t $150,000 of 2% % owspany proceeds appiy by the A Missouri P. first mortgage bonds due to plant S. 716,825. 524,995 Calls 164, Period tr.4ed Tt>tal rr*s_> ihm oih*$ *5 Use* 3,381.904 6.273,344 443,752 1,011,292 1,066,750 714 000 ... 1,405,000 I. 603,000 1,285,500 It 1,248,240 594,400 1,871.500 1,226,500 $1,371,013 $2,167,063 $4,805,348 $5,388,220 18,502 140,090 26,824 ^ is Crl,613,900 Crl,247,000 15, on ^ W.*n-operai;»x *8,313 mraam, ' i:"» utilize income the 8% similar A 11. Total year. proceeds also the 3 Vz % bonds." will 1932, Nov. said $500 1, —V. the sale the • and due Dec. Trust at 102 Co., 15, trustee, have 1969, interest. 111 been Westminster Int. for Greet inecsssw $2,185,565 Tf-taf IhCisme #edwUu.M #3at6$3 Net tncesB* $5,415,044 2,964,653 2,900,486 $1009.273 $1,359,491 $1,980,785 xm.tm .. 255,402 407,553 Pieremd , $4,945,438 $26,074 • $2,514,558 510,803 *ResuiiUt« fr«w» raftmaelag to 1945 and from sale-of transportation, will be made upon is convertible States rev., pr ypertie* m 1^44 -V. 163, p. 314$. oper.1 incone___,' ' income-_l,' —V. 164, p. 829. 1 , and into eight shares conversion 163, ; >• . Telephone & of class shall p. sur¬ Telegraph 1946—Month—1945 $4,613,722 10,999 > $4,602,723 3,802,142 456,469 be January i • i_r_ $344?, 112 247,597 $417,919" i • 1946—7 Mos.—1945 <* 293,657 $3,998,234 " 2,593,893 i " 33,752 56,663 71,642 102,999 con v. " , 37,277', 51,625 - 63,832 63,832 31,916 $95,177 *$158,711 $65,628 'v:" /' ' •' " . 1945 t ' fe 31,916: *$50,523 1946;; -''"U . 1 to June 30 —- June 30 April 1 to June 30 -----Net profit after % axes: January Co.—Eariii 3,185,279. '• $9,827,284 $11,503,806 5,101,345 6,127,890- Net profit before taxes: ■ January April 1 Profit 1 to 1 to June 30 to June 30 Current 1 to June 30 *On $42,822 of standing. and 680,964 on the 2,882,470 1,705,412 1,740,069; 1,032,522.1" *$0.95 $0.50 —— : — /. t®2.15 4,612,570 — ————— capital as at June 30_: basis " of 632,373 328,948 -•--•/ — — 2,405,363 1,192,972 — liabilities, June 30 Working 1 — ,-4:— - share of common stcck: April 1 to June 30 Current assets, June 30 6,168,781 $3,040,023-' T 2,132,798 per January $4,099,683 $30,817,939 $27,427,139 2,829,670 23,634,426 18,218,335 852,094 , $70,295 ^ / >.-/ , , April 1 to June 30 "without - $4,106,017 $30,887,582 $27,472,351 6,334 69,643 45,212 : $190,960 , 163, p. 3289. ' Sales; 2295. . 10,264 ; National Container Corp.—^Earnings— stock. B $60,031 13,359 . : . $79,7#» 63,634 111,752 , I—*. •Loss.—V. - Net $334,397; / & deple. profit ■' ■ re¬ v-■■: July 31— revenues—_ Operating revenues,Operating expenses Operating taxes Net 16,667 1 970,723; $177,600 $63,096 $307,090 27,307 — . f .' - 1,074,175 , Providence, presentation ings— "j" - ; 'x - $1,030,75$ $1,251,776 1,518,447 2,037,135 exp cum. ; ';M 1946—3 Mos.—194$ - f. / 1946—6 Mos -r-1945 v $2,344,225 $1,581,544 . 5% on $1.03 Corp.-s-Earnings— ; income for depr. , ad- inc., debentures ■•'•'L; together with attached class A stock certificates. in the indenture that such Uncollectible oper, $581,665 ; 548,848 . payment •. Operating Prov. class will be made St., 5,611 $1,187,998 600.000 " $1.98 ' Other-deduc., incl. idle plant exp., lnt;, bond discount amort., etc. bonds, called Payment selling, income 26,246 39,905 . ' .. Total 26,246 180,439 ———4,866 — shares outstanding gen. 1,853,100 1,066,300 — -- - profit Oper. ^, ■ Net adjustment for accumulated interest."—V. Mountain 442,684 . — Period End. June 30 ; and $2,200,985 $2,643,609 137.140 -——— —- ..4— 1|64, p. 1087. Other misc. - capital¬ a $9,845,490 7,644;505i: $2,534,397 '/ ' 68,546 income minis. & ■ &*■ interest Operating, to .retire, resulting in intangibles Net sales and second refunding . $1,922,074 National Fireproofing extra payments for the from Through be retired, * next, bonds, bond provided 7,413,422 Earnings per common share—_-,j bonds and class B common stock. Bonds— Industrial Period End. t Operating last 27, Oct. interest, outstanding first mortgage 5% corporation Immediate Each 1.476,000 ...... » the render of any 706,000 7tH 000 731.000 „ at R. 6,958,413 m eduction 1946—12 Mos.—1945 $7,898,119 $15,038,084 $16,117,123 f*C ] incoBte .... pree A 6rp^5 ;a» D F»d. $7 51147* Oct. record of outstanding second mortgage income convertible 8% June demption Earnings— 3.2tif,419 523,007 linttURfr t i»i. 1*46—6 Mos.—1945 3#- ■*p#raf«5* O jeratmg It 8% All of the dated Mo$#ntaJbcIa R#wer C#. (A Subs.) holders on will convertible the $9,335,496 — of Miscellaneous 542,158 share per 1945 1946 „ — income Minority share, the same as In 1945.—V. 163, p. 1570. *'; Sjt' f-'? corporation of - ; 612,323 Amortization and the usual quarterly share have been declared on the common stock, cents 50 to made ization consisting of 1976. improvement.—V. 1334. p. 31 102 and accrued stock { - Interest . The km ?.# ' revenues '' 1,917,429 770,136 2,036,348 / Chemical has operated at a in every year. Its common stock $2.50 Other inoome Privately— Hemphill, Noyes & Co. announced Oct. 1 that they had acted as agents in the private placement of $1,700,000 mortgage 3%% bonds due Aug. 1, 1969. The issue was placed at par with certain institutions. SI at T» of '.:•• mortgage I Mihsnnri Rtobiic Service C#rp.—Issue Approved— €• 'tnmiwuott .v,; company Sales in 1945 exceeded $10,000,000. expenses Mount Hope Bridge Corp.—^Bonds Placed mi. p payable Oct. was the Corp., ' 81,268 77,674 65,929 1,959,451 , dividend distribution Sales 6 Mos. Ended June 30— year 1946 will be $2.50 per IS.mwl fret# oss 16-t 1*46 Alumlnate National City Lines, Inc.—Earnings— $286,084 90,488 of . The Aluminum Co. of American has been a substantial stockholder the Inception of the - company and will retain over 80 % of; its Net both Sept. (-/Provision Tor Federal Income taxes . dividend of 50 cents per u*mmw ros acoust and yeah to date . the Common A* lay filed was reported to be in the neighborhood holdings, 1943 $282,200 71,080 railway.. Net from railway Net ry. oper. income —V. 164, p. 1635.;. extra statement covering the shares 27 with the SEC: statement registration a The Income from operations 1945 selling representing since 1— from An Mii$#ert«Kaitiftft*Tea.a$ RR.—New Director— after effective. and par. ;i/ 36,661,522 $262,105' 95,250 incomes. Jan. From Gross 4M committee a and paid dividends on its common stock / capitalization consists solelv "of 550.000 shares of V. 144, p, 1^4, •'4 Paul future near Operating railway..: of Chairman Armour, stock Organized in 1928 to succeed to the business of the Chicago - $303,720 ^ith Chicago—Registers, Corp., profit (John) Morrell & Co,—^50-Cent Extra Dividend— ■ Watson Co.* 40,973,588 274,720 opwr 2,071,094 2,162,258 Aluininate announced Sept. 30 that the first public offering of ©f the corporation, a leading Chicago manufacturer of chemicals used in the treatment of water, is expected to take placte' in 375,091,236 315,829,060 railway ♦476,845 1211. 164, p. 150,000, will be supplied by amendment. 1635. -1946 from 144,220 : 27,143,349 28,395,580 27,431,597 ; 7,423,008 * 7,378,021 - 10,365,865 2,773,806 2,620,741 " 3,424^462 stockholders, Montour RR.—Earnings— Gross 61.291 from m / 628,984 1 > 19,386,003 railway928,315 j^come.-- 1943" t $3,815,972 1,314,964 256,148 ■ 1944 $3,448,996 • .';:/ The offering, which will be made by an underwriting group headed by The First Boston Corp. and Lee Higginson Corp., will not constitute1 new financing on the part of the company but will represent out¬ standing shares being sold by certain stockholders to establish' a public market, Mr. Armour said. • Serving with him on the selling stockholders' committee are Herbert A. Kern and Charles B. Fox. ; 81,015,626 23,212,082 1— National 172,957,747 149,035,664 117,151,561 111,396,780 i— August— .Ry.^EarningSTrl;!] 1945 $3,225,694 , 761,801 171,513 1946 $2,383,224 ; 22,738 • *164,293 railway-— Operating - -Earnings— AatttW—. Groat , 61,769,846 H— Jan. becomes 59,320,127 46,568,488 198,439,061 139,377,931 11,708,100 7,893,427 stock pk 202,531 $906,785 pfd. stock The number of shares to be sold, 375,091,236 315,829,060 164, .878,536 $1,109,1316 202,506 railway, from trom. the 5,217,147 $1.36 39,003,245 Total1 - ross :■ > 19,515 m.ea«»e-. ■" —V» ..877,606; $1,345,437 " — SEC-— 7,301,102 66,620,703 Inventories Earned surplus . ♦ Deficit.—V. P JULY 31 SHEET, Reserves 1,456,477 74936 Ninsfsrl Illinslft RR. ® 1/ flS-v; 1.3WS.9TO - , .. 496,526 • dividends and, surplus—, $1,142,930 * ' • " oper,-income From common $4.57 BALANCE securities.™ liabilities Capital 469,533 802,018 043,452 629,430//856,801 - • — - railway Net ry. oper, 7,801,102 1946 U. S. ■ ■ r-.#..i*fcy **.';«-* v $164,878 from Net LIABILITIES— $164,268 $8,146,494 3,795,940 -y 3,593,568 750,068 dividends;— before from Gross 705,439 / J- ^ 705,439 w assets Current $8,668,408 —«— ^ - interest, &c Net Ty, ' - 5,217,147 Total $146 214 HH ry. ape-t K-t ; Receivables, less reserves.: 1943 1944 $8,117,049 > -29,444 —666,665 August—, - ,< 19,816,102 4,705,000 7,310,000 20,558,600 .ii stock, Prepaid expenses & Arkansas Ry ^-Earnings— AsgusS - *4 ■ 24,558,600 4,000,000 decline ';;assets---"|%: Fixed 4*4 |4 11 . 1945 41,390 Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis 1,669,133 ^ , common Merchandise < # Balaawr ^ : V. 164, p. 11. 1945 41,273,600 16,715,000 income. on income COMPARATIVE and 1946 , earnirigsJ-.----.-.. J . $8,627,018 , . ^ . ■ Net 1^38,969 ' properties^ Earned per common Rbare Cash ; : 729. p. costs Balance for common 375,484,651 268,302,284 income taxes of fixed Net profit to surplus. on Class "A" stock ■: and policies 164, Previously, a flat rate of 6% -was a flat rate of 5% on certain $1,500. over the Dividends declared on cumul. ^_\418,397,220 289,78^519 .and /a vv/M selling, and general expenses, Cr4,318 12.756 $53,888 $11* M.1 • Cr4,277 363 *01 / Nrl CV356 0353 ..■ of r gross Balance «# O hrr Aed D(S4 Total Gross 1946 profits taxes Dividends the on excess a Taxes, other than Federal income.. Federal taxes on income A $905,952 of company. first $750 of Depreciation name "5>-- 5:'iV *'* mU Dividends A. fwrttt Total of . . the Monsanto/; under Prov. for possible future inventory price 60,851 I1J1154 u»* Oran 5% most loan procedures are being made general reduction in policy loan The new scale provides an loan;' 4% on the next $750 policy the Maintenance designed is This plant market. V fall. export by Met operating ' 129.344 .. in by operating revenue—^ Operating 630,235 «. t* *** Excess of any on a * •' *- \ - July 31— Federal and State »«- quisiusa G i&erai 50% charged 6 Mos. Ended June 30— Gross than more : 'Other 'income ■ President, yvho borrowers the simple a Narragansett Electric Co.—Earnings— 492,272 4 SO* fa# Profit *6,056,124 2,342,424 Owratiag easwaww* FO*. | I 1946—12 Mos.—1945 V 1945 1*7,347 ... * Deprec. and amortiz. 42.166 remvae and marketed is .Net. sales MMaaipwl Rower Cw,— Earnings— t*m- by production In Canadian * : ■1 Cost of sales, II—- that said policies, .according to *'•; • other-contracts.—V. units. Styrene additional units additional I , plastic all taxes other <23 Feriad $M Vice-President, on charged r , proposed rate and 3% "'p...829/ ,v:': ^ 1111. 144 the 5,556,143 •733,550 •Dt!kk ~~¥, interest Montgomery^ Ward & Cft, Inc.—Earnings— 16,832.656 f»2fway. Mil ry. •per. ::V Williams, thermoplastic .JLustron.—V. 164, Proffilan. I—. Onus from house The - wwoma..„— to ■.,< - recent announcement rates at Springfield serve 246,865 tolitif W* ry. •$** used be styrene are to 1*46 railway......-» . Y.—Consolidatioh of Douglas announced Mr. innovations two interest output capacity which Monsanto has under con¬ already is in production. The new facilities at Springfield with those at Texas City will represent a major item in the division's $14Vz million expansion program. Canadian plant facilities for production of styrene plastic also Mixtneapdli* St Rani & Saelt Ste. Marie RR.—Earns. H Aufiwt— freest will struction . O oss \ time, systematized. These synthetic rubber require¬ nation's the i( Felix the price and 162, 163, p. 2858, needed to meet styrene polystyrene production will be transferred to the by pipeline from the present government plant. the company to re¬ of the 125,000 out¬ shares stock the interest rate. lower same following coke-oven by-products. for funds the proposal of ***** %harts $104-80 vfe?w*®ii *"•#*.. 25 wtlh standing plan, and plastics expansion program, the company said, included enlargement of its Plastics Division plant facilities at Springfield, '• Mass., and installation of an additional polystyrene production plant adjoining the Texas City plant. The company owns several buildings and a large dock adjacent to the government plant site. This prop¬ | Minnesota Rower & Ucht Co.—Partial Redemption— slares ... , of this company of New York who find it necessary their policies, can now apply for a sing.e "consolidated" on a the in dr The / wA 829. p. to help policyholders repay their loans on Policyholders always have had the right to repay company ments. ; . 164, and convenient systematic basis. their loans in part whole at any time, Mr. Douglas explained, but under the new regular payments to reduce indebtedness will be encouraged At plan plant is situated on 30 acres of land on Galveston Bay and employs about 500 persons. Designed and constructed by Monsanto in 1941 to produce 50,000 tons annually, it was the first styrene plant to go into operation in the government's synthetic rubber production program. During the war years it produced about 21% $909,477 264,500 ,—««««. ^ borrow benefit of The 46,913 ———_ : delivery.—V. a 27 plans announced to policyholders by Lewis W. Douglas, said that this arrangement, in many cases,; will givej ing compound used in home refrigerators, cosmetic containers, battery cases, plumbing fixtures, kitchen utensils, dishes and hundreds of other applications. Styrene is. a hydrocarbon made from petroleum 16,708,700 $1,162,260 65,689 rTt— b« Exchange on^gept. policy loan secured by two or more Mutual Life the from said the negotiations were part of a program to its pblystyrene plastic production to a rate of more than 80 million pounds by early 1947. Polystyrene is a thermoplastic mold¬ 15,673,642 kNetopetatiKf — purchase $9,550,000 the whrtime synthetic rubber program. The purchase was contingent on approval by the Department of Justice and the Office of Rubber Reserve. /;;■;[ ■■ .V ' $16,835,903 $17,571,264 u*e«.. Ttotal t-iAna* the government-owned-Texas City^ Texas, built and operated for the government a expand 113 Month*'J-u»* kmxu of - El#* trie Oi>eratm« »•*##*«'■♦■ra»iw*r and Iw*, Tft.tal Co.—Buys Styrene Plant— announced Administration under Sab.)—Earning*— Ottraim* has company Assets styreno plant which Monsanto — Milwaakr# shall Stock Policyholders to approxi- of York r Mutual Life Insurance Co. of N. Policy Loans Now Permitted— ; 1635. -*.►.U;Ji:.".--,* p. ■. %«* t» ry. —V. 164, subsidi¬ 300,000 over volume New tificates vc ; railway—,^ 113,087,590' 153,672,072 155,318,392 147,234,876 railway____-__ 22,436,907 62,520,279 66,016,409 67,872,552 oper. income___. 10,805,122 21,426,795 22,303,266 27,631,804 Net. from Miller of ; oper. Prom Jan. 1— j directed that deliveries of cumulative preferred stock, 4% series, up to and including Oct.. J.0, 1946, may be made either with temporary certificates ,or with perinanent certificates; that beginning Oct. 11, 1946, only permanent cer¬ The 1943 Gross -from Hose, Sisters, Murray Corp. of America—Form of Certificate—r ^ 1944 1945 : railway^_^$15,757,935 $19,731,446 $20,615,697 $20,042,622 railway;.____ / 3,796,683 < 7,521,909 9,117,305 9,459,639 income..^ 2,248,740 2,369,328 3,366,707 l k 2,655,534 from Net; ry. *- i#»r*w»unf « 4 a chain entire of ■ veer p-t the names Costume 1946 ■ - Gross arom which Admiration of to the oi«H-r $$.«** ##•. vteiy No ***waMe *bh*> k*% Wohl, name w«u* *H«-h «ill be :•? » prwttw.'.nf at ary. en iive l>> August— operates a chain Mated mainly in the midwest and output of the Cooper Wells mills, which »*ttfw ew Wohl -Wohl, purchase of Cooper plants In Decatur, Ala., with Miller »f AftAiri that said prtKiuce fctttWiy Missouri Pacific RR.—Earnings— the announced Net r?#iw4»¥iS *«**•.*«» •oath, j &;*.»<*!a.a<*jr«« —-.—. 6,732,548 2,423,672 3,815,881- $2,188,898 $2,916,666 shares outstanding. tAfter preferred dividends' of 790,443 shares of common stock'out¬ basis ;/;•"' v'"■ \ *i »rt iv r«YrT u 4" 4'ytf p. iy.-Vrf' V: V * *v» ;.;.)!///A: THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE 1726 National Power & Light Under Way— Unit Shipments T Period End. Mar. 31— Income nowun£er ^He Co.—Earnings— t Kipnis, President, recently stated that shipments of kraft board lor use in manufacturing corrugated boxes^ weie ■wav from the newly acquired subsidiary, Tomahawk Kraft Paper Co. Samuel from majority stated that one of two machines owned by Tomahawk Kraft Paper had been converted to the manufacture of kraft board, the second machine is still manufacturing specialty kraft papers. > TThe additional supplies of board from thei Tomahawk^mill will imme diately be reflected in increased sales of corrupated boxes by existing converting plants operated by the parent corporation subsidiaries.—V. 163, p. 2859, ■ 1 Other further owned Other Int. the $150,043 — taxes and W 378 15,257 —.v. : 890 $741,481 72,721 .-1,075' ; 348,292 183 319,559 3,010 V ; 4,977 34,337 5^645 26~300 - ~5~0<j<> — Period BJnd. Aug. ' u* Subs.)—Earnings— 1946—6 Mos.—1945 National Gypsum Co. (& °&SniVXwaS'ces • mand, $1,444,514 $4,441,079 Other income 881,540, 734,266 1,722,527 fund.; H. Loss" on Sundl-y^exSenses §fc& Net ~5~9~163 660,100 1,073,500 $1,727 218 $0.58 $0.12 $0.93 prollt Cross Total —; rentals * Returns $571,661 '73,000- ... f,.- J. income Pension reserve — ——— Divs. on on class earned Amount " " V —4 stk. outstdg.— _i——• $231,441 The - Public Omaha District Power purchase this on Sept. from company the Inc.j for Nebraska control of of that the When all 3196. p. Power group a in Co. sale is electric properties possible order. to is not Other income (net)-— 6 Months Ended June 30— to .selling Merchadising, Gross profit $847,764 $8,772,004 212,671 326,592 $1,060,436 i —. - 298,126 Prov. for of reneg. June $8,931,428 320,000 6,770,000 the $442,310 _ resulting of Federal tax $2,161,428 - the declared Consolidated net income.— ; ji, income Divs. on 4'/2% Divs. on $2 Divs. on cumul. 10-year Balance, pfd. stock preference preferred prior L .— — trust P 382,500 : stock— 559,074 419,305 stock— 816,672 . surplus $9,940,996 $8,943,188 NOTE—Depreciation and amortization charges for the six months ended June 30, 1946 and 1945, of $717,103 and $1,085,570, respectively, are included in the accounts. p . , ASSETS—Cash, accounts aainated $340,274; tories, $14,295,324; contracts of (after (hot week for doubtful $834,196 $447,160; notes investments reserve receivable—customers, $1,413,787; claims in respect of ter- and ior depreciation and $16,595,669; deferred charges, $356,578; LIABILITIES—Accounts etc., $2,474,003; Federal, profits notes and the foreign Federal and taxes bank ft. :in Securities sinking Operating $1,049,404 $1,001,450 interest 01 loans, dividend year's full of $1.75 fund 14,136,016 kw'n. This is an Increase production of 12,780,740 kwh. for above is reported at 121,405,000 cu. ft., cu. ft., or 9.04% above production of corresponding week a year ago.- sale bonds and Act and (after $2,724,120), shares 2 300,000 of common ' ' 31— revenues— , stock.—V. " ~ v $9,518,259 $73,467,657 $65,526,944 $10,799,942 13,868 20,453 rev. oper. 1946—7 Mos.—-1945 1946—Month—1945 . 111,718 78,728 $9,504,391 $73,355,939 $65,448,216 6,872,173 59,181,400 46,802,583 1 1,395,540 v 6,074,238 8,988,281? $1,025,070 $1,236,678 1 $8,100,301 -817,429 5,285,212 608,924 ; Elects Two New Vice-Presidents and $9,657,351' 5,875,653 Director- a G. Bleakney of Needham, Mass., and Thomas M. Hennessey Winchester, Mass., have been elected Vice Presidents. Mr. Bleakney of has been the President of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., has been- elected a director of the New England company to succeed the late Joseph A. Skinner." —v. 164, York City, Executive 1087. p. . • Vice of S. U. install¬ 44,252 48,000 3,946,420 1,270,116 *19,345 454,186 1,718,173 624,195 bank loans due 1946-1957 (average interest rate approximately 2Va%>, $11,250,000;.- reserve for .insurance, service, adjustments and miscellaneous, $649,714; reserve for postwar adjustments and con¬ tingencies, $1,200,000; 4'/2% cumulative preferred stock (par $100), $17,000,000; $2 10-year preference stock (par $40), $11,181,480; common stock (par $10), $11,549,280; 225,904.—V. 163, p. 2730. earned surplus, $3,943,189; total, $69,- ; 3,942,049 1,830,125 ' 735,41^^ 164, p. 1330. Co.—Earnings— ' 1946—7 Mos.—1945 -1945 1946—Month- $ $ ' $» • V : 24,334,120 190,923,663 170,485,043 28,748 ; ; 334,480 192,499* revenues- 27,394,617 24,305,372 expenses_.-i 21,162,282 15,542,467 132,618,805 104,877.400 6,130,677 32,353,822 46,458,589 operating 1946 Gross railway- $790,809 $918,406 railway---. income-! 256,057 370,018 52,182 76,565 5,523,020 1,438,728 352,703 832,960 from Net from Net ry. oper. From Jan. 1943 Niagara Hudson Power Corp.—Asks SECT soon.—See ,- —. Norfolk Southern Ry. ' - 1998, have from EARNINGS from Gross Net from ry. income— Net ry. —V. - v 8,640.561 9,530,988 Gross 5,303,975 1,087,459 Net from Net ry. Ry.—Earnings— 1946 1945 1944 $618,866 $701,342 income. 1636. , ' Norfolk & Western Net from Net ,ry. railway oper. Income-— From Jan. 1— Gross from -V • 150,543 :, ; 342,265 270,656 , '223,513 . . ... 501,260 187,435 181,565 5,957,960 3,640,029 1,290;446 ;;.. 5,574,655 ; 1,085,097—1,237,986426,786 499,407 5,277,384 6,248,163 6,929,349 2,589,580 3,004,514 3,306,998 4,062,047 2,045,265 2,251,162 from Net ry. 164, p. 1212. i V V.r. ' 1944 1945 1943 2,076,081 / . 1,937,251 2,279,144 ' .. railway. p. income— 1636. 84,497,062 102,534,331 107,629,550 47,499,584 24,240,661 41,819,284 14,908,142 16,632,510 17,396,342 Securities and the third 15,337,150 ' \ Exchange such . 44,096.069 ' • " Postponed— Commission has - f * f\ postponed, to Oct... in the plan for *1 .. set for Sept. . 99,923,389 irom Oct. 3, oral argument oil the first two steps reorganization of the company. is , 5,477^203 . •• 11, This \ ' 1,543,159 ' 708,510 5,260,287 North American Co.—Hearings The ;■ railway..-— railway—— oper. income— Net —V. 154,948 v;*:' Ry.—Earnings- 3,244,860 income railway— oper. 164, • ' 48,356 '• 1— Jan. from 113,504 '208,674 90,288 53,885 1946 oper. ry. —V. > railway.— from Net $575,076 $761,020 132,424. railway— $13,408,621 $11,136,434 $14,821,727 $12,767,159 5,857,946 7,221,374 5.294,551 3,722,412 from Net 1943 $804,351 5,239,978 596,462 26,975 railwajL^,- railway—— p. $634,452 ■■'A: • oper. 164, 1943 ,i 1944 1945 1946 ; $709,269 108,834 32,997 railway from from mortgage payment AUGUST AND YEAR TO DATE FOR railway oper. 3,747,365 779,686 $510,657 railway first called been Immediate interest. August— From August— Issue Sold Privately—Hemp¬ 4V2% bonds, series A, due for- redemption on Jan.t 1, next, at of" the-full redemption price,' together with interest to date of redemption, may be obtained at the Manufacturers Trust Co., trustee, 55 Broad St., New York, N. Y„ upon presentation and surrender of said bonds..-;/ ? "-A outstanding the of 1, and 103 Gross Gross — . 4V2% Bonds to Be Redeemed— July 3,810,083 New Orleans Texas & Mexico * hill, Noyes & Co. have sold privately at par $3,200,000 3% bonds due 1986. Company will apply the proceeds foF the redemption of $3,453,000 first mortgage 4^% bonds of 1998 at 103 on Jan. 1. See also V. 164, p. 1636. j 8,406,099 1212. p. 104, p. 1635. V. August— railwayrailway oper. income- Extension of Time * $1,205,688 636,795 141,797 521,641 16,427,361 arid Exchange Commission ordered Sept, 25 that a 11 10 cpjasider the application of the corporation for an order extending W'Nov. 1, 1947, the time within which the company must dispose of its interest in Buffalo Niagara Electric Corp. Niagara Hudson stated in its application that in order to comply with the Commission's, order of Oct. 4, 1945, directing dispositioit within one year of its holding in Buffalo Niagara Electric Corp.,; the company pronosos to consolidate Buffalo Niagara Electric Corp., Central New York Power Corp.- and New York Power & Li8ht Corp., its directly owned subsidiaries, into a single operating company. Vv,. i Niagara Hudson has already filed an application for authorization to effect consolidation with the Public Service Commission of the State of New York and proposes to file a similar application with the 126,583 $1,133,30.9 .. 18,956,553 23,153,642 The • Securities Net 1— from 164, 1944 1945 25,616,556 i- hearing be held Oct. Gross RR.—Earnings— w 190,589,183 170,292,544 2,632,228 2,208,051 2,325,858 1,993,248 income — From Jan. 1— New Orleans & Northeastern 3,906,477 —— . ment ;94,556 ! 91,835 3,208,059 27,439,867 45,250 income Net . wages, renegotiation 217,295 income.— —V. 164, p. 831. company's Director of Personnel Relations and Mr. Hen¬ Relations since October, 1945. nessey its Director of Public Charles P. Cooper of New ry. deducting Net All Net $517,232; Net ? " Association—-Output— - income —V. reserve $516,319 203,653 2,632,610 656,885 railway oper. Operating taxes per to 30 and from $500,000; ' 1943 19 44 $473,106 income— railway. Operating 27 week the operating income Net taxes, M 115,082 $ New England Gas *and Electric Asso¬ Operating revenues— $10,779,489 Operating expenses—i.9,565,474 Operating taxes—— 188,945 Gross accrued 1945 $340,911 New York Telephone New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.-—Earnings- $1,415,938; fixed 7.S::T% "A* 88.921 revenuesUncollectible oper. rev. Exchange Commission on Oct. 2 gave the com-; complete Its recapitalization plan which calls of $22,500,000 of series A 20-year collateral and Nov. Issuance receivable—misc., inven¬ $69,225,904. income on Renegotiation accrued reim¬ amortization of $19,017,868),- total, on for Cr$936,542; assets, $3,961,005; current installments State under Treasury payable, claims accounts accounts, other and cf j. ^07,570x Western RR.—Earnings— 1946 Period End. July 31— . year Ago. a Sept. August— $8,370,776; including sub-contractcrs), reserve $26,926,439; assets notes receivable—customers, war bursement for " CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET, JUNE 30, 1946 . 27, output of 10,064,000 164, p. 1635. 9,155,314 $9,744,994 $11,316,742 *367,660 29,799 ■ 10.60% or the in of cu. until the Robert Total , 838,136 464,976 - $352,795 railway—— .; oper. from $1,489,865 : 129,650 358,765' Time Extension— The $2,161,427 8,502,684 • 160,039 ■ railway- from ry. payable Oct. 15 to holders of record Oct. 5. ended Sept. kwh., output Net $1,242,310 ; surplus *723,004 164, p. 1330.. *Deficit.--V. paid $1 on April 30 and 75 c,ents on Aug. 20.—^ electric reports increase pany 800,000 ' — — ry. Net "carry-back" from laws 5,853,602 From Jan. 1— $1,*460,066 35,480 $1,678,856 124,559 have week the 1,355,267 Net Balance, .' 504,894 the class A stock, on Uncollectible > from Net months 6 — income credit provision inc.," taxes on for profits 1945— 30, Consolidated Estimated and foreign State Fed., for and ended ; ^ —— 4^840,933 *74.093 >1,009,276 • , 1-. from Net 5J391.654 $1,643,377 ————— directors The share 167,168. $762,310 — income — - 5,266,691 — Period End. July Consolidated 55,436 6,473,230 5,671,472 New York Susquehanna & Gross 1945 taxes—————i Last year* the company V. 162, p. 1396. $9,098,596 ' —— ——-—-r—— deductions Other ; —— „—— income- Operating for _— income Total 6,985,160 » — - —- income 111,341,000 6,683,823 expenses 175,901' *54,431 *3,270" *133.578 ' r»llway-i-railway—w— Net- ry.• oper. *Defioife^-i^ ^ New Bedford Rayon Co.—$1.75 Class A Dividend— of ;: . . income admin, and ' p. Other — and purchased goods -81,292 —V. 163. p. 3141. 1946 1945 $45,917,077 $83,054,496 38,385,489 67,297,332 ' customers manufactured of 107,872 1043 / $899,951 1944- $872,015 11,484 railway—— oppr; income^-i Net " from v 1945 $725,824 1946 $748,191 railway Operating Gas Net sales r \ , From Jan. 1— Gross —————— income ciation (& Subs.)—Earnings— 1,801,520 72Q.161 •, 929,033. V , Gross; from. $6,551,719 $6,910,068 - Other deductions from income Federal an Cost Net xy. the sole state in;v owned.—V. 162, 1946 v ; r-~- — income the corresponding National Supply Co. be from from Net t for retire- geperal^ taHpsj*— Operating" income Net 2,027,501 952,800 1,174,100 August— Net and ments Net 1,837,951 853,374 1,323,372 93,306 131,203 New York Ontario & Western Ry.—Earnings— publicly , operating revenues..*.— operating expenses, provision For possible. as .railway—railway— from ry. oper. Gross Edison Light Co.—-Earnings— 12 Months Ended June 30— Total always However, they position 1,400,326 331,569 697,446 income— 1— August— companies in exact alphabetical are always as near alphabetical arrange ry. oper. 1943 v $226,802 1944 $247,327 70,620 113,074 1945 $201,761 . New Bedford Gas & Total 92,093 203,987 1946 income V. 164, p. 1330. 18 entered into an Omaha Electric Com¬ will 52,914 117,903 Gross .from "of^Idcal*" citizens, ; purchased .- ; 1944, from the former- are August, fDeficit.—V. 164, p. 1212, $186,501/ railway.,— Net December, Nebraska completed, power . 15,528,57.0... adjustment of $682,400 in first eight months. from,, railway—- Net Power & Light Co., with the' announced intention time of eventually turning the company over to the District. New England Gas & Electric it 167,129 American which payable reasons 1946 includes carry-back From Jan. a parent, ■ 20,325,253' 15,087,387 2,002,958 - August— / by law has passed. The Committee,* composed S. mechanical AOTE—-For 30,192,065 811,871 Crl,331,132CrlO,121,541 —— Net price of $43,747,630, according to an announce¬ ment made by the District. The District will complete the purchase from the Committee, as soon as a 30-day waiting period required mittee, and accrued liabilities, $6,298,262; payable to unconsolidated subsidiaries, $120,963; provision for taxes, including Federal income and excess profits taxes, $10,368,679; divi¬ dend payable Aug. 1, 1946 on class B preferred stock, $116,193; reserves: (fire insurance, $4,797,284; employer's liability, $426,664; pension, $5,475,595; contingencies, $4f080,358; general inventory, $700,340), $15,480,240; preferred stock, class A, 7% cumulative, non-callable ($100 par), $24,367,600; preferred stock, class B, 6% cumulative, non.callable ($100 par), $10,327,700; common stock (par $10), $30,983,100; capital surplus, $485,295; earned surplus, $37,620,867; reacquired capital stock, at cost, Dr$5,048,248; total, $131,120,651.—V. 162, p. 989. LIABILITIES—Accounts 51,672,780 1,155^462 23,407,636 165,832 : 1,232,280 3,575,024 -27,262,743 1 profits excess' Net [ '• 2,471,316.. —— f New York Connecting RR.-—Earnings—i 10,536 . Government securities, at cost, $17,241,303; other marketable securities, at cost (at market quotations $3,305,271), (net), $532,117; accounts and notes receivable (net), $12,266,143; notes receivable, from employees, $32,899; inventories, $22,916,097; fund for deferred expenditures on> expansion and development, (United States Government securities, at cost), $10,000,000; investments in and advances' to unconsolidatedv subsidiaries, $3,610,147; miscellaneous investments1, -at cost or beloW (net), $974,128; plant, property and equipment (including intangibles) (net), $46,658,417} patents and licenses, less amortization, $341,176; prepaid expenses, deferred charges, etc., $985,991; total, $131,120,651. U. $15,562,233; ASSETS—Cash, *1,214 Nebraska Power Co.—Sold to District— $2,446,184 772,666 $0.79 1946 BALANCE SHEET, JUNE 30, CONSOLIDATED income ; 5,743,814 146,616 3,490,570 charges-—- tDebit in 60,654 — agreement to If-X ; 12,165,295 • 37,933,923 11,242,341 13,738,857 * 4,234,875 1,508,939 6,108.502 — fixed and $11,112,400 ill the 60,000 60,654 •Loss.-—V. 163, p. 2296. $3,475,845 797,275 232,386 $4,039,793 1,545,332 $1.30 stock—.——-— common on earned per shr. on com. Amount income deductions Net $398,563 at Common dividends paid Total $269,617 $723,554 $324,984 Non-operating expenses, incl. taxes (except Fed. income and surtax), insurance, general expense, reclamation assess¬ ments for interest and maintenance, depl. and deprec._^_ 62,500 $5,069,455 797,275 232,386 class Divs. ^- J 1,329,561 4,778,941 ; Net Cost $302,043 ; 15,000 7,941 6,726 10,536 - __—_____i.—: Total. $9,986,187 6,447,841 ■/;, • income.— —— —— A preferred stock — B preferred stock ,—...f. net Total profits taxes——— and excess income Federal ''$( 11,391,420:;-'*t8,130,794 ^45,909,421 ••99,571,916' income- Misc. Gross from 621,105 $8,650,223 3,580,768 t opers. income Total ' $9,365,081 —->—:——> credits Miscellaneous 2,570, <66 1,656,327 — ry. oper. ry. sand' .Net profit 56,993.896 —- income Other ' Net Other shares of no par), accrued taxes, $79,411; liquida¬ dredging Water sales $0.27 70,397,844 1,518,318 and other exps Depreciation, depletion and amortization i *«\ ? total, (5,456,100 3 Months Ended June 30,1946— $1B^„59'»96^931 goods sold, taxes Cost of $2,223; redemption, Land (& Subs.)—Earnings— 6MonthsEndedJnne36- Co.), $179,139; Gold 3420. National Lead Co. 31— ( fr. rev. taxes $519 559 Earns, per com. share... Light & account—Tennessee for > , 1946-^-Month—1943W>" 1946—8 Mos.—1945 •" 1 'l V j revenues-__, 59,499,703 81,386,862,402,326,902.431,711,92$ ' expenses_._>_ 43,108,283> 43,256,068 356,417,481 352,140,010 1^ ' ♦Includes Fed. income 665,100 $238 068 oper. Net -; L de¬ Natomas Co.—Earnings— f.nZ $1,053,258 tax"esl ... oper Ry. Public Service Co.-, $328,076; long-term debt incl. premium and interest (cash in special $6 preferred stock retirement account, incl. accu¬ mulated dividends (cash in special deposits), $165,457; total, $62,959,276.—V. 164, p. 1211. 31! 023 ~85~l58 Power Interest profit 7—V. 163, p, . P, M21 473,200 ' prof. exc tion 15,278 . in; banks—on cash v , • .>• 104,859 43,617 8,078 ' •;." 23,527 accts.. disposal of account—Memphis deposits), $1,399,424 138.405 6o,590 for'doubt. Prov. $3,067,898 $791,983 « $1,867,256 income companies, called $1'?qo 349,346 190,235 81,735 - ^ - cash LIABILITIES—Capital stock equity $62,168,244; accounts payable, $38,949; 235 ••;,.. $61,225,954; ' 1946 a Ry. ^ $351,938 ?V $613,051 $68,734 A Treasury $62,959,276. 1,465,770 $1,546,692 320,574 r Int. 4 expense on f.. MARCH 31, available, for •Ry. tax accruals__„__\. 5,062,865 -; 2,800,142 v22,016,103 48,603,185 deposits, $344,595;: temporary cash in-,, • • '-;• ? bills, $499,613; dividends receivable—associ~ ,; Equip., and joint facile .'•v.v.cv'.vVX:#.,-f.-Ln7-'" '• > rents —■£ 1,549,614 1,095,777 ^ 11,728,023. 13,03^,808 $293,274; other current assets; $1,000; deferred charges S. (liquidation $2,674,959 Sell., admin. & gen. exp. „— ate 612,996 269,821 $2,428,232 profit Total 10,775,262 11,616,626 5,612,406 6,102,580 securities, special $592,613; vestments—U. *&.** aZrtlia^a Operating profit ASSETS—Investment l : SrtiiattnrML:a--Gross $183,871 BALANCE SHEET, $7,326,741 $16,057,705 $13,063,217 $8,330,812 goods sold, excl. Cost of Net income 1946—3 Mos.—1945 Period End. June 30— -• 1 Output— hours (Including all Leased Lines) deductions Federal income tax kilowatt of number 28, New York Central RR.—Earnings— 19,222 ~3"600 reports Sept. , $981,142 . Association week ended 1946, as 67,593,602, compared with 61,566,665 for the week ended Sept. 29, 1945, an increase of 9.79%.-■' i The comparable figure for the week ended Sept. - 21, 1946 wa$ 69,753,011, an increase of 14.74% over the corresponding week last year.—V. 164, p. 1635. 'A// \ -V>/J,,v'v $980,252 145,857 . $150,507 7 / 89,238 taxes taxes $595,624 464. $293,744 — excl. $150,043 143,701 j. income Total Expenses, New England Power Association—Weekly The • -1945 ' Monday, October ,7* 1940 V 1946—12 Mos, subsids.— income Federal the and 1946—3 Mos.—1945 Tj/5'At r.? •*/< postponement. Oral, argument originally was 19 but was put off until Sept. 26,—V. 164, p.1636. .Volume 164 'North Texas Co. (& Fed. >' and $3,589,016 .228,886 2,741,301 25,000 ,Z .14,000 229,600 i. returns- 27,200 $3,652,760 2,787,234 .: Operations consol. Crl3,900 Depreciation Cr36,000 income- income (net) '$37,846 "1,083 — . $30,891' 217,097 $361,914 ' .1,272 .. Gross Int. income——— equip, on. ; " $38,929 ,„V. notes, etc. Net income r-V. 164, p. $31,014 has Babson $334,563 : . .$366,303, 4.361 . Less, II, stock member of the a ^ - , a meeting of; the board of elected Chairman of the board. - interest "in this ' v, , Operating Operating to company dominant stockholder, ...;.of shares. ' ' York City investment firm New directors Sept. on 23 Mr. Less since he already Shamed the board trustee of to .fill Imperial Chairman the Net 11,183 77. 26,457 7 31,424 Other 858,168 - " 1,074,428 374,392 121,171 7 owned electric National Rockland Bank of Trust the of Putnam the Co. vacancies of executive County committee; National R. H. Canada, H. 1,002,213 597,834 234,352 Bank of share.-r-V. 162, a Northeastern Water^Co, (& Period Ended June 30— > a and —V. prov. for! retirements..^., Fed. i . inc. and 1,135,593 Earns, 1,629,787 1,625,462 —V. 11,571 11,585 23,145 23,156 748,021 1,479,977 1,484,974 1,141,000 489,590 1,624,409 957,990 . $2,516,141 1,090,494 h ——! • ■!■•-!!!!!-:,: r -income—, $2,624,840 722,408 $5,476,836 449 income. 164, The for Operating income -47,731 41,768 196,998 184,534 8,019 $2,515,069 1,459,334 $2,625,232 697,026 $1,928,205 — Retirement $5,484,855 42,930 253,629 69,776 287,240 274,438 ,$168,535 $570,039 of 2,697,772 : 21,381 428,119 $189,917 $998,158 52,398 200,047 538,508 i V Ry.—Earnings— 1946 from railway— income on ^— from Net from Net ry. —V. 164, 40^,497 1 1,763,230" railway ! !$3,313,324 $3,211,821 '.^,888,1^4 income 653,916 stock for dividend requirements stock common and 427,500 $2,081,003 . shares ($20 letter of notification a with the costs. shareholders .have approved an increase to -^par common stock to 500,000 shares from 250,000.: is hoped that after soon the a end dividend of the The increase in the the on common current fiscal I L. $5,284,851 $40,696,600 $35,776,729 5,814 54,605 43,349 $5,279,037 $40,641,995 $35,733,380 year ' the ^authorized 700,395 1,203,304 5,481,497 stock $482,593 $614,213 $4,515,758 $4,326,820 466,284 Net operating income 576,403 4,407,439 —V. 4,007,271 ; will , ! from Net ry. 1945 -1944 railway.; railway $605,030 94,654 $663,181 income 26,731 3,091,787 4,280,325 *390,759 892,721 oper. 1943 175,870 182,335 254,728 .124,906 Net from railway— - income.— oper. 4,143,017 702,624 1,191,522 302,843 783,536 ' *815,422 449,912 Telephone Co.-—Earningsr Period End. July 31— Operating revenues Uncollectible, oper. rev.- 1946—Month—1945 ■j $105,488 $789,858 126 128 978 $107,088 $105,360 66.446 901 $788,880 91,292 . $739,402 r 516,712 8,342 32,459 Net income r-V, 164. 1,83.1 .. p. 1636. J. ;;,. J, in Uncollectible 110,883 .18,723 Operating revenues Operating expenses Operating, taxes $7,217,955 77,270 Other Net Net r; —V. .operating, income income 164, p. — "■ •' •/ Nu-Enamei The 1 ' 11 - 1946—7 Mos.—1945 //:. 1 1 1 at special a Prov. The to 11 L". additional held be for Frank shares 750,000 future Pitts, ■ 11 . ■ . ■ 1 1 ■ | meeting remain stated first nine months of this year were 4 held - on demption The company its in the treasury - . 11,876 " voted that as a sales and was promoted Vice-President in for the the best in the company's history/; Recently Called for Re¬ for redemntion of 60-cent .on Aug. 2, cumulative ; 1946, all convertible been elected a of the capital stock of this income debentures.i taxes , oper. rev. "• Net Net corporation , (after $892,037 $1,743,535 20,803 $902,224 207,826 43,555 normal _! ; 236,000 CrlOO.OOO 1 , , 42,825 income hand on for and $411,549 the of Internal, , . SHEET, JUNE 30,1946 , demand depreciation withholding and amortization of prepaid $2,854,244), expenses discount and and expense, « payable,v $2,283,385; etc., taxes, $447,794; transportation accrued taxes, salaries and transportation revenue, $60,295; deferred credits, 3% % convertible income debentures, due Sept. 15-year $10,000,000; 540,200 Pennsylvania Power & Light Co.—Earnings— ■ ,1 " - , Total operating revenues— Operating expenses Other taxes — taxes /_!-•of electric 1946 1945 $51,934,181 $51,221,011 28,687,926 26,995,719 1,823,264 1,461,467 :—— —- Depreciation Amortization $444,915 —- — plant acquis, adj 7,422,217 3,030,496 1,728,675 3,580,000 - 432,169 1,632,424 934,230 $748,684 $161,135; 1, I960, stock (par value $1), $478,296; capital surplus, earned surplus, $597,980; total, $18,598,466.—V. 164, p. 12. common 12 Mos. End. Mar. 31— $1,764,338 *$1,826,059 411,034 • 422,282 '• 64,420 7: 24,633 * revenues income (net)_ Other $15,202,353 $11,158,482 79,574 88,496 • 1946—7 Mos.—1945 8,282,395^.73,344,501 2,837,465 7,961,204 $918,990 637,868 $6,756,681 11,124,228 th£ debentures, the registration 9,484,772 5,795,042 $5,797,155 $5,451,936 Definitive Debentures Ready— 3% Definitive lor in delivery National 19,326,865 N. Bank sinking fund debentures due Oct. .1, exchange of the City 1965, are ready temporary debentures at of New York, 11 Broad Street, for The Chas<> New York, Company for Insurance on Lives and Philadelphia, Pa.—V. 164, p. 1088. /. Y., and at The Pennsylvania Granting Annuities, $1,183,366 ->• 917,854 $15,281,927 $11,246,970 — and other deductions Net income 55,262,669 $8,153,862 11,732,777 for previous expenditures for extensions and improvements to its plant and plants of subsidiaries. Remaining proceeds will be used to repay outstanding advances from American Telephone & Telegraph Co.,. parent, which are expectgd to nearly equal the amount of the of income Net .interest * ury 1636. $747,763 provisions , allowances unearned * company on Sept. 6 filed a registration statement with the SEC $75,000,000 of 40-year debentures, due 1986. Underwriters, by competitive bidding. Net proceeds will .be used to reimburse its treas¬ p. $340,421 carryback .f . $489,971; accrued taxes, other than Federal income taxes, $89,874; other accrued liabilities, $587,037; provisions for Federal income taxes, $190,256; deposits on air-travel card accounts, $384,043; Pennsylvania Registers With SEC— 164, 281,000 ———< Cr500,000 — *$118,443 from tResulting LIABILITIES—Accounts $2,848,379 $12,332,837 $88,372,424 $82,935,578 * 41,775 29,611 310,038 192,182 ________ sale 5,272 10,363 inc. tax cred. employees' ,, 585,912 the 174,029 ' $290,353; other assets, $49,181; total, $18,593,466." $1,783,234 Co.—Earnings— 1946—Month—1945 taxes_„_„_ /proceeds from $697,821 5,167 ■ " are The •—V. $581,588 *$1*063,371 86,501 . 11,301,702 operating $627,345 70,476 $8,777,458; work orders in progress, $338,461; deferred charges, $363,622; unamortized debt 3 Mos. End.-——-6 Mos. Ended ■ ■ • June 30,'46 June 30,'46 June 30,'45 7 $378,643 expenses^!-.- income $4,764,425> 4,137,080 $516,449 *$1,322,827 65,139 259,456 , *$126,629 /Z Net oper. revenues..— $7,926,481 , wages, 272,200 ;1, „ $2,772,757 5,100,296^ ,2,256,30aHij 9,249,308 or reconditioned value (after reserve of $116,510 for obso¬ lescence), $897,250; notes receivable (due after one year from date), $445,908;- estimated claim for refund of prior years' Federal income taxes, resulting from carryback provision of the Internal Revenue Code, $500,000; special funds reserved for purchase of property and equipment, U. S. Govt, securities,' at cost, $415,000; deposits in con¬ nection with acquisition of aircraft, $475,000; property and equipment from Operating revenues™ $12,806,604 $12,303,226 $88,062,386 $82,743,396 : .. ; -1946—6 Mos.—1945 , cost- charge for earnings various deposits in banks, $1,214,454; U. S. Govt, securities, at cost, $2,950,000; notes receivable (due within one year from date), $536,492; receivables, (traffic balances, etc.), $1,345,287; inventories of replacement parts and supplies, at average 'y /.v' a reserve >; shares ______ and __. Operating Operating •,?. . in July, last, called outstanding Fed. Uncollectible u Sept. 30 has Co., 1946—3 Mos.—1945 — ASSETS—Cash (& Subs.) —Earnings— — Period End. July 31— 5,739,631 -v Convertible Preferred Stock fif for Operating $5,938,737 7,892,415 for directors. !.$283.560 Code, Gross • $8,000,233 !/■/■./■-■,- :/••.;: 'Z 'vM . expansion.. :; President, Boyd of Pacific Telephone & Telegraph •/*';.■ /'.'• " V7' 7 10,187 Net earnings ^-V, 163, p. 2997. four-to-one split in the common stock and an increase in the number of authorized shaies to 2,750,000 from .500,000 (whieh are all ouU- Standing). post Fiberglas (net) notes on of $4,816,736 BALANCE .. Corp.—Split-Up Voted— stockholders the operations before deprec. 74 7,939,191v 12,405,082 $839,007 789,319 ' * 1 \ ' »"■ - Revenue , $1,003,548 975,891 — 957. 1 of -7 income Interest I,C51,9Ml> 1,665,922 ■fv E. Ben the TDepreciation $6,422,962 $48,622,543 $45,408,627 3,920,033 32,683,119 27,064,808 c •,5,162,413 — will discount Fed. for ♦Deficit. / - V v- Gain from $6,432,893. $48,727,806 $45,466,864 9,931 105,263 58,237 $7,236,678 all 156,931 tax and surtax Federal 1946—Month—1945 — * - ^ '^y,V . rev. oper. sales. to ,, ; • $117,344 Gross income End. July 31 Operating revenues of Manager ,187.437 $149,408 are to toe are company Pantasote expense $2,828,400; Ohio Bell Telephone Co.—Earnings ,\> Period charge Factories manufacturing. Other major officers Oxford Paper Co. 433,720 122,760;/,' $6,455 1,043 ~ $7,454 o^er) L. $738,501 " & Lax that 3 board Net .income— N '■■■v Income oper. Percy Games Slayter, Vice-President and Director of Research and Develop¬ ment; H. R. Winkle, Vice-President, Treasurer and Comptroller; G. E. Gregory, Vice-President and Director of Purchases, and Carl G. Staelin, Secretary.—V. 164, p. 832. 1946—7 Mos.—1945 $107,214 Operating revenuesOperating expenses Operating taxes— Net Vice-Presidents.- of also announced the appointment of L. W. Whitton of Operations and of C. C. Campbell as General Works Mr. Whitton was Production Manager and Mr. Campbell Assistant General Works Manager.r—V. 164, p; 660. General of t as election Petersen Vice-President ♦Deficit.—V. 164, p. 1330, Ohio-Associated Wallace the promotions in the officers rc'ster .of Owens-Corning FiberCorp. were announced on Aug. 3C by Harold Boeschenstein, and General Managei of the, corporation, viz:W. P. Zimmerman, Vice-President in charge. of manufacturing and / sales- since the Fiberglas corporation; was; formed', (on Nov. 1, 1938, has been named Executive - Vice-President. J. H, Thomas, General Sales Manager since 1942, has been named 187,663 3,984,521 the to Income debt fEst.: Fed President ■ Net ry. has" announced of and ^glas From Jan. 1—- Gross from railway.*—, purchased (which > ■ Three $649,894 103,520 12,853 be the to and to 60,000 balance the exchange Proceeds Textileather Oct. on expense Amort, filiate— * $613,982 to 164, p. 1636. income Interest ^wens-Illinois .Glass Co.—Changes in Officers of Af¬ ~ 1946 from loans are the and 12 pro¬ of which of common, common under , v August— Net Petersen,- President, elected Operating Manager was 164, p. 957 and 426. Gross received mother income-— declared be Manager. Northwestern Pacific RR»— •Eamings- f A. Mr. as income of maximum Oct. 20, E. P. Taylor, on Mr. Douglas, formerly General Manager of the Otis international division, will continue in charge of the company's foreign operations. Mr. Wallace, Auditor since 1943, will have general responsibility for all accounts and budgets. 8,349,075 Net shares company offer is It common. a share and !$£••**> no capital-is .made to provide funds for.the acquisition interest in the original Orange Crush Co., Inc., of controlling Douglas and of Bruce H. 23,057,485 taxes publicly a will common . been Prov. Operating the Astra of It common. Pantasote Pennsylvania-Central Airlines Corp.—Earnings— v 30,644,740 make of stockholders. Operating revenue Operating expenses,—™ Otis Elevator Co.—Four Officials Promoted— 3.461,520 to 250,000 be selling announced was have Chicago.—V ,163, p. 1434, 1946—7 Mos.—1945 4,902967 shares to from offer Greenfield, of Greenfield, 164, p. 1212. Total Chairman of the .board, said. of ^Northwestern Bell Telephone .Co.—Earnings— ! 8,018 the share plus % common, of 50,000 shares of from Period End. June 30— The $6,085,955 and share and commercial purposes. ' : No changes in the management or policies of the company are con¬ templated. *F. W. Carter, President for a number of years, will remain as President and operating head. However, G. L. Ohrstrom, II. T. Cavanaugh and Merrill Stubbs, partners of G. L. Ohrstrom & Co., No underwriter named, iOrange* Crush, Ltd. (Canada)—Stock Increased— rev. each will its Textileather one of gas heaters for domestic and commercial uses and a recognized leader in the manufacture of fireplace fixtures and equipment. It recently added to its line an automatic stoker for SEC for 20,037,575 StatesPowerCo^<Del.)~^1^e^ oper. SEC 1,352,677 manufacturer par) 92,407,725 Operating revenuesOperating expenses- for and of for domestic 34,725,009 Electric '.output of this company ? for the week ended Sept. 28, 1946, totaled 50,012,000 kwh.. as compared with 44.714,000 kwh. for the cor¬ responding week last year, an increase of 11.8%.-^-V. 164, p. 1636. Uncollectible and bankers, and associates and that no public financing is contemplated. .This corporation, which has been in business since 1884, is a large 427,500 $2,237,103 _ surplus 14,397,146 : *6,093,973 with statement preferred corporation has been purchased by G. L. Ohrstrom & Co., investment $2,508,503 32,635,107 revenues— preferred preferred shares of share common underwriters K. R //> 690,372 ■!—*—. such construction { Operating cumulative (The) Payne Cutlery Corp.—New Director— $3,198,876 —: 23,679,090 PeriodEnd^ulySL-^***;. 1946—Month—'1945* Registration a 4Vi% three its .common underwriters applied H. 7VV-^:7:77.- ;v7;!':S:;:-.77 .!7'<V'!-7 It v filed Underwriting arrangements will be supplied it is contemplated that Van Alstyne; Noel & Co., Drl2,945 98,067,996 101,866,605 9,660,726 _ $0.52 > ■ director.—V. ceeds will be used for 1330. p. ^NfUfthenr 2,776,000 1,673,735 "5,506,285 * 14,756,692 — income.™ $0.98 par) corporate purposes.—V. ,, . railway.— oper, of the be common. Offering price, $20 a share. Pro¬ partial payment of construction of new village lor employees of company and roads -and utilities appurtenant thereto or for'partial payment of bank loans incurred for purpose of paying 1943 $11,237,207 $13,079,408 $13,437,505 $12,931,452 -3,298,484 •"4,250,142 5,133,282 income— &2.08G, 541^^2,944>766* $0.24 88,920 $690,758 913,514 (net)___ The company Sept. 27 filed 36,800 ; $0.50 27 ($25 for each its purchased $1,476,442 1944 $1,027,168 V common. will offer of that part of 1,565,557 Net income - 1945 45,892 $334,254 $779,678 $1,073,060 44,460 ; • is ' V From Jan. 1— Gross 893,583 1,974,800 deductions^™/! Balance V:; 2.761,521 .jNet from railway-™'/;.-Net" ry, oper. 1945 Olokele Sugar Co., Ltd., Honolulu—Files With SEC— Northern /Pacific Gross -*$798>111 of of by ( * 11. August— . $137,518 Plastics posed —V. 164, p. 426. ,^417,958 $378,714 23,604 $517,156 - surp. Sept. par) shares shares $2,014,951 46,937 income Net —V. 164, p. 110,155 2898. company ($1 shares 1946 :—— ' &; .. Peerless Mfg. Corp., Louisville, Ky.—Control— Gross 1,405,657 deductions $540,760 , share/ com. preferred, two $2,421,845 $3,249,956 accruals- reserve to 60,000 shares sote $5,119,617 •■■■: $609,293 ,314,010 -tGrose income Income 1,068,700 568,800 amendment, but York, may be one of the underwriters. Company is making an offer to stockholders of Textileather Corp., Toledo, O.; The Pantasote Co., Passaic, N. J.; and Astra Realty Co., New York, for the purpose of acquiring the controlling interests of the companies. Panta¬ 180,104 71,625 - income Preferred V: v 646,100 334,500 c exchange $5,118,048 1,569 2,234,898 $1,055,735 Utility operating income Other $150,885 —- $1,958,534 54,898 , New $15,506,296 $15,844,703 : 7,017,380 6,722,636 741,650 546,995 —— Federal and State taxes ' $464 895 -pther.income 50,573 tax. by 12. p. per shares 1,606,008 490,591 $2,514,619 income.— Income 1. 29,120 $1,820,309 101,149 ' Pantasote Plastics Inc., Passaic, N. J.—Registers With 114,325 1,038,289 47,098. taxes income- inc. inc. 163, p. shares $2,400,985 117,739 > 14,474 $1,002,412 . SEC— exc. taxes—i— General taxes 34,041 - $1,929,347 29,187 ;• net 1,152,304 .Maintenance 245,454 prof. exc. taxes. - Other ,, $1,791,189 pfd. stk. of held by public on Est. Oklahoma Natural Gas Co.—EarningSr— 1946—12 Mos.—1945 $602,507 Fed. lor 603,508 12 Months Ended July 31-^-Operating -revenues —!— Operation 31,159 Maintenance : from State & Federal Net income Subs.)—Earnings— 1946—3 Mos.—1945 $987,938 $925,333 Balance on Total income deductions p, 196. Operating revenues——>*.'4631,227 Oper., adm. & gen. exp. 282,736 265,381 $911,179 14,654 income subsid. . 31/1945, was $13.86 265,820 oper. Deducts, Divs, 769,984 than Fed. oper. Other Guternsey Curran, Jr., p. New York City insurance broker.The capital of the company consists of 300,000 shares of 5 par value common stock. The indicated liquidating value of the stock on Dec. ;; 357,410 131,685 Income 816,793 - 808,493 taxes profits an Y., N. • 352,016 - investments- for Net 590,352 res. also was Northrup, Carmel, fr. Prov. 547,212 208,691 7 1946—12 Mos.—1945 Boston. Webster, who Carl inc. Total $8,847,803 $18,080,576 $17,818,489 2,941,277 6,203,524 5,867,256 3,086,324 •r — income Prov. Gross were Montreal, $9,032,566 . (other Prov. lor number substantial a 1946—6 Mos.—1945 limited-term income) ' Trust Officer of the the to of 81,617 118,896 179,366 ■';/, 132,621 $147,670 75,889 I.23U.454 52,734 178,258 __ (estimated) expenses—— of Taxes Mr. Carroll also resigned as Chairman of the board. Elected $141,172 60,674 2,499,927 100,265 Fed. income) 38,092 629,137 7 201,109 44,469 revenues- Appropr. for retire, was \ The three following directors resigned, viz.: W. J. Carroll, of Wor¬ cester, Mass., President of Rockwood Sprinkler Co.; H. Clyde Baldwin, .i,of Wellesley, Mass., of Babson's Reports, and Carl M. Eldridge, Vice- | 1943 $96,877 '7:3,202 77 Maintenance I Mr. Less, according to a letter sent sockholders-by Mr. Babson, paid $5,75 a share for the latter's stock.' This holding is estimated to have exceeded 40,000 shares. Purchase of the shares will make Mr. Less the Official .7^ ,1944 than 1945 $5,152,332 1— from Amort, At President and y- 20,220 Period End. June 30— of D. H. Ellis & Co. \ $75,224 railway— Jan. 1945 (other -Earnings1946—6 Mos, $5,127,537 2,&9y,6l5 $2,582,180 $330,201 Co.,Hartford,jConn.- -New his sold (& Subs.) 1946—3 Mos.—1945 $2,602,019 1,319,234 & repairs & amort... Depr., depl. Taxes Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.—Earnings— Insurance ' W. William L. 2,859 $38,827 --Control— Roger ,.249 101,-. 831."../ 'Northeastern . '$32,163 -$369,163 316. p. 1946 7. railway Net from railway—!— Net ry, oper, income—7. —V. J64, p. .1212. • ;7 7 Gross Gross Aug. 2.—V. 163, on '■■■■/;[ 7' railway—— from from From H * business .Net ry. oper. income— '$328,628 5,934 • 7,248 Vv of August— Crl29,400 ;t::2l4,700 20,920 Operating Other Service Co. revenues Maintenance Net 1 Pacific Public Period Ended June 30— Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka Ry.—Earnings— tiling, of tax close 289,200 r tax from- Operating -160,000 77,500 surtax prof, ^excess preferred stock at $11 per share, plus accrued dividends of 8 cents per share. Payment was made at the Harris Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, 111. • 1 The preferred stock was convertible into ccmmon stock up to the 1946—12 Mos.—1945 - $307,997 227,592 deducts normal Fed. Savings $306,038 1727 , 1946-Month—1945 revenues—™ Oper. -revs. . THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Sub.)—Earnings- Period End. July 31-r- Operating 4S3lW^^^ Number stated.— '**/ Reading Net from Net ry. railway — 1945 699,080 558,547 Gross oper. Jan. from Net'.from Net ry. income— /; 1943 $1,827,926 $1,938,246 981,247 1,035,838 , 287,887 431,566 631,321 717,632 7,591,411 8,435,311 2,226,035 378,136 8,809,790 9,002,493 1— railway railway. oper. 1944 : $1,516,767 - Form Lines—Earnings— Seashore August—.■/••/''•.v/■/ ;//. • 1946 from railway— $1,577,752 Gross 773,757 income— *862,694 164, p. 1331. ♦Deficit.—V. • 2,618,389 3,042,776 736,094 l,446,o«nr . U28 Pittsburg Shawmut & Northern RR. Pennsylvania RR.—Places Equipment Orders— The company box new of cars August— Sept. 25 announced the placing of orders for 1,100 the most modern types for delivery early next year. on built usually Gross Net Net ry. railway—— 1— railway——. from ry. —V. 164, Net , , 1 & Other Net / Cr2,G18 1,124,988 153,679 244,447 oper. "income- .36,357 231,173 1,868,214 1,878,327 571,226 taxes—i railway income 265,592 498,842 4,743,112 for 153,230 41,667 *479,836 334,583 3,652,071 250,000 41,667 . The to $111,563 $381,821 surplus— carry-back lrom 1945 to 1943.—V. operating loss 211,992 101,154 compared with 178,110,000 kwh. for a decrease of 4.4%.—V. 164, p. 1637. $497,352 63,926 f/f: 104,586 100,266 1943 Operating revenues— Operation Maintenance 88,496 .126,742 140,444 4,868,308 5,330,265 1,033,627 income oper. be Net public, $6.50 share. statement with the Price to employees, $5,525 being sold by four stockholders of the company a * * -v $1 1 ; . -V which exchange common, par 4 H ' ^ t '• * Porto Rico Gas & Coke 12 Months Ended June 30— to and to who i*v J consummated was {r ; ' i , 4 ' (Not incl. Pittsburgh V, and Philadelphia of Period End. June 30— subs, and Rys. t; y' • 31,618 31,212 38,659 38,270 $136,489 $157,164 642 leaseholds of Net 1,416 of electric plant acquisition adjustments 1,764 —V. (other than utility Net The Minority Consol. Divs. 3,500,502 3,524,352 that the company 1,842,200 2,973,692 5y*% 302,083 net 6% 597,135 663,108 872,458 1,709,884 $4,453,037 $5,258,169 $5,492,834 736,710 300,000 134,670 —V. 164, -. non-cumul._ stock The of electric ended operation. an 50,000 * of shares ' 1,473,420 1,473,420-' 300,000 600,000 V used be 269,340 269,340 395 1,185 2,854,856 New 3,114,388 ; sold Includes 28, kwh., 164, p. ,1636. 237,552 6,289,510 10,109,298 $339,083 $786,016 $2,081,700 $5,241,428 657,519 878,448 2 4,627,653 4,308 419,062 464,061 3,611,677 3,037,969 * 1,556,987 Cr388,014 1,398,637 5,567,495 deprec adjustmentstlncludes payroll taxes a profits Uxes —V. 164, p. 1250. 6,144,096. 12,210 this 1946, 8.8% or NOTE—For mechanical possible order. total Up 53.3%— President, life the end 53.3% August agents than was i corresponding for the Operating increase an week July 31— 1946—7 Mos.—1945 revenues— of '1945. of Federal revs Total This oper. deductions- oper. revs yk.m I The 1 alphabetical alphabetical in I. I, ,1II 1946—7 Mos.—1945 ' $8,251,027 $7,453,951* Ml III II.-iK.il. $3,653,837 Dr26,290 3,719 7,692 $2;671.442 Dr5,238 $452,187 $2,663,204 $3,627,547^ ■ 72,484 ; 75,984 f 119.775 ; ': Dr2,000 $459,704 Dr7,517 $59,443 8,665 ^ 9,111 (credits) $50,788 80,525 $443,076 48,555 $2,593,720 , 84,765 11,970 9,600 81,998 —- inc.—non-comm. Ordin. * II .. $3,534,062 $2,573,129 98,313 $452,012 Extraord. inc. (chgs.)— 1946—12 Mos.—1945 3,919,889 5,677,898 Vii. "$61,443 income commun. .11 $57,724 — Operating Income $15,632,447 $16,090,942 $26,603,303 $27,366,343 Oper. exp. & taxes (excl. Gross'ord. income income)— 9,493,061 : — 1946—Month—1945 $953,992 $1,086,706 896,268 634,694 Period End. July 31— - Net for the year to date stands at $76,459,000. of the corresponding velume for 1945. ahead policy is nearly $6,500.—V. 164, p. 731^, average company's of Total oper. paid business is the to up 1945.' Period End. kwh., it ie not always reasons to arranga companies in exact However, they ere always as near Communications, Inc.—Earnings— RCA that announces insurance Public Service Co. of Indiana, Inc.—Earnings— subsidiaries 130,775,000 the over s its and company amounted to . . letter of notification with the SEC for common. Offering price, $3 a share. Pro¬ purchase of land, machinery, equipment, plant, for Linton, more sold in all of 790 1,297,662 Albert have 600,000 134,670 * , 790 of output Sept. 2,149,196 Deprec. Other 10,528,000 —V. such and $8,371,210 $15,350,726 (The) Provident Mutual life Insurance Co. of America M. Philadelphia Electric Co.—Weekly Output— week preferred $127,345 $1,073,568 income... Operating shares of class A will 13. p. 6% of — position as possible. • 736,710 1,297,662 _ . for sale incident to up shares Sept. 26 filed —New Business ' - preference 5% may put 20,000 revenue tTaxes accrued warehouses and for other expenses.-, No underwriter named,; $7,510,630 preference Common has company ceeds < . preferred— cum. $864,629 net 1,784,028 , - cum. Pfd. . 870,756 # income— $5 $556,137 $101,752 $2,488,279 Net revenue Total preferred, both of $100 par vaiue.-'-V. '164, p. 2446.; The $9,222,883 $10,355,937 $14,749,145 $17,141,974 3,899,090 4,225,310; 7,546,427 7,847,316 Inc. $6 $3,125,374 2,260,745 expenses : Protecto Sales & Service, lac., Drexel Hill, Pa.—Files With SEC— $9,452,077 $10,677,695 $15,248,727 $17,803,787 229,194 t 321,759 499,582 661,814 . cum. $2,645,812 2,089,675 $405,337 303,585 revenues— U. S. Govt* inc. & exc. capital stocks* on. cash—, $7,815,073 $14,486,096 $445,204 317,859 Auxiliary Operations— bankers Company — in 621,712 $946,222 expenses Total lower-cost new 29,501,771 Crl,143,181 35,332,199. 4,570,691 4,356,896 $132,927 " 1,144,800 deductions inter, 25,267 probably will replace its outstanding preferred stocks issue. This is suggested by the fact that in¬ are forming groups to bid for any new securities company a $82,533,780 626,113 General Total 690 vestment , , revenues-— 1,029 , $113,745 —— 3,049,783 with 1946—7 Mos.—1945 ... * $11,911,888 $11,675,268 $82,076,403 •Maintenance of cars_l 4,428,749 4,884,030 28,062,531 All other maintenance25,669 OT59.658 2,076,609 Conducting car opers 4,444,829 5,382,962 39,551,499 Sleeping Car Opers.—• Total $158,194 163, p. 3143. 150,000 income income 2,672 —.—„— 25,416 income. 131,367 subsidiaries— Gross Total ,—— $139,161 1,704,692 operating revenue income (net)— Other accruals— deductions 2,848,418 excess by utility subsidiaryState income, taxes by . AUXILIARY OPERATIONS 1946—Month—1945 Net revenue-——$2,386,527 345 taxes by util¬ subsidiaries profits taxes ity 687,500 $3,892,012 |;r^ : -,> Period End. July 31— Potomac Electric Power Co.—See Refunding— Fed.' inc. Fed. deductions reserve 1,551,255 inc.) 687,500 - ^ 4 2,342 Amort, Taxes revenue 1— income Gross Income — Amort, f 501,710 $4,579,512 $4,168,723 paid— —; — REVENUES AND EXPENSES OF CAR AND 361,920 1946—12 Mos.—1945 1946—6 Mos.—1945 , revenues $4,077,802 $4,856,223 —V. 164, p. 427. 1945 Other incomes-net $31,176,092 $32,398,883 $59,756,057 $62,030,145 Operating expenses—— 12,246,733 11,279,236 23,951,481 22,309,781 Maintenance ; 1,971,857 !• 1,760,925 3,854,192 L 3,782,886 Approp. to retire, and s i 1 depletion reserves 3",982,901 3,976,436 7,780,271 7,919,723 Operating $4,856,223 (The) Pullman Co.—Earnings— $554,189 327,541 Operating subs. •: , Porto Rico Income taxes———,— railway 121,462 2,288,446 z.'1 '• Balance '.1 ' tax ' preference dividends Prior Co.—Earnings— J —_. Utility operating income.. street other Co.) $6,487,704, 61,274 2,286,786 Sept. 23. , 1946 Subsj^Earnings-rr. Philadelphia Co. (& $282,609 resulting from $413,536 inc. Federal of Balance will $568,688 Operating revenues complete •obstruction of a building.—V. 164, py 1636. $7,204,283 191,959 "carry-over" of excess profits tax credit share. a Retirement Proceeds will be used for payment of loans and replace working capital expended in purchase of building from RFC $479,483 4,915 pioceeds. shares of share, a Co. (& Subs.)—Earnings 702 Balance Reduction registration a ' ' • 188,173 $602,411 revenues—. oper. SEC filed 27 \ V The registration showed that the company changed capital from 4,000 shares ($100 par) common to 400,000 shares ($1 par). Each share of $100 par common was changed into 100 164, p. 1088t taxes— and amort Int. ($1 par) common. Underwriters, Brailsford & Co., Bolger & Co., Chicago. Of the total, 100,000 shares to the public and 10,000 to employees of the company. offered to income taxes— Other inc. deducts, (net) Chicago—Registers With authorized 100,000 shares $20 Other - Sept. company are writer, Van Alstyne, Noel & Co. and G. L. Ohrstrom & Co., New York. Price, Depreciation Federal 1,488,2121,966,237 1,086,126 1,241,827 1331. p. • 1946—Month—1945 1946-.-12 Mos.—1945 $ $2,407,133 $2,298,590 $29,364,650 $27,782,217 1,003,701 952,869 11,701,637 10,762,929 177,774 146,448 2,098,090 1,771,919 148,410 143,972 1,706,948 1,618,288 182,000 307,245 3,237,512 4,138,581 292,837 268,573 3,416,180 3,005,796 31— Period End. July 184,444 225,903 railway corpora¬ kwh., a3 ' $608,087 178,793 5,037,809 1,604,948 .. Service Corp.—Output—* the corresponding week last yfar, Puget Sound Power & Light * $658,536 2,980,586 243,657 . week the for the operating companies served by this ended Sept. 28, 1946, totaled 170,250,000 output of Electric tion 1— receive its Sept. 27 filed a registration statement with the SEC ($20 par) cumulative convertible preferred. Under¬ The company $496,896 —_ railway Shares of net Pharis Tire & Rubber Co.—Registers With SEC— for 47,319 *52,301 Shillinglaw, will $3,402,071 *$814,420 of $140,573 for adjustment credit accrual ("Includes ♦Deficit. 11,036 Public Utility Engineering & 988,426 110,000 shares Price Balance Jan. 164, and of inc. Snkg. fd. appro, 865,979 *93,824 Portis Style Industries, Inc., SEC— V- ■: v.'y • 423,488 tax. prof. 21,831 ; ,:i'\'(r?-y income oper. ry. —V. • , *8,836 *123,980 j ' railway from from ..Net $4,884,348 exc. rwy. Net Net 1946—Month—1945 1946—8 Mos.—1945 $4,208,312 $31,571,236 $37,634,115 31— income tU. S. income and Can. inc. ry. From Marquette Ry.—Earnings— Period End. Aug. Gross 35,174 :• *9,736 stockholders. to make a cash donation of $5,000,000 to the surviving company. This will be applied in part to redemption of bonds of Atlantic City and Peoples, and in part for additions, inirV provements and other corporate purposes.—V. 164, p. 1125. v < . ■ The parent also proposes ; $138,317 1,973 ° Mondays October 7, 1946 • The 1943 $104,574 f- 729,838 164, p. 1331. railway „ ■ Pere from Gross 1330. p. - 562,444 income— oper. from 96,263,623 72,816,428 64,660,377 3,462,011 income— oper. '•>, *2,341 railway railway-- from Net 531.083,893 654,044,829 678,185,898 643,249.761 37,610,448 150,773,991 183,464,256 212,988,889 railway—. from Gross Net $70,554 *12,634 *24,248 $71,030 —-11,089 income—. from Gross Net 1944 ' corporation either by sale, or distribution to its common method will b° specified by amendment to the plan. -Earnings— -.. Pittsburgh & West Virginia Ry.—EarningsAugust—O " ; 1946 1945 1944 18,940,176 10,205,533 8,494,108 £.483,721 income,— oper. From Jan. railway railway oper. •Deficit—V. 1946 1945 • 1944 1943 $79,003,533 $78,136,421 $89,315,259 $88,413,643 9.904,471 16,208,086 26,708,439 36,889,110 railway— from from 1945 ; From Jan. 1— DATE AUGUST AND YEAR TO FOR August— Gross ry. Net ry. EARNINGS Net from Net size earlier. ordered from Net high tensile steel, of large 1946 r . Gross the cars will include 100 of an un¬ eouipped with newly developed devices which will make possible heavier, and more secure loading of a wide variety of merchandise shipments. V.V: These orders follow close on the completion of 500 other box cars To be '' THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE ' ... - ■> 9,501,429 16,233,947 16,166,999 ord. fr. Deducts, inc.— ;< ' ; .' '.*'• * ' : . t.-*' i t'*'^V-*"v^-^ C'-T Philco Corp.—Now Radio-phonograph $2,250,000 which in Philco is the radio featured world. by and the Ground ' <-'■ was started television broken was . plant at continuous longest for Sept. on this Net 24 in new just plant a : This television plant con¬ three stories high and adjoins the main Philco plants in Philadelphia... y.\ feet floor of the final need demand for for operations construction increased Philco on and production products is facilities remains immediately great that it 164, p. 1088. so partial basis.—V. a work installation to be to done, meet decided was Net the Benjamin & Co., Waterbury, Int. Conn.—Files With SEC— The for scription share shares to Price have to filed par) letter a disclosed not notification of Stock common. stockholders present held. wishes 23 ($5 the on it of is take with the SEC offered be to basis although available 6,000 shares to is for sub¬ one stated of care share for that be purchased before and the at $10 expiration within chare a of 18 each which V. 164, 1636. p. Taxes, of Oct. on 18, Phillips, the hydrocarbon, drums and Chairman, commercial "Isooctane," tankcars. and K. S. Adams, which is "Isooctane" of now has long available been as a grade normal "Heptane." These and many other hydrocar bons are examples of the company's continued program over the past 15 years of supplying chemically pure hydrocarbons for use in the chemical industries, laboratories and other outlets for use as 832. p. "• Gross from Net from Net ry. railway—. Gross from Net-from Net —V. ry. 164, p. $210,663 .22,126 1943 $141,769 - ,i railway—; income— 47,554 24,866 - \\ 1209,719 > 119,739 1331. 181,315 . 166,492 . . , ; $3,604,825 1,027,400 2,619,849 $68,393 $134,531 $1,569,087 $984,985 to America—Earnings— 1946—7 Mos.—1945 * $92,6^1 $575,587 670,653 $338,51® 515,226 revenues— —8,412 —20,976 —95,066 —176,708 7,325 492,558 inc. 5,440,747 v income — (net) 1,193,949 $4,046,311 18,150 6,266 16,272 income $281,655 $313,916 deductions taxes on $3,600,244 64,511 52,625 $4,064,461 739,257 89,473 i Deducts, $3,593,978 357,896 19,100 873,200 $108,571 $2,094,108 Pfd. stk. div. 28,475 55,816 569,548 require. Balance ¬ of common * $1,524,560 share earnings for last year 1946, revs, revs, corporation The part to proposed of filed merge a plan with the the Peoples Gas Co. subsidiaries. Securities the Commission Public Atlantic merger plan on for Aug. Service and •Rail dissolution of 15. Public in be Service . Corp's holdings to filed later are filed with the . and preferred stocks aggregating $4,067,000 of stated, v^lue, common of will-be exchanged for 550.319, common, shares, par $5$ of Atlantic City, the surviving company. ^ The parent company will dispose of the stock of the surviving City ,and Peoples* p. transp. '"Jl *:■" Inc. (& Subs.)—Earnings— 1946—6 Mos.—1945 r ^ J J $ 490,688 37,003,761 206,849,441 227,338,372 388,844 3,015,249 2,443,93® 34,427,102 37,392,605 209,864,690 229,782,302 21,502,356 150,244,334 130,323,561 1,354,890 9,783,077 8,299,307 33,936,414 ■ " ■ ■ ■■ - .. 658,413 , 636,97® 101,305 50,584 49,077,561 90,561,772 rail and other carriers—express privileges.—V. 164» revenue— to t > '■■ on 111,192 6,568 8,706,607 ' 596. 107,688 7,108 14,420,563 " . -• Securities Co.—^Asset Value— as of Aug. 31, 1946/ this company • outstanding securities as follows: 1 $2,804.38 Per 4% cum. conv. preferred share, $50 par 176.9T . ; Per common share 1 1 , 31.74 As of the same date, total net assets of the company aggregated -» $11,217,520, of which 18% was in cash and U. S. Govt, bonds, 32% In J other bonds. 14% in preferred stocks andf,3§% ;in common, styefe^— } Based • . 24,016,213 1,586,522 inc.- Railway & Light Exchange < transactions allied and into Atlantic City Gas Co. wholly-owned and VV- 1946—Month—1945 30— transp and income- ♦Payments 955,550 170,522 for r $142,176 $24,308 , '/ 'rV'-'.' '. Tv I.:":; Operating expenses Express taxes— Interest & discount funded debt Other deductions Public Service Corp. of New Jersey—Plans Merger of Two Subsidiaries— $ .. are 'o ■ which included a change in the par value and number of shares of common stock outstanding.—V. 164, p. 1250. Both $27,568 - because 35,987 $483,046 • 340,879-. $45,928 21,620 • , , • comparable $45,238 17,670 Railway Express Agency, $1,213,899 $2.18 not $8,044 3,660 $4,384 1125. Period End. June of financing in new $52,755 $0.21 share stock common •Per $147,616 — per t P. ' Total Earned $48,348 " transf.,to surplus earned Oth. $519,033 ' 171,344 • Net income $1,883,696 669,797 " 4,060 net income i:; y 194,216 $176,091 ... ; $76,273 3,110 .'Jo 30,350 69,324 $12,104 income ord. income fr. —V. 164, V'1., ' ' • 806,548 715,784 85~200 $169,383 688,416 $20,976 20,516 income Net 1,214,865 $282,441 Dr 786 ; $95,066 $8,412 W .. 5,102,799 103,370 $297,644 ord. Deducts, fr. $9,911,642 ■ 1946—Month—1945 31— '; v $53,247 74,223 oper. Gross 1946—12 Mos.—1945 295,996 1,040,861 230,819 982,223 -236,575 $2,596,487 101,103 commun. Chgs. All 1.080,721 J i i i i^1- ' , *Tt'. mi mil .iii 347,500 Operating deficit inc.—non-commun. Fed. deducts.. $136,760 32,388 25,060 Net Other debt , 106,112' Commission -1944 $119,102 19,150 $3,306,258 income- " railway. oper. 1345 57,503 income . ' 37,723 railway—. oper. From Jan. 1—' 1946 $4,197,636 income.... oper. The Pittsburg & Shawmut RR.—Earnings— August— $2,030,133 $878,369 $10,681,007 .in. .. $482,031 revs oper. com¬ pure intermediates, the announcement added.—V. 164, i ■mm $119,343 50,950 expenses— oper. Total 510,200 than Net income product, generally used as the standard for measuring octane ratings of motor fuels. However, this is the first time the product has been available in chemically pure form and Is the second new hydrocarbon of extremely high purity developed by the company this year. La«t April the company announced the commercial availability chemical Total 2,561,267 1946—Month—1945 Fed. mercial of $6,445,298 2,247,661 $5,867,526 1,483,155 $913,956 Non-recurring on Sept. 20 chemically pure for shipment in available in ii ii w Radiomarine Corp. of 105,731 $3,513,289 President, another $5,761,795 long-term f/s { ~ Net income transf. earned surplus 1,293,262 $3,021,949 other Gross ^ development '' net income fr. $4,315,211 deduc income Total Frank $6,369,956 75,342 See details Phillips Petroleum Co.—New Development Announced announced 55,001 revenues„: Nin-oper. proposed plan of recapitalization instead $3,458,288 35,825 income Net 1:1 ? $4,279,385 Operating expenses < a ''*.*''>4* ,*'"|' income $3,551,563 > 122,809; : ; 69,547 . —V. 164, p. 958. — Period End. Aug. 31— Phillips-Jones Corp.—Meeting Date Changed— special meeting to consider probably be held on Oct. 31, other Operating the The * Net . Ord. option,. at $15 a share. Proceeds will be used for exploitation of its business. No underwriter named. will ""C - —, inc. Public Service Co. of New Hampshire—Earnings— it thereafter and r^- 1,192,742 company options months 90,600 $7,381,288 $10,459,956 $12,392,087 454,000 2,223,000 961,878 3,469,000 633,000 5,668,414 ' 2,500,000 " $1,860,000 , to give to management for past services, the options to run period of two years and six months and provide that the stock a may J ; •For portion of premium and expense applicable to refunded in 1945.—V. 164, p. 426. £ <, ' proposes over , income ord. Net Extraord. S ' . . tax. income & Net Sept. company 14,1G4 « Period End, July Gross Phillips surtax prof, exc. oper, income income (net) Other begin to / 791,775 . - ♦Special charges , While , . - $6,139,385 & norm. Federal It is space. > ,(I" prior to in 1945 Income Federal radio-phonograph and radio, square $6,589,513 $10,369,355 $11,199,344 «,„</, , Deducts, Total Philco new 300,000 gas, ago following V-J Day. tains $6,139,385 of dates of sale lines year inc. periods', Pa., production income oper. oper. water & ice properties . the Philadelphia, radio Net ;; Operating New Plant— production upon, market quotations reports net asset coverage of its Per collateral trust 3'/»% bond .V. 164, p. 959. „• .... . , (Continued on page 1762) ^ ^ Volume THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4531 164 Stock Record York Stock «» DAILY RANGE OF PRICES Vv. ;■ AND LOW SALE PRICES '.vY HIGH '^Wednesday Monday Tuesday Sept. 28 Sept. 30 Oct. 1 t per share $ per share I per share t t per share 6814 STOCK 10 '• 9% 10 42 *42 15 27% - 14% *46% 51 37% *ioo* ■ 5%Y 3% 42% 43 >/4- 161% Y; •102% 103 38 y* 28 28% 7 '.Y-. 7% 7yB 7 , ' 52 *45 .- 50 69% 71 41 •:Y 41 11% 11% Y 28% 30 Y 72% ; ft Y; •••'•.71 40% 1% 130% 19% •21% 23 6% 20% 94% 95 40 Y 40 -Yr" : 6 V* 6% - 102 - 6% ♦105% 11% lt% 95 Y 39% 6% .y 6% : 39% 4'4 y2 V/v-*44 97% Y: 10% YY *105 % VY 11 10% 11 llO Y/ lib 98 10% YY 10 112 11 YY 12% 12% 26% 27% 7* *114% r 115% lxy VB Y. Y Hawaiian 2,900 American Hide„& 200 Y 11% Amer Internat 300 American Invest 7,100 American Locomotive Ji 200 ... 1 STOCK 26%A V .V:: 25% t, 15% 7% 156 Y 27 26 26% •153 156 *153 15" 15 P 156 11% 11% 11% 12 Va 11% 11% 37 % 37% 37% 37% ¥ 37" 37% 12'/2 12% 12% h-f 12 % !3y8 12% 13 % 117% 119% 115% 114 A 105% 105% 106% 106% 14% 14% 14% 14% 1041/4 16'/2 20% 51 170 Va - < 32 17 21 20% 20% A, 38 *36% 49% 50% 1691% 39% -•' 38% 105% 17 A" '20 the Week I per share A 25 14% 25 y8 *153 15 1,000 12% 117 109 *179 • 42,400 19,400 16,500 32% Y 169 169 •166 33 32% 30 30 : *166 6% 169 31% 32 30 30 ■; •6,100 1,100 A Amer Steel American 26% 27 % 26 26 : 900 American 42 42 42 41 41 <1,000 American Sugar ♦134 146 *138 140 *140 144 1723/4 175% 75% 75% 75% 79 % 156 120 14% 15% 102% 102% " 42% 41 '/b 133 y4 137 131 % 131V4 " 71 38% 45 46 17% 16% 52% ♦117% 15% 105% 15% 15% 16 Va 105% 40% 134 -v •125% ♦135 43% 138 140 7% 139 Va - 7% 71 ♦62 37% 44% 43% x43% . *42% 111 *109 57 57 *55. 5% 16% 16% 15. *15 172% 74 76% 156 52% *117% 15% 107 41% 138% *140 7% •62 11,900 172% 74% 5,500 77% 590 523/4 ,6,700 5% 22,700 107 400 45% 145 Am 11,700 $6 4,800 7% 7% $5 *5% ' 32% ' ,32%. 12.1 : 11% 118% •132 For footnotes see 134 V- 11% 33 32 12, 11% 1739. *118 122 134 118% page 32 134 - 120 . 32% 11% 120 , 38 y8 14,600 Anaconda Coper Mining.: 430 Anaconda Wire 43 600 Anchor 111 130 "• 16% 15 y4 5% 11% preferred 46% - 122 conv 37% 57% .32% Zinc Lead & Smelt.: 46 5% 5% dep...:. 33 12% 122 160 Jan 42% 111 57% 16% •15 59% 2,800 163/4 5,200 $4 Hock Glass preferred Cable.;. 30% Sep Andes Clayton ; y2 Jan.-, A .P .32% 32% 1,600 Archer-Daniels-Midland 11% 11% 122 " 122 134 134: 28,300 & 500 140 *134% 14a €0 43 76% Oct . 51, Sep 116% Sep 14 Dec Apr July 78 29 Dec 31 Deo 41 Aug Jan 151 128% 157 Jan 65% Jan 91% Oct 145% Jan 161% Dec 43% Mar 69% Dec May 28 Jun 24 121% Mar 116% -182% Jun 5 Jan 3 13iy4 Sep 30 Aug 28 Sep 10 10 Sep 38 ,15% Sep Sep 9 11 100 132 Jan 4 Jan 83 Jun 6 20% Jan 49 Y -Nov 38% Jan 11% Dec " • 24% 109 xll4% Mar 21 - 57% Deo Jan 45 Dec July 113 Dec 38% Jtlly x64% July 11 40% Nov 27%May 27 24% Feb 5 3 4% Jan 23% Sep ; 40% Jun - ; iay2 May 28 139 172 July 18 Jun 25 23% Hoy 12% Aug 8 10% Feb I : 26% Mar 22 10% Sep 60% 60% Jan 14 62 y4 May 28 24 "•13% Sep 4 -( 4% Sep 19 * "V 8 May 51% Feb , Sep Dec Dec 140 100% Mar Dec Nov 31% Jan 9 Mar 15% Jan 29 30 43% Jan 7 111 26% 112 "5% 90 9 35% Sep 41. . Nov Dec 90 - Nov ' 5 7 50 196% Jan 65 Dec 53% 29% Jan r' Dec 60 70% Jun Sep Dec Jan Sep 8% Jan 73 No par 43% Jan 09% Jan 125^ Aug 17% 3 121 164 27% 6 9 Dec 50% Nov 22% Jan 4 9 128 - Dec Oct 181 Feb 153 5 112 —... Nov 68 y4 / 110% Feb 102% Sep 25 :_5 44% 28% Jun Sep __1 —:__No par Aug 14 14. 24 Sep 19 100 Nov 30 29% Jan 3 .... $6 conv prior preferred——No par preferred 174 9 11 31% 41% 99 y2 May 21 100 y4 May 17 - Jan Jan May 10 200% Jun 18 99 Jan 6 Apr 10 67% Apr 18 4 Sep 150 Jan 40% 38% July 11 it 30% 32 Apr 25 50 Vo Feb 24 Dec Jan 164 % 158 W Armour & Co of Illinois.^ 7% 172 8 " *i32y8 50% Feb > Dec Mar 184 Jan Dec 17% Apr 20 24 25 13% Nov Jan 75 . Sep 4 Nov 15% Apr 5 73% Jan 29 191 47% Jan Sep 2% 176 6 13fr Oct Dec 39 y4 142% May 29 •''•'58% Feb Copper Mining— ____20 ;. Paper Co Inc.———____5 200 1,300 Y 14 Aug 4 19 & 5% . Peb Sep 74 Nov 19% 11% Mar 19% Sep 170* 41 Jan 24 Corp.—..12.50 .No par 15% j* 2 Highest I per share Mar 11% 40 : 5% Not 95% 52 , 19 27 Co __21% Anderson-Prichard Oil Corp—...10 Anderson, 123 104% 33% Feb 8 - • & Oct Deo Jan 20 9 No par of 14% 41% I Jan Jah 21 108y4 July 12 4 4 Sep 100 ctfs prior Oct 37 —No par Woolen Dec 15 I per share 42% Aug 21 10 166 Elec——No par preferred.. pfd Amer 71 * 5% *5% Corp.: & ' Jan 26 100 Wks Nov 80% 24 ..100 Preferred 100 : 1st American 2,900 • 145 ; preferred Water Deo 103 54% 14% Sep 25 ..... Deo 14% 8 Feb 16 95 y4 Feb 100 J class B 6% preferred American. Viscose Dec 109 Lowest 123% Aug 3 No par Tobacco Common 123 16% Tobacco Telep & Teleg Co American 58 Mar Jan Jan Jan Jan Dec 133% Aug 13 . 100 Sumatra Amer 8,300 156% Am 10% Jan 1 Apr 10, 6 100 Preferred 100 400 58% Dec 56 y4 Deo ; Year 1945 22J/2 Jun No par Co.. Refining 38% 43% 17% July 60 5 27% Jan ,No par 46 111 16% 15 7% 71 38% *109 140 - -46% 5y2 16% lQ6ya 42% 137 15% 16% 106% 38 43% *15 16% *45 111% 57 43 7% 46 *55 53 V* 123 16 106 *62 38% 37% 52% *117% 135, 7% 78 156% *125% 71 - - 16% 42 42% 135% 75% 156% 53% 323 174 77 77% 157 *104 140 *42% 55% ♦15 53 123 • *110 111 53 77% 52% ' ♦44% 44 43% . *62 37% 111 75% 156% 157 7% 8 7% ♦63 172% 75% ♦117% 53% 52% ♦117 y4 174% 75% 76% 78% 77 157% 78 156% 172% 1,74% •57 Nov 109% Jan 186 No par | Stove 41J/2 Nov 40 Jan 10 100 preferred Stores 27 Mar Jan 24% Jun 179 25 Foundries 8% Nov X117% 7% Jan $8 108 May 22 23 100 non-cum Nov 130% 3 No par •,. 42% 1743/4 '. 24 Building Co Smelting & Refg Snuff Dec 19% 3 5 Ship American 9% Jan July 15 10 33 Sep 45% Sep 200 Dec Jan 45% Jun 100 Preferred 300 Jan 28Apr 24 163 14 •>,; Sep , No par . 57 3% 10% 3 88% Jan No par Amer 25% 59 2 Amer 41% 59 97% Jan 240 30 58% ;i 10% Sep 19 10,400 ,Y-a Dec 25 y4 Jun 19 33 y8 58% 23 Sep 30 140 19 19 25 58% 11% Sep 34% Sep No par 42 ■:,'• 140 24 24 American Seating Co... 42 58% Jan 1,000 160 27% i 106 y4 Jun 24 10 San'y Safety Razor new 25 ♦138% 25% Sep 140 No par com Rolling Mill.. conv preferred 26% 58 3/4 4 20 y4 • Oct Not Jan 30% Jan - 45 y4 Mar 21 9 10 100 •25 140 Sep No par 29 Vz 583/4 Sep 14% Oct No par 29 • 24 101 20%' 32% 33% 29% par American 37% Dec 29 y4 18% Highest > 1 $ per share f per share 1 American 4 y2 % Deo 149 Jan 91 38% 5 47 68% 6% 70 9 119 Lowest No par Co Stand & Nov 42 156% 13% > 16% Jun 5 15% Jun 28; 44% Jan 15 11% Mar 12 25y4Sep 20 111 Sep 11 100 preferred Rad 127 20% Jan 9 No Co Light Deo 67% 112% Mar May II 55% Jan 9 12% Jan 28 9% Sep 2,300 38 Jan Oct Jan 44% Apr 15 21 16% 38 Jan 27 118 63 15% 166 96 110 Dec Dec Jan 18% Mar 30 118 May 10^ Par Preferred 840 , & 17 112% 199 : Range for Previous preferred $5 Am 20 50 y4 29% $6 6,700 14% Power Amer 5,300 105% 10 130 100 13 ya 182 32% 39 Jan — 2 No par News Oct 133 10% Aug Range Slnee January 1 Co Molasses 55% 2% Jan 96 Jan Sep 19 '/'YYY Y'.Y preferred American 109% 14% Oct 8 24 Ltd Co Dec Mar 128 10 1 1422 28 10 10 15 19 No par American 49% 313/4 Metals Jun 23% Feb Sep Metals 1,800 37 39% Fdy & 80 x41 a-A preferred cum Mach 1,200 120 -A Jan 15% Aug Jan 8y4 Sep 99% Jan '• 11% 38 168 Amer & 37% 11% 50% : Amer 6% 36% ♦38 Mach Amer 5,700 i', 26 STOCKS Dec 69% 14y4 Jan 29 129y4Mayl5 44'/2 Oct ; Dec 28% Aug 90 , 43 9 20 1 EXCHANGE' 3.90% 49% 167 - A;/y' Deo 41% Sep Sep 19 ...100 ■Y'!Y-.Y;:,"';YY:r;. •••. 156 ♦37 ; 100 NEW YORK STOCK 101 39 38 % - :?Y'/ 4,500 25% *99 A 105 Shares 49% 169 *166 *166 170 *166 ; 34% 20 Y *38 32 3/4 182 105 17% 168 < 170 •166 105y2 17 48% 39 % 104% 16% 105 *36 172 •38 V 14% 33% 34% 203/4 37 493/4 33% 16% 104% 20'/2 361.4 111 ♦179 179 al79 34% 32% 33% 104% 16% 32% 183 •179 183 ♦179 121 117 14 y2 15 14% 118 .1021/4 102'A 1037/a r 15% 25% 12 AY' 12 113 15% 25% 156 'Y Y *153 26% 101 *99 : 37% 12 37 25% 26 4 5% Sep 24 No par preferred Sales for Oct. 4 $ per share 101 *99 ' 15% 25% Y/ 25% 26 101 *15 26 •153 I per share 25% 16 25i/4 CLOSED Oct. 1 *99 101 *99 EXCHANGE Friday Thursday Oct. 3 1 per share 1 per share I per share HIGH SALE PRICES Wednesday Oct. 2 YVaY;' Sept. 30 Sept. 28 Tuesday v 19 6y4 Sep 111 of Co 71 Jan 89 V2 ,.100 Corp... Sep Dec Jan 6 .1 preferred 35 11% 28 183% No par non-cum ' 20% 23 y2 Jun 50 6% • LOW AND \-M Monday Saturday 18 a No par ; ... 100 Y;.Y 26% 115% Ice Dec 66% ' 43% Mar ~ 19 _____1 preferred..: conv 1,500 A ♦114% 6 % - 104% Dee Jan Sep 14 11 10 American Home Products American 48% Dec . Jan 15': 40% Jan Feb "164% Jun 34y2 Apr 32% Jan :108 Jun 75 July 11 y4 Feb 25 10 Leather 3,400 : 112 2 Sep 5y2 Sep 90 Sep 37% Sep Co 3,400 , 26% SS Jan . 3% Sep 150 19 43 y4 Sep No par American Dee 38% ' Y *11% 101 —No par preferred 800 6%; V 47 .-"VY 10% 11 YI-' •. - 98% ; *108 11 12 Y;"26% 6% V; *41Y; 98% 112 Y -Y ' • .27% 12 19 27%" 391/4 $6 ■• • No par 0 $7 2d preferred A- .Sep 1 No par $7 preferred......... 500 Yv 39% '••■'■" 51 97% 10% 112 A. •Y; 106%: > • No par Foreign Power 1 19-<>-Sep 24 20% Sep 20 20 Amer 81 Dee 36% 210% Mar 29? 72% May 28 132'% Mar 20 24 120 100 Sees... Deo 184 11 105y2 Jan 4 19 47 y2 Sep 10 9,800 800 6% European Oct Sep 10 Tiling... Dec 14% 23 - 11 17V4 Feb 1 4 stamped Co Encaustic Deo 26% 102% Dec 14 2 '/4 Sep 10 12 preferred prior • 67/8 Sep 20 82 - Jan May 16 " xl37 189 ' American Export Lines lnc new—40 - . 93% 39% 10% Amer 129 23 y2 Sep 104% Sep j. Jan Deo Dec 108 15% .J.an 64% Apr 18 4 105y2 Oct Co Jan 27% Aug 20% Jan. Apr 25 30 4 % Oct No par ... Distilling American YYY 4,600 39% 44% 4%% Amer Chicle 43% 153% Mar .. 19% Apr 24 45y4 Jun 10 Y'" 88%'Jun 10 Sep 24 37% Oct 100 3,200 6% 106% 2 14 100 Crystal Sugar 223/4 6% ;>Y Y- 20% 5% 72 y4 Oct No par Cable lnc American 700 "300 ; 4 No par V preferred conv Colortype 22% YY;- 22 94 YY ^V:-.'Y93% W, 94 :•■; •■'■<•'' 97 112 27J/a 115 22% •; non-cum American 20 VY . 28% Sep 1 Fdy preferred Jun Jan .. 25 & Dec 74 13% 12% Apr 25 75 9 24 100 s Car Sep 11 y4 Sep 100 Corp ' 397/»May27 ~6% 80% Jan 91 28 Jan 30 39 • Jan Jan 22% 18 29% Jan - Dee 2% 1 Aug Dee Hot 9% 17 56 64% Sep 20 91% May 29 39 ,Mar I"!.: 53% Jun 11 No par American 2,000 . 16 19% 106% 106% 23 102 ♦15 6% 98% 10% ♦11% 27% 20% 6% 51 10% 116 20 Y *93% 6% 10% Y 5% 15% Co Radio & Chain & 5% ■, 45 v l 1,500 v 54% 15% Corp 32Q '-"A,. 513/4 *101 ■ 100 23 A-VY-Y: 5% 108 94 40 22% £ ♦105% 22% V| 20% 22% Y v. i'Y 22% 105 :f.:r •• 10 Y .... 1,200 19% 53 6 Am 5,400 • ; 20% . 1% 100 137 102 16 , "A'- 25 y4 1 Can American 2,200 1071/4 128% ' *15 105% Cable .' lY Preferred v - 212 y4 Jun . -; 25 8ep 9 6% Sep 17 50 preferred American 300 491/, 24% Amer 5,400 26 11% Dee Dee 84% "108 July 29 62% May 314 Corp——No par Chemical.No par Shoe Jan > Apr 25 - * 5 y4% 14,300 V . Brake Jan ; ; ^63% May 27 *. Rights 45,800 A. 53 • Am 122 15% 28 9 preferred Bosch Jan 28; /Sep No par Note "98% 6% 36 103 50 Bank 06 : 10 Airlines American 4,800 .;■•: • ■ 195 *101 52% 52% 6% 26% •115 vV 22% 20% 98 10% 10% 22% 6% *44% 11 112 ♦105% 22% 20% 6% Y- 44% v;: 10%, 20% 73^ 83 - 6% 270 40 107% 130 128 y2 Y 105% •Yr ■■■; 400 48% 26 1103/4 20% *101 82 A:'Y: •:/-» American 133 194 110 '• 25% 20% 6% 93 50 y *107 y4 •;:V ' . 3,100 . %YY v •Y?Y-7A: 7%84 - Petrol Agricultural American ! A : 38 *131% Y 195% •103 20% *39% 100 98% Y Y YY 50 25% 16 21% 6% Y 6% 44% :"• 105 22% 7% 194 111 6% 103 103 132 83 ••'•; 110 19% 6% ;Y' ;• •:.'• •.•-% V 16 21% 19% 7/B y, 132 130 "n 130 52% 6 "15%-Y' 15% % --• Amerada Amer 67,600 Jan vv€l% May 28 -113 July 30' ±No par Y x36% Sep II —~ Cem Doc 38% 8% Jan 28 Jan 34% Hoy • 17 6' Sep preferred conv 22% Apr 30 Amalgam Leather Co Inc..: 800 ■ Mfg Portland Dee Dee "157 Y 19 >.100 Dec 11% 5 No par kk. 35 47% 69»/4 Jan , Sep 10 17% Dec Apr 13 y« Mar .-82 3 ->Sep 23 Jan 25% , 32% Jan 51% May 27 103 Aug 7 3 Deo 9% 1 No par __ __ Alpha 2,100 - ' 15 37% 7% 25 72% ,Y.. 15 383/4 50% *107% 30% Y 38% 85% 50% 15 . 133 . 29% > 72% 15 •' 196 t'-'Y *104 103 51 6% •6% 72% 12 y8 —No par Inc.. Co Allis-Chalmers YY 2,000 67 Dye Co.— Corp.. preferred 4% 200 1,700 42% 11% & 1 Stores 6% 72% - Allied 51 42% , Kid Mills Jl3,ooo 7" A Y "•'• lnc Chemical Allied -,VJ - 67 .« 30 • 22% , ♦101 52% : 30 21 22% 102 102 V 26 •20 r 21 7% 196 '. 128 "•Vf/f? 128' 72 y4 •"84% • 7 ^ 69% Allied Allied 8,900 29 :i.;krY •45% 30% *131% ' V:,' Industries 700 - Y: 38% V 37% 42 y4 ^ 103. u ••..29?Y •;■*'• Allen Oct 18'/2 Oct 94 114 3- r 3 100 gtd— West Ry 6% Alleg & :>Jan 38 High Jan 8 12y»Feb 4, 24 par 1 May 28 20% Feb 1" 59% Apr 8 :• -135 Mar 30 Sep 10 Sep - Feb 60 , 32V4Sep 24 54 ' 1 41% Jan 28 r 19 Highest 24% Feh • Sep 24 3% Sep 19 , Year 1945 68% Jun < . 95 T ?—No ; May 13 x50 9 Sep 29 _——100 Alghny Lud Stl Corp Sep 5 : prior conv preterred-No par 1,900 39% 10 pfd A with $30 war....100 4,700 Y- ;I12 Range for Previous - Lowest 84% May 13 '19 10 Sep 4 36'% Sep 30 _-5';Y __ _ $2.50 ( '*800 - Min common 4»/4% preferred Allegheny Corp • *102 52 ,'•'- ?• : lnc 1 24% Sep 19 - , V Ry___j.__100 5%% Y20 20% 12% -Y. 12 98 32% , i 6,300 160 38 12% ■ V? 60 3,300 ' ^ *193/4 -7 Vir 1 *46 - 43 Y 158 y4 29%: -.-• 72% 108 •? •107 111%/':' 130 110 25% 26 25 •106% 29 • Vicksburg Alaska Juneau Gold -1,500 '•"r-'Y 32 ; ■ 38% 103 :Y -37%- — ■ YVIY'V 50% •104 110 •105% •: 'Y 18 :" 70% ";•:••'■ 683/4 41% -YY 42% IV* 85% 49% 49% ,:Y V *92 :--Y 40% 7% YY,:; ?: -; *15% .16% 39 y8 38% Y 195 20 33 29% 7% . 192 y2 A 29 42 & 10 —No par . f . Low 169 13% Sep 19 44y4Jan 4 < , .1 Inc.? Aiaens --18,400 , 57 Y *17% 162 '•;• ' 12 133 85% 85% Yi 195 y2 49 ;v Y 7% 7% 84 % 1 •131% ;- 133 •: 193 Y YY " YY- % 39% ■: *103 37% • Y41% Y| 15% 39 40 33 A 70 '•••'■"Y 15% >• i !'V- YY, 39% *44% .•50 29%. • 73 Y'YY *72% 15 y4 18% 103 28% Y>" "44 Corp....; — 1,700 - •> Y 3% 35 *55% • Corp Reduction 6,500 : 98 3% 34 57 ' ..?. 5% *97 4 36 Admiral Air No par v 2 30% Feb 26 1 Corp— Jan 9y2 Oct . 10 ■; High 61% Apr 12 112 2.50 Express Alabama 31'/a No par —.a Address-Mutigr 2,100 2,200 ■; , Highest Low ._—No par Co Adams-Mills 10,200 ' Straus Steel Adams 5,600 Y ■*.?- Par Motors. Co Acme ' 10% 38% 5% >Y 20 • 28% 31% . ; :? 94 41 ' ' : 98 " : 161 - ^ 33 7 , :•;■ 11% 29 • 72% ; 38% 41 103 37 Y 1 71'VY 11% * 15 y4 51 Y 37 29 - '-*43% 133 •1 • 90% -20% Y" 32% ':Y:v/ VY, 40 "■ 40% - 5% 32%' 18% 96 32- *-39% ' 94 160 V • •21 32 38% Yr 37 y4 Y 28% 43 • 159% 160% *20 103 •102 *56 *96 -19% YY 40% 40 97 19 32% 5% 32% v ACF-Brill 1,600 - Range Since January 1 ■ Lowest com. 2,800 ■ no Laboratories & -• 15%:? »ioo Abbott Abraham 51 . •': ; 3,200 g3/4 ■•" V ,'Y . STOCK YORK EXCHANGE • 44 14% *49 ? no 4 ;■ 3% 36 " V > 35% 57% - * 56% 437/a v 43 % 19 21% 21 •'32% 9% 15 32% ' *90 19 120 43 51 *ioo 5%' 5% *92 Y 96 r 163 158 " 57%.,'- 19% 4 no: r . *55% 1 98 14% *48% 97 4 37 43 **90 , . 9% ...-STOCKS - NEW Shares 70% *100 43 3% 35'% 97 3% 35% • 9% 15 y8 32 58 41% ? ' 5% "*95% 4 120 43 51 *ioo 32% • . 35ya • *56 : 5% ' " 32% \ 97 V* 97 19 5% 9% 42% 68% 70y4 *100 ;; the Week » S per share 27 y«Y 27 %. ' Y 27 %. 29 28 10% 10%-''• ?2*10% '10%:~ :-"-10% 37% -37% 3?% -39%"";- x36%- Y -37%/ no "r 37% * *100 32 ;> 34% • •' 115 31 ya v 10% ""10% 11% 36% 70Va 120 15 *47% * ? ' 27% V 27% 27% .10% j. ^ 15 51 14% --*47 > 10 42% . I per share FOR EVERY LISTED ISSUE Sales for Friday Oct. 4 Oct. 3 _, 70% 69% *100 9% 4iy2 120 *104 120 42 CLOSED 69% 68% 70 •100 SXCHANGB i.; YYY:V.-X. VY,;, W ■ Thursday Oct. 2 Exchange WEEKLY VOLUME OF TRADING ^ YEARLY RANGE OF SALE PRICES Saturday 1729 ; 6% Jan 102% Mar 111 Mar . 9% Nov 30% 15 Ock Deo 127% Nov 141 Nov r* .J> v r s e - V- * Monday, October 7, 1946 CHRONICLE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL THE . 1730 NEW YORK STOCK RECORD •i STOCKS i Saturday f per ■ 46'/2 I per 22 22 i5%- 15% 15% 15 15% 14% 14% 2i% 21% 21% 21% 22% 20 >/4 21 '/$■ 20 '/2 *20 % 16 *15% 21 y2 22 21 y2 134'/2 135 133 133 135 135 135 *130 *45% 46 y2 46 y2 85 % 133 133 133 133 135 134 135 136 136 49 114 104% 2,500 104 103 i6y8 16% 16 16% 15% 16% 3,800 52 53 52% 53 Va 51% 52 y2 4,100 34 34% 34 • 77 78 y2 *76 37% 37% 34 34 81 38 > 114 114% 104% 115 1 24 24 23% 60 y2 *114 »/4 118% *116% 115 24% 19% *17% 104 60 60 60 60 118% 30.. *18% 19%' 19% Atlas Tack Corp———.—No par Austin' Nichols^— —No par " Conv prior pfd ($1.20) —No par ,; 7> . 19%., *18% 720 9. 1,000 >.13';' 13 13 Yr 13 30 *20% 30 *26% - 14% 14: 77,200 r 118% *116% 160 t . : 18 300 18% .=•> 20 Va 20% 20% 20% 21 19 19% 19% 20 %• 19% 19 19 19% 19% 19 7 y4 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 18,600 48 ya 48% 48 ya 48% 47% 48% 7.7 2,300 20% 21% 13% 13% 7% 48: ' 7% 7ya 48% 47% 7% - 48 5,400 *29% 9 14 10 Jan 19% May 21 113 Jan 148 May 29 111 Jan 58 . Aug 12 45 Mar 21 22 21Ya 21% 13 Ye 13% 13% 14 13% 21 21% 14% 14% ' ' 14% • 67 68 52 30 ■ - 30 *29% 30% 29% 53% .*52% 54 52% 23% 23% 23 Ya 24 22 22% 22 48% 47 ■ ■.—• " ::: 22 Ve 55% *55 113% ♦112 106 *105% 106 V 106 106 16 15%. 16% 1,900 '500 • : 24 15% 15%' 106%- 106% 106 : 106 16'. : ^ 90 * . 2,600 15 14% ; • *31 /<•'. 35 *112 122 *31 16% 19%' 20 % 20% 20%/ *107 20 Ya 21 10 37 Ya 36 Va* 36% 36 25 25 25 25% 25%' 25% 26% 97% 96 ' 155 37 37 18% 19 150 37% 18% , ' ■ \ 21% 40% 40% 14% 14%' 231/2 35% 35 42i% • 9' 18 V4 17% 102 49 49 T 50 ' 29 y8 33 •V! 33 / 23 y4 16 Va 16 Yz 15% -• 12% 83 : 11% 83% 11% 81 27 27 *iol ;• 41% 40% *100% 102 *99 33% *102y2 104% 26'% 42 40% 20% 7% 88 *83 78% 78 Ya 79 .25 24% 247/a 24% ' 105 : 5% 5%' 5% ' 17%" 17% 102 102 5% . f per eftare tper share , 5% 17% 200 V 101 *99% 14% 7% 7% .83 - ' > 78% 25%' 25 .. ///: 103 103 24% 105% 3'/a 23%" -23% BUsh L - ...; *• / 23% r. EXCHANGE CLOSED 32% 53% 3% 7 33 , Wednesday Oct. 2 " . . Thursday Oct. 3. tper share tper share 54 3% 7% 23% 24 14 14% *117 *45 123% 47 33 Friday < 53 Shares 33% 32% 56 56- *116'/a 47 14% 120' 122% • *48 47% 120 48 ; 23 1,200 14- 6,500 *22»/4 14% 137/a *46 122 13% 13% 13% 13% 13% 13% 13% 13% 56% *56% 58'% *56'/a 58% 57-% 571% 56% 12% 12% *1-2% 13% *12% 13% *12% 55 *53 55 *53' ! 55 115% 115% *53 116% 13 55 116% *113 115% *113 115% 42 43% 44 44% 44 44'/8 43 43 17% 18% 17% 18% 17% 17% 17 17% 41 41% 40% 40% 40% 40% 6% 6% 6% *6% 7 6% 36% 160 37 Ya 160 footnotes page 1739. For see ■ 37 37 37 37% 158 158 *158 159% 40 6% 37% 158 40'/4 6% *12% *53 116% *43 16% 39 6% 38 37 158 >156 40 122% *117 56% ' 54 Dec 25 ' Feb <.ri>->..24% Deo : 47 "Not Dec 36 55% Jan Dec 8 7 15 114 Aug Dec Dee Jan 12% 24% Dee May :>■ 18 , 29% Dec 109% Sep 47% Jan 63 ::i9% Jan 30 Dec Nov Dec . 35% 22% Aug 52% May 10 31% July 11 Nov 35 Aug 103% 17 7 Dec 136 Jan 12% Apr 17 ; Jan 8 Jan 17% 42 9% Apr Dec 17 Aug 28% Dec 65 Jan "98% Dec 127 Jan 153 NOT 48 Jan 72% Dee 23/ Jan 38 Dec 13% Jan 25% Deo 66% May 10 35 Mar 26 18% Jan 42% Dec 17% Apr 9 49% Jan 95 Feb 52% 114% July 31 v /Mar22/ 168 yC.Viv/>7: '■ 8314 Apr 107 May 31;. 30% Feb 16 33% Jun 10' 46 • Jun 58 18% Aug 211 : 73% Jan 112 4 27 28 2„ 3 3 Apr 301 7 69% July 48% Mpy .j Dec 78 Dec 109 Dec 5 67% 40 y2 Apr 45% 36% 7 Apr 33% 13 61% Jun M 34% • 24% July 9 57% Apr 22 1 • 10 Apr 55 107% Aug 12 i" 11% Jan 23 •64 May .31 •J 5% Apr • Dec Oct —1 • 10% Jun'; 59% Nov 42y+ Jah , Dec Not; — ;/v 1'-".-L 7. ' / 34% Jan 20% Feb 47 42% Jun 37% Mar ; Dec 19% • Dec 80 z Dec 52% Nov 3 35% Dec 1; May 70 115 Jan 10% Mar 16 53% Jan 28 1 ; • 37«% 17% Mar- 9 May 14 91 106 July 21 3 38% Apr 22 Apr Jan 3~6~ 112 Dec Nov 35% NoV 45% May 28 110% Mar 18 38% Apr r 23%« Jan 23 12% Mar 25% May 31:. - Feb 130 22% Jun l- 45 Ya Feb 2> 120 Jan 40 20% 128 Nov Dec Nov 14 2. Jan 37% Oct 11 18%* Jan 39% Dec 59% May 29 30y4'Aug 42% Dec 45 Ya Feb 22% 2 108 Ya Mar 23 46% Jun j 26% July 22 105 Mar 22 111 Sep / 111% Dec 119% May 27 102% Aug 16 21% Jun 13% 13 15% Jan 29 . 4 May 31. 100 98 „ -; • 39 110 i' y4 May 28 May 15 9% Jan 35 % Feb 6 16 112% July ll;: 40 May 28 Jan 7 Ya Mar 77% Aug Apr ' 46 13 r 90 - ': "40 45 1,400 17% 7,600 39% 2.400 6% 1,700 37 y8 3,900 160 5%. $3 55 118 30 class A__l ^—: -10 Administration preferred A Carolina Clinch & Ohio Ry—_-100 Carpenter Steel Co__——-——5 Corp — —— —10 Preferred 4% series —,——50 Carrier Carriers & Range Since Janna*7 1 Lowest Highest tper share t per share Oct Capital 3,900 13 ya *53 Dec Dee 4:5 36V4 May 14 112% Aug 6 * .. Sep 26 Sep 4 16 Sep 24 99 Ya Jan 2 23% Oct 2 Sep 100 6,000 7 22% *117 80 3% 14 . V 6% -~3% 22% 23 81 52% 14% Aug Jun 25 7 58 5 53 400 6% 7 14 Jun 35 Jan 37 Sep 24 32 32,900 3% 7 22 23 52% 7 17 Mar 112 Sep 10 —No par California Packing 56% 3% 7% 23% par 13% 3% 7 .14%. . 45 3% 7 . 7; V 43 3% 14 •*-'•7 , -50 preferred Callahan Zinc-Lead — 1 Calumet & Hecla Cons Copper 5 Campbell W & C Fdy No par Canada Dry Ginger Ale Inc—1.66% $4.25 preferred — -No par Canada Southern Ry Co——100 Canadian Pacific Ry .—25 Cannon Mills -No par 3% *23 2,800 32% 55 STOCKS . YORK STOCK EXCHANGE - I per share 54 • NEW Bales for the Week Oct. 4 33 33% 54% *53 33% 53 Jaq Mar 29 % Aug 59 % Mar 14% Jan 105% July ; 20% Nov 81 Not 27% Dec 110 J an 87 Aug 22% Mar Oct 7% Dec 3% Jan 15 Dec 15% Nov 95 28 Dec 101% Feb 39 Nov Range for Previous 'V'y '/->/■:' ......' par 10O —No par Jackson Co Byron BALE PRICES HIGH tper share 32% ' "2,600 * STOCK (A M)i———No Participating preferred/— Byers Co 60 - Nov 32% Jim Sep 12 Oct 44% 12 Oct 43 '. 105 • 100 1,900 83 28%. Jun Jan 12% 28% May 131 35% Jan 28 75% Jan 2 23 Sep 10 Term Butler 1.C00 i 17.% 23% Bush Dec 35% Jan 66 17 May 16 142 24 19 10 18 1 —1 1— preferred'——100 Bldg 7% preferred„100 Bros common — ^ 10 4%% preferred -1D0 Butte Copper & Zinc 5 2,300 270 !.v Terminal 6c/o 30 > 103% *102 V 9 •. 78'/a '/./■V 5 17, 9 17%//,; 17% -• 2,400 vvC-. Dec 16% Jan V Sep 20 Sep 19 Sep Sep Aug Sep 14/8 Sep preferred ;—100 conv 2nd preferred—100 3%% preferred —-100 Burroughs Adding-Mach—--No par Dec 24% Aug 30% Apr 25 Sep 12 19 104 100v: 100 new—--1 7,200 v-. 24%: 5% ——5 Co Inc- , 1 May 24 24 J 23% Sep 20 38 Sep 25 —i————-No par Watch 3%% 200 ■ xlOl 4 % 240 r ' 85. .*80 79% Co -1 pfd—100 Burlington Mills Corp com 14,900 101% 14% 7% *5% - Bulova 20'% 105--- 106%:..;% ,105-% r Bullard 106 7/a El Corp $3.60 > Buff Niag 1,200 101 common—No par .-No par Co——,- Forge Buffalo 2,100 20 Co preferred — ' 20% 40 103 $5 770 40 '/2 26% : 106 14%- 83 5% 24"' : '79 — 105 13 101% 20% 14% 102 23% Tuesday Oct. 1 Sept. 30 : 102 24 LOW AND Sept. 28 .. . 102 , 23% Monday Saturday *104 '. 17%:i7%-" 102 ; 24% 24 ■105.' 105 26%- 7% 24% 24% 105 1,000 101% V *991% 101% V? ■A 73 88 *33 27% 106 Ye .*101. ' 88 •78 27 . 41%. 20 . 7% 78 82.. (The) Budd 20,800 11% " 15 *83 - *105'/4 101 7% 7% 101% *100% • 106% 14%- 14% 7% 60 80 27%:/;/, -/■'. 27% 26%'- C'-i *99 101% • 14% " 8 V - ' 14% 14% / 124 Dee . 10% 63 19% / May 23 118% July 18 104'% Sep 26 '22% Sep 19 147 Sep 9 *20 , £an _2 10% Sep 24 80 Sep 18 25% Sep 24 preferred—/——No par Bruns-Balke-Collender No par ; 29 11% 28 73- Jan 21 13Ya Sep 9 $3.60 Dec Dec 58% 16 —15 ..." 72 Bucyrus-Erie Co___———_—.—5 7% preferred — 7-: 100 5,600 : 11% V 81 80 103 1,600 ; ' 15% 123 / -12% -11% 12Va ::*ioo%: 101 1,200 23-. 15% :v:-; 125 *124 125 • 1,000 35 104% 23 / 16Va 16 Ya 81 20 27% 34' *103 .*23 Ya .24% 16% 41% V. 7; Dec 20% Jan 5% 30 ' 250 > -27% ; 63% Jun Co——No par ^Briggs Manufacturing——No par 32% Sep 3 /Briggs & Stratton — No par 23 Ye Sep 24 Bristol-Myers Cd new—-r—2.50 . 35'% Jan 10 3% c/o preferred —;—100 * 108% Oct 3 Brooklyn Union GaS——1—No par •' 26% Sep 24 Brown Shoe Co Inc com—— -15 31Y2 Sep 19 2,200 V : Dec Dec 130 i May 23 39% Feb 18 7 42% Sep 4 40% Sep 19 7 101 , Sep 24 Irl 4% Sep 3 '• 45 % Sep 25 17 <' 14% Jan 31 ^ Sep Sep Sep Sep Dec 94% Jan 57 , 54% Sep 11 33 Sep 24 Bridgeport Brass ■ •24% *105 rp.\ 1,100 50 109" CO—■—----5 - "10% 64% Aug 14 ' 42% Sep 4 101 Sep 10 Inc.———-2.50 of - America Brewing; Corp ' 104%-/ 26% 25.% ■ 27% 29 33% 20%- *99 101% . :< 6,100 109 »: 108% X28'/4 21 Ya27 • 101% 101%- / 35% >:;/•> 49% 33% 11% 5,300 25-' 26% 50 103 3A. v 109 - 80 106 /> : V 101 • Braniff Airways • 100 15% Roller Bearing Bower 300 34% 28% 42% 20 Ya: *103 106 26 Boston > 2,800 i47/a ■%':: 3'/2% 1±~ 95 Ya Corp—-—5 cum preferred .—^—100 & Maine RR (assented)-100 Borg-Warner 500 ; " :///; 48% 50 z' - / • 18% V *91 26 y4: * / 49 18 95 35% 26% 41 Ya ... 21 20l/4 18%' *91 5 '•://vv ' *47% : 49% 18% 35 *102% ' 101% 26% *47% V ." -5; , 6,400 •' • • 60 4,200 '5,800 102- *100 4% - 34% : 27% 43 15% •■:■■•/' "V 23% V 9/ 15% *124 < ; 12 * 41% 33 8i y8- . *101 i. 26 ♦103 '- *26% V/.- 102% 26 16 124 124 125 *124 24 47% 28% 104% / : ' : 46% 35% 10.9 34% 23% 23% ; :■•"./ •■'■; 15%. ' 50 •' 29 . *102% 104%:,: *102% 29 *32 35% 34% //> 30%' " • 109- *108 28% 34% 44 - 4% 95 15% 25% '■i: 25%: V 109 109 . 50/ " •' : VV/;; 26% % 35% z 35 / ; 1 50%' 26 25 Yz 56% 9 102 *100 19 *90 '""■•/ 15 20 /V-V 56% 47% 43, Brass—»—:—5 Bon Ami' Co class A———No par Class B '—No par Bond Stores Inc common—-:.——1 Borden Co (The) ————15 > Aluminum & Bohn 1,000 111' - ' 48% 18% / . 5 48% > :6.ooo 45 ; '• 600 " /,>./ 35% 47 -3.4C0 ;;; 7'-> 24% 45 > -57%' -35 % 102%": . *4%" 91 ; /. 35% 34 y4 *100 • 18%- 17% 14% •15% 15 / v 5 •> : 23 • *108 ,- «5G I- 15% 42 Yt 110 110 v 40% "'*37 45% 47 Ya 42% :/ 15% 24% :?5% 35 42% -:91 9iya 24 - 57% ' ' *56 -r 46% ■ *91 • 42% r ' . 42% // > 110 *108 46% *4% 48'% 48 -r 4C.% 45% 4 • 39% 4,900 ' 16% -*45 24% 35 *99% 7 5i/4 ; 5% 23% 42 103- .*99% ,-0' 41% 16%' 5,600 21 y2 >" 54 32% 17 Bliss (E W) Co—————.jt—-7-11 ;;v> 18% $2.25 conv preferred———No par y. 31 Yz Bliss & Laughlin Inc new :-2.50 14 ; Bloomingdale Brothers—No par 38; • ./.Boeing Airplane CO————5 22% 800 / , 7% 10 41% Jun 7 88% Sep 24 preferred———100 7 144., Sep 25 •Bigelow-Sanford Carp lnc-i-Nopar Black & Decker Mfg Co——No par Blaw-Knox Co No par 2,200 • . 20% •21%/V ' :18%, V-'/ 18 *38 46% 46% 42% 46 Ms , 'v 19 7 100 a / ■ 38 *36% .40% : 42% 57%'/: 34 38 V 56% 56% Jan 88% Jun (Del) „——No par Steel Bethlehem 10,000 : - 155 ♦151% 150 56 %: - *36% 110 *56 97%' • . 57% 57'% 96% ■ ' 45% r >108 110 .. 98 y4 21% 24% • 45% ■: 45 45 *108 24 4,400 37% 42% *38 24%- . *15% 15% 15% 1,400 27 -is y8 " 40% 16"% 1 1 42y2 *37% •21% "::''/.4oya 41% 40% / 34v ': 26% 56% 21% :2i%;,' 21 20% 400 34; 150 19 Va • ; 2,500 * z 26% 37% ' 19* 7 25%' 35 57% 37 Yz 18%'... 7,000 97 • 155 f 56% 37 - .*148 • 380 26% 98%-- 56% 55 ^ 100 99% '• 1 /•" 34%- 26% 97 />' 98 *143 , 56% .56% ^ 25 y8 101 700 " . 36 35% 26%.'' 25% 35 . 25%' .26 Ye 253/t 95% *148 35 35 y4: 35 35% 36%: *iooy4 4,400 * 109 *107 > 18% 30 : Sep 4 Sep 4 Feb 21 Feb 1' ">iV,... j-y , 13 47 % Jan 4 Nov 27% Jan 38% Jan 35 Sep 23 112 Sep 25 Belding-rHemlnway—i—-^No par 7 - -15% Sep 19 Bell Aircraft Corp——————1 > 18% Sep 10 Bell & Howell Co——---a—10 > 18% Sep 20 preferred— ——100 107 May 8 Bendix Aviation——5 7?' 34 Sep 10 Beneficial Indus Loan——.-No par 7..; 24% Sep 20 ;■ Cum pfd $3.25 ser of 1946-No par 98 Sep 10 Best & Co.—; j-—-—-2. 1 31% Jan 3 Best Foods.i^.; —,i-—11 . 22 Feb 26 700 18%/ 18% > 109 36 "■'/ 25% 100% *100% 101 *100 101 35% 19% 20 19% 20 Ya •18%. *107 v 36% 36 % 101 x- 20 109 -ft- ^ Jan 113 -30% Jan . Nov 32% Aug 14 JBeech Creek RR_^^——— .—50 Beech-Nut Packing Co—:—;——20 • pi 16% 16% 17 20 20% / 20 20 ♦107 /, 108 ; 107% *16%- 16% 16V2 •'.j 122 *114 122 *112 ^ 36 *31% - 36 *31% 36 122 20% . >>*20 108% ■ *31 *112 ' 16% 16% 16% -M 36 . 122 *110 • conv cum 60 3 16 82% Feb 2 19 22'% Oct No par —— — —J>-25 46% pfd————100 113 Beck Shoe 4%% preferred,; 100 104 Beech Aircraft Corp1 7 12% 3%% 20 • 112% .; Beatrice Foods Co__— 1,100 54% 54% *112 *112 •> 112% New 300 . ' 15% f*: • • ■V' 22% ' 55 54 %» - ■ 113 . ~ ——5 Bath Iron Works Corp—i.—T Bayuk Cigars IntL.—__——No par Barnsdall Oil Co>— 8,500 21% 211/8 '/;•/: ' •> - A' v" preferred——2-—50 4 % Yo 100 , 48% 48%-; •'"V.;. ' . 24% —10 ———10 • u\ 18 Jul} 14% Feb 66 Sep 24 36% Apr 26 ' 267/a Sep 10 - x52% Sep 19 1 21 Sep 9 20 Ye Sep 24 40 y2 Jan 4 83% 42% Dec. Jan 25% Jun 19'% Sep 23 ? 14'% Sep ; 14% 17 23% Jyly 23 37% Jan 23 19% Sep 19 12% Sep 24 - NoV 120 Apr 40% Aug 18% Sep 24 7 Sep 19 467/a Sep 24 ; Deo 83%' Dec May 13 97% Jan 19''%/ 7 18% Sep 24 7 Corp.——„ Asphalt Earker Brothers 900 V Conv -5% Barber 2,300 53 23 % i -170 29% 29' 100 —50 preferred——-—1100 preferred—-——i— Aroostook—.c. Bangor & 1,100 ' 22 ' 56 55 *112 113% 113% *105% ■* 15% ■' •1 "i 54% *51 24% /• 24%' : • ■ ■ 52% 52%/: *51 48% V 47 47 %"; y2 22 Va' v// 22 .22 /:;■> ■■ A— '/ 14% 70 30%' ./•- *30 52 23% 56 ■ 4% 4,100 22 14% 69 ■ / 21,300 Sep 135 12% Sep 24' Dec 45- - 30% July 110 3 34% Apr 16% Sep Locomotive Works——13 Baltimore & Ohio-™. —-.100 71% 110 25Sep 18 Baldwin 7,900 ■'/. ' 13% 21% :?: • / pp 54%'\. 54%' 31 53% 55 ::13% 20%. ' 22% *46 % //•r 70' *68 54% 53% 54 54 *15 141/0 ' ■ 20% 22% 22% 15 ' -69'- *68 68%" > 23 Va H ' 14%' ./'• "14% . *68 54 22 .23 21% . V 14 v ' ; 9 Feb 130 y2 Jun B 21% ,217/a Jan May 24 a ' 24% 13 Ye Mar 48% 33% 94' r • 120 28 51% May 28 Dec 52% Jan 101 20 Jun 49% May 3 139% NOV 113% Nov 29 Ye May 54 Sep 19 117'/2 S^p 26 7 25 Jun Dec Nov Jan 76% May 31 '■ Dec 140* V 83 22% Sep 11 ■ - Jun 125 Sep 19 104 v Oct .. Aug „ 121 Sep 20 Sep 26 j.-, 112 Autocar Co — 5c Automatic Canteen Co of Amer 5 Aviation Corp of Del (The) 3 $2.25 conv preferred——-No par l;700 20 20% 20 21% 20 Jan 32% 7 33% Feb 26v 25 4%■ conv.pref series A___Jl„_^100 3.60% preferred series B—.—100 Atlas Corp_—...— '—5 Atlas Powder No par 4% conv preferred ,__100 >260 v . . 23 y8 23 24%. ■ *116% 118% - 13% 104 23% 60% *26- 14 14% 115 V " :.v 30 *26 30 115 6,600 Nov^ 108 11% 153 Sep 24Sep 24 Sep 19' 32 77 100 5% non-cum preferred Atlantic Refining 200 104% KQ: *116% . 37% 103 15 45 1_10 59% Nov 42% July 106% Nov 18 30 81% Sep 24 No par 1 7 Atl G & W I SS Lines •600 78 37 104 23% 118%. 35 *76 37% *115 104 60% *33% 117 115 23% 61% -■ 34%. 78 37% *102 104 *102% 59 y4 >*18 1C3% 106 106 Highest: 4 per share share 36% May 28 130 Sep 25 46V2 Sep 30 100 100 t per - May 31 112% Feb Sep 19 105 100 Atch Topeka & Santa Fe 5% preferred A T F Inc Atlantic Coast Line RR 6,500 86% 85% 83% 65 42% Sep.-11- ■ . —No par Investment Co Assoc 100 - 37 *103 14% 86% No par 2d preferred-— 7% 140 , 49 *45% 49 16% 37 *26 *45% 87% 86 V* 108 *78% 85 36% 133% *45% 52 34 Ve 34% 220 51% 53 52 *77 8,600 16 Va 16% 16 Ve 1,900 . tper share tper share r No par $3.75 preferred , Lowest Highest i Arnold Constable Corp_„_ ___ 5 .... -19 Sep 19 Artloom Corp____„, No par 13% Sep 19 Associated Dry Goods new__ -*-l9 20% Oct 4 6% 1st preferred—-u-——100 131% Jan 2 700 ■ 133 86% 106% 106 106 *21% 22 .*134% . 49 84% 86% 22 21 Ai'mstrong Cork Co_,___ 200 105 21%' 105 *105 20 % CLOSED 106 9,V Par 3,500 48 46% 48% 48 "105 106 EXCHANGE Range for Previous Year 1945 ' January 1 Range Since /Lowest NEW YORK STOCK . Shares J'. f per share share . the Week v 106 106 15 Va r Oct. 4 t per 48% 47% 47% Sales for Friday Oct. 3 I per share share 47 47 105% *105 y2 Thursday Oct. 2 Oct. 1 I per share share STOCK EXCHANGE Tuesday Sept. 30 Sept. 28 PRICES Wednesday HIGH SALE AND LOW Monday General Corp— (J I) Co——. Preferred * Case - 1 25 100 Sep 6% Sep 3 3 2 3 3 21/2®eP 2An Sep 9 Sep 20 43% Sep 24 12 /a Sep 24 55% Sep 20 12y4Sep 23 51% Sep 19 112 Sep 23 39 Sep 11 xl3 116 £ep 20 4 1 x34% Sep 10 158 Oct 1 16 39 Oct 6% Oct 47% Apr 58 Apr 7% Feb 12% Jan 8 10' 16 28 40% May 29 Year 1945 Lowest I per share Highest t per share Jan 43 Deo 52% Sep 56 Apr 1% Jan 4 Dec 9% NOV 27% 6% 20 Apr Mar 32% NOT 18 July 30 147 May 29 Jan 7 113% 47 Jan 56 16 10% Jan 20% Dec 22 29 59% May 21 137 May 23 48 % Jan 72 Nov 11 Jan 21 62 Mar 56 Oct Jan 135 Nov 32 Mar 49 Dec 21 Jan ~5% Jan 58 22% Feb 73% Apr 21 Y\ May 61 y2 Jun 17 34 Jan 60 Feb 10% Jan 55 183 Jun Jan 30 4 2 13 8 116% Feb 35% Jan 152 Jan 128% Dec Dec Dec 33% NOV 10 Dec 48% Dec 175 Dec , THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4531 .Volume 164 NEW YORK STOCK RECORD LOW Sept, 28 /-, ' 9 per share Oct. 1 Sept.-30 ; 9 per share S per t per share A> 61% 22ya 104% 21% 21% 105% 105% 105% 155 21% CLOSED 148% v, t, 20% A' 21% 22 9% "• 113 100 V: *?8% > 100 r 9% *9 28% 29 9% 28%: :,v; .30. .113 *99, , A 9% ; 13% *13 13% *13 36% 35 35% 17-,' 17% 17% ,..26% 26% 46% 46% .105 17% *45% 17% 47% 16 16 16% 17 20% 20% 21 21 50% 50% 51 .6% 6% 11% 11% 8% 8% .."7% 9 17%' 28 Va" 6Va 7% 13% 13% 7% 9 - 8% 8 •rv ;/v 8 i •4% 7 *4 ,•/' 13% 13% 14 13% 13% 13' 35% 34% 35% 34% 35% 33% 19% 19 19% 18% 19%' 42% 41% 42 41% 41% 19 19% 19 41% 42% *4% 14% 41% 4% 4% - 4 : 20 %vA>A ' : 19 ' > 49 50 ■ *59% :A> 16 - A?:>9% *37:; AA *59% 59% *59% A16% 151/4 -9 37, 88% :>A 241/4 24% 38 V2 39V4 29% 30'A 12 12 90 24V8 16% >; 16 %;>.;• A -161/4 >:• *8% •: 9V2 - < :, J89% - . 16 88% 247/a 24% t, 24 " 111 • 90% '25% *107 A > 39 > *11% A A A 29% 24 24% '40%' '30% 39 40 31 31> 11% 11%. A": 38 29% ;AV 11 95% *93% 30'A 12 12 12 ' 98 96% '.'A % *7s 21 46 *165 180 *95 105 lll-> 111'A A 56% A 56% ;> ,'A 108 *45 / A 28 >111% 108% *100% 103 ;; *106% 23% *.163' ; 22'A t "110 .Sept. 28 „ * STOCK Sept. 30 ; 9 per share 1 Monday Deo Nov 19 Jan Jun 76% Feb 16 54 Jan 66 Deo 37% Jan 6 197/8 Jan 37% Dee 5 49 Jan 59% Oct 54 Jan 64 Deo 15% Jan 27 Deo i.A—1 Tool—__.No Pneumat Pr ,pf ($2.50) par 18% Sep 10 i._i__«._No par 49 Oct 1 No par j..—.No par Oil__,.__ •' 149 149' '63% 63% EXCHANGE CLOSED ***> *900 50% > 51" 50% 't 42 :>•:'• 42 ~r 11% ,;':16% ■:? " .• ; -*40% .. 17 1.6 tV* 16%' *14% 31% 36% *35 > 25%'" >83 38% 39% ->39;->. : 22% 38% 40 -." 3% 23% ' ' ' 3Vz 115% 34 >• 33 m 32% "9% 35% 87 39% 23% 107% £> "A 3% .3% 217 118 Av : ■ : • ■ ;. 39 ,39% >-A39%' r40% VAl07>AA108i>'> . 22% A23% :: >>,v3% A' 3%* > 117% 117%; : JX32 32% 22% AA . » 31% ;-.'32%' . • 35% 35% 35 35 35% 35% > 19% 47- 47* 16% 22%v 20%*"" 22% 22 % 112 112.: A* "20 22% 112 • : 1,680,.. 8,200 A 15% 16% 102% 102% v 351/4 -36% 103 ►101% "■351/4 36 106% -9% %> 106% -■ 10% *105% . 16% 17% > 14% 55A 29% A :45% 46 21 21% 20% 20% 21 20 20 ,A 24 .a: 22% 112: A' 41% 42 s 112 > > 106% 16%' — 36'A 62 112 16%' 16% 16% * 105 *105 »•.' 106% ' 35% 106% >4■A 9% ' •9% 49% 50 112 Va *16% 11% 11% 34% 351/2 > 16% 49% *16 ' 14 13% AA 48 A 14 14% 141/4 55Va\ 55% 55 55 y4 29% 28V4 *54% 14% 55 *291/4 *105% 106% 14'A v-56%- 291/4 *1051% 62 . 62% 193 194% x62 Xl02% 16 16'A 48'/2 49 14% 13% 55 55 131/4 14 56 55 . *1051/2 106% *105% 62% 61% >194 - 194 621/4 28'A 192V2 ■ 1931/2 700 A'- A ' 55 141/4 7,600 16% 48 281/4 106% "-16% 16% : 13% 55 .,'r 15 16% 16% • 14 '/a *54% • -16% 17 17% *48% : 50 «• 28 60% 1,400 . 1 a .14% J 2,300 A 2,500 V; 360 ' 106% 2,900. " >.' .A- 611/2 3 41 Jan 36 Jan: 14 10 38 Jan 47' Jan/ 29 Sep 82 ; Jan 47 8% 8% 8% 5 5. 4% .-4% 35% 36% 35 36% *102 104% *102 *29% 30% *29 *23% 26 38 8Va : 8% 8% 8% 8 4% 4% 4% 4'/2 4% . 80 36 104% * 104% 104% 30 *29 231/4 *21 39Va 38 *50 *100'■ 24 37% - 29% 231/4 38% 35% 36% 49 49 48% 48% 27% 28 27% 28'A*; 27% 24 $5.50 •' ■> 48 :— —!-■ Crown 27% 105% *105 *115% 117% -*116 1,700 50% *105 107% - 105 105% 117 116 116 - 3%% Crosley 27% 107% •• . 500 50 117% Inc — Internal Corp__ .Cratt.0 Co common——. Coty --.Coty 24'% 28% *116% 100 . 500 3,700 110 200 Deo 50% Dec Nov 18% Deo 50% Jun 28 — Jan Cream $2 preferred-— Wheat" Corp of Corp Cork (The) & SealA preferred Crown Zellerbaoh: Corp $4.20 $4 2nd preferred preferred , 28 46% Jun Mar 50 Ve Nov 31 * Jan 31- Mar 50 Nov Jan 11% 36 NOV 41% Oct : Deo 28 39 Jan 53% 110 > Dec 116% Dec A 15% Aug 25% Deo <: 20 Deo; Deo 10 4A: ; 50% Aug 12 37V4 Sep. 1? 59% Jun. 6' 36% Sep 20 123 A July. 15 > 106 Sep-. 26 32V4 Ma,y 13 19% Mar 15. 5% Jan 31 I t 2% Jan .2 132 Febi 1 ill Sep 10^ 36% Jun. 17 29'% Sep ? 4 A 18% Sep 6 13 Sep 2o; 40% May 13 25 Sep 19 551/2 May 13 .34 Sep v 3 <10% Feb;' 6 57/a Sep 11 , :■> - Sep Jan 26% Mar ,29% Jan 3% Mar 6 >24% Jan V109% Jan 28 25% July 12 106t Sep » 20% Sep 23% Apn 20 • 19 32' 24 111 1/4 Sep Jan. 47 9 1 •- Sep; , 24' 4 52 52 , Jan li: x33 25 Sep 104% Sep —lft0 (The).——2 3 12 20% Sep 10 24 35% Sep 18 40 S Sep 20 28 .NO par - Sep 26% Se)) 103 Sep 19 Deo |- 45 Deo s 115 Feb \\ Apr 40% Nov (• 8% Jan 93% July 17% Deo 26% < > 1 37% Jan Sep ; 1061/2 July 113 Deo Apr Jan 17% Jan 20 Dec r 29% July 43 Nov > 10% 46a 1 8% 10 , Jan 47% Feb Dec 59%' Oct 28% Deo 55% Nov .19% Deo Jun 16% Aug 26% Dec 21 52 Va Mar 64% Jun 38% 70 % Aug 14 12 30 30 101% Aug 108 14% Apr., 10 >7% Jan 29 49% Jun 17 110% Aug |8 35% Jan 14 391/4 Feb 62 Jan 541/2 Feb 1 14 6 40'A Apr 12 I'i{> % Feb 150 5 v Apr 12 Oct Oct Deo Jan 71 Oct 182% Jan 199 Deo 58 Va S " - i Dec 50 29, May 29 ? 109% 53% 210 V4 Mar ; - 35% Dec Jan 8 19 May Jan 109% Aug Sep 24 4% Sep 20 22 12% A 39% Sep 25 8Va Sep July 49% 67% Jan •■■ A 34% Nov 109 % 27% Jan 18 Jan*14 58% May 190 7% Deo 108% Jan 19, 23% Feb 16 60 Apr 24- 27'% Sep 25 105 : Nov ' 17% Aug Jan 56- 'A Sep 20 Sep h Jan x23% May 29 307/a Feb 1 47Sep 25 13% Sep 10 > 13 ! 17% Jan 31% > 49% May 23 34% Sep 24 15 Va Sep 26 16% Oct'. 4; A. 50 Oct ' 45% Deo 8 22 July 18" •*12% Feb*.2)5 101 Sep.23 A lOgi/a Jan To 537/a Jun, 10 >33% Sep 19 113 % Mar 29; 1061/2 Sep 24 18% Feb 8 .9'/a Sep 10 63 Jan 1$; 47% Sep 23 11 3*9% Aug 26 115% Mar 15 54i/aApr 18 25 11% A- 60 May 27 33% Jan 17' v A16% Sep 24 18% Sep Deo 34% Nov • 15% Sep 23 42% Jan 18 Feb 124% 28% Jan ■ 36 4% Nov H Jan 89 , -—1 No par !■—::5 No par No par " ,V >4% . - 100 .No p'dT Jun 46% 25% 36% May 21 -106'A Apr 25 35% Sep 5 No par preferred— Preferred 100 50 -28% *105 1739; -,'.A Dec 106 Jan .28% Jan 14 • No'paY No par preferred $3- prior 29,; 50 52 9,800 1041% 37 107 page *28% 36% 117 see *101 23 > 38% 117 For footnotes 29% .36 38 *105 — 351/4 104V4 29% *21 38% 28'/a 37 3,700 3,300 49 Oct .. part .5 V —50 Cornell-publiei; Electric Corp.-—il - Corn Exch Bank Trust Co —20 Corning Glass Works common__Ai.5 3%% preferred—;— 100 Corn Products Refining '—25 270 &% 4% Feb 18 Jan-24-, ' Apr 22 14 . NOT 34% ,5 19 19 Sep 30 Oct 72 31 Va ■Ai-A Sep 10 share 183 , 101% 14 .8% Sep 24 I per Deo 24% Feb 16 r 8% 59% Aug 20 14% Sep par Steel CoT__ Conv pref 57o series 4,600 194 May 23% Jan 29 A,.-A Copperweld 130 ; .551/2 28 300 .> ■> y 63% Jun - Highest ' L 110 .33% Sep ,10 22"% Sep 24- Insurance!-10 Motors— iAi.1. Continental Gil of Del!—'' 5 Continental Steel Corp.. «_:14 ; Cooper-Bessemer Corp— No par 9,800 v. 130 11 19 30 Continental Cari Inc__A—— $3.75 preferred— No par i 10,300 200 11% 36% 17%' > Deo ?•_**^'-1^ v. 9 per share 60% July 11 ? ■ 12 31 Continental Continental 35% 16% f Continental Baking Co*— Continental Diamond Fibre— >' '-11% Feb - Sep 20 America 2,500 11% 16% $4.50 pfd____No 1,900 36% Lowest > Sep Gas_—;—15 ■; V 'FA '• Oct 53% Year 1940 : Sep .A—:5 ' 9%' a 50 > 11% 55 62Va A Pow Apr 155 Apr 19 16 10 Corp Natural Container Corp of 300 106% 9% a Consumers 5,200 A 34% A35V2 *105 < 5,400 103-v- 105 Jan 140 Sep • Vultee Aircraft——til ! Consol RR of11 Cuba 6%>pfd_J„100 1 Consol Retail Stores Inc —1 500 41% Jan 41% Sep 357/« 7 13 Consolidated Laundries Consolidated 2,100 1,900 35% 13% 195 7,300 V '- A 49'A . Conspl A Nov 34% 4 14 . 500 1,800 V 22 40% '351/4 ' 195' > 42% *103% ;9% 9% 49Va ? 50 — •■ r112 % A-121% 41%- 103 35% 22% 16% 11% 54% 29% 3,200 21 20% ^-20% " 16% Jun 59 , 4,800 . 20% ^ •> " . 100 Jan ip% Sep 39 .>.100 —No Feb~^6 Sep 102 * 3,000 37 V' 54%l>. 106% 106 6% >' 17.-V A 800 22,600 20% 21 1,700 Jan 53% 69% May 20 Commonwealth. Edhsoni Co Ju-^25 Conde Nast Pub Inc pewJ—No par Congoleum-Nairp Inc„ No par .Consolidated Cigar—-:: No par Consol Coppermines Corp. 5 ; A 26% Oct 4 ConsoJ ,Edisori of N-Y:_s No par 105% Sep 4 4 r; $5; preferred-::— —No per A 171/4 Sep 10 Consolidated Grocers Qprp___1.33%'• 2,000 , . 27% 47 103 9% 14% 14 *; 42'A A Commonwealth &. Southern—No ppr s preferred, series—-:, No par i- VA $6 12,300 IO6V2 ; 46% 46%" >'16% 49»A 48% 17% 48% *54% -26% ■ A 106 a 36% 12 37 %v *47 20% . IIV4 11% 37 *!6 A 106% 9% 491/4 • ■ >50% 50 106% 16% 112 41% 16% 5% .6%' .27% a - No par : 96,900 35% 16% >a'23";. 112 15% " >34%' 21% A 21% v ' 23% 41% 27" 105% 20% -46% 21% 41'A , ^'5% 16%' 16% .; '20% 40% 6%- 105%- 20% ' 46% 21% 20% . *105% 16% 46% ' ; , A 27% .27 . '20% 16% ,21% 27%; ': 105% 20%" iv 6% A6% 105% 16% A Columbia Carbop Co— Columbia Pictures com—: Commercial Credit A $3,60 preferred Commercial Sol vents. -•7,200 A • • par __2.50 ' No par No par ; B__ 200 - — ., '/ 151% 151/2 .. 3,000; 4,400 A" "27 V4 V.27% A Class 93% .J per share 4 Jan 23 62," Class; A____'___-__-:___>>r__No par Columbia GasElec—_. Oct 1,40 No par (The).: Columbia Br'd Sys Inc cl A—.2,50 . 110% 9 May 31 165 M per ehare -rPat 68% NOV Nov 18 44% Feb Oct 115 Jan Jan * Range for Prevloua ■ ^ Coca-Cola International Corp No A 44 *>' Colo Fue) & Iron Corp^__. No par. > ,."• 5/P. cum conv preferred 20 Colorado & Southern—-, L_100 ; " 47o non-cum 1st preferred 100 ,V 47c ;non-cuifx 2nd preferred.'—100 :. 70 109% 106% Range Since January 1 Lowest j, Highest > 300 $4.25 cum nfd w w No par ' ,-,A>A:';,::-.-' : ' >: . / S.- , ■; H.: > 17,200 .Columbus & Southern Opio Elec^.10 31%' 31% s Co May 5 60% Jun 2 A 3% ' > v: . Coca-Cola Deo 105 W. Colgate-Palmolive-Peet A____Nopur preferred^ .......No par Collins & Aikman—-..t—No par 710 • t.n,. 205 Jan <„?!■. STOCK EXCHANGE. . s Feb 189. 10 July Dec 170 27 *. ' •>< •>.; Apr , 36 % May 21 4 152 % Jan —100 •. 9% May 20 77 24 Sep *41 —_No par ____ 113% Jan 24% Sep- 23 1 Inc Co ,>•>; $-3.50 •' '460 118 A 28 f: & 20% Sep ..No par Industries NEW YORK " ^ ; 4,600 ' :22% 3 Va >1116% 16% 20 32% >41%' 107 ...23%*: 23% ;; ■ 39% 39% >40V2 . >107 > 107% 90 A '' 27% _ Molybdenum Peabody ■■■"■: V •. 1,100 16 Ve 27 i_100 17c. gtd gtd -4 7e~ stock: Preferred . 900 1 - ; 16%' '.6% (The)—._.l Co preferred—^_-—r.ur Special Climax s, 34% 27%'* . 62 A 271/4 16% v 106 19 2,500 27% 6%* •: 3 56% Feb A; 53,100. 16.. \ 27% 27% 99 Va Jan Bronze Clev & Pitts RR Co 13,500 32 Vz • 9% 27% 106 —50 4—50 Graph :i 57o- A; >3,600 > ' 16 6% 108% Mar 100' • 28 : 25 ; > 15% f 21 % 105% 10 Jun , va A 28l 36 18 Sep 800'; 4ft' ;• 31% 15% 36 Sep 52 . ' >.*87,.: Nov 72% 106 1,700' f >26 • ; .40% ;40% 38% •' > ■:7( 15 "9%>34'/a 27%' 87 . 35% 26% 35' , >• ;V 33 >32 10 A> 25 Jan 10 ? Shareti x 16% A 3.3 Jan ,49 26 '■t 44% Sep STOCKS A/A A:;14%"V14% a>'32 %A>'32'%'" • 26% ■•:'a;":83% >85 A" ' 3% llgVa 117%' 31% ; 32% ; 1/3% i6 * 25% 108 -22% ; 117% 31% ' *14% . Jun 38% May 11 71% Jan 18 19% Feb NO par 108% Mar. 109 50 ,.V16.vvr'j61/8t 15 •> 105 U Clev Cluett > • 11% Af lGVa' : ,-,>35 39% 107% S 16'A 10 31% 40% ■39 107%'- 107% :16% '. : 16% 16 " 9% :io 25% 83% *82% " - 31'A ;: >1' AA-'/.t * .16% V --r: 41 11% 11% ... 9% 35% 25* 83 ; 31% ; 1.16' v *14% ' 16 32 a ,9% 24% 16% >17 16 31% 11 % A. A!40 41 %"..-.-41% 11% Jan Oct Jan;, 8 Clinton a'".v " - ' ■'.;'> —A"" A r-49 % 49 %A •103% 1041/2: 104% 98 95' A May 10 Feb the Week; *900 *103% ie%'. i6% >>"16 • 41 ;-...v 11% 16 64" Deo 5 22 108 Salesfoiv;-.>■,»' x •140 A .140. *63%>-64 ,> Aug 30 19 205 > " ■-49%'A50%V "SO"" ."04% ■•^40% 16 ,iA 58 Jan 10 2 AV>:.A :-r- Oct. 4 *900 103% 12 >.145 A-64' >64 -.50 16% 16 ■:& 16 ■: 35% -*63 % 42. 11% ■144 *46 %> Jan 20% 12 2,300 tper share. f? *900 51% 16% Id % 146% 42% Jan 1,500 170 ' 9 9 ; Sep i_100 - — — 38% July 11 -5 140% Deo —• — 58% Apr ; 27% Sep .No par Co Nov •K. 1 178% Sep 12,000 -Vv-A 29% Frid*rfVA Oct. a >; i:0ct,- ? - 103% 11%; 17 ■";••'■" : - .I per share — .*102% 4 102% 102% v Se^ 10 .. Dec 48 Jan Feb 105 >A; Thursday 91% Jan 44% May 23 C • Wednesday 30 15 Jan 27% Aug 26 Dec X23 Jan 29% 114 36% Sep 20 5%.. ■ >•:•#. 1 4% 8 141" • i 13 23% 8 May & St Louis Ry Co ,__100 preferred_:__«— ,_100 CJev El Jllum $4.50 pfd__cu—NO par C 1 f' 110 v43%- >*163 170 Sep Jan 130, A 22% a 43% 23 19 15 53 ,_^_5 & Equipment-^——: C ; i 147% 147% •*63% 64 •*900 ;21% >;■: 81V4 Sep 111 No par Corp_^ Fue%^_J___i_ A Jan 16 25'/8 July 11 4 Coi_10 Machine Financial Oity-;, Stores %l 59 29 y 2 11 21% Sep _8.50 i_100 Milling 17 Sep ;__25 common 67% Jan 251/4 Jan Oct 36 Aug 6 A 6% Apr VI _.__i_5 Corp 3 5% %-. preferred— Clark 14 __^10 . .fe i-per shan ; , 44% - *163 A 4 29% % 160 :>:>>•:> VA/VA:'—-iV 103 *57 T Sep 61% 19 Mar ; 15 No par Copper 'Co I 59 div cum Cab.i Yellow Cincinnati C A 341/2 Sep 24' i.100 /'A-* Investing AT> J*. 33 Ice iQ 1101/2 *100% 8 49% City 58 ■;•> 11% July „,1Tt 74 Preferred 'i : &A; HIGH SALE PRICES Oct. i : i t > "43 .. r.> Tuesday sii.nl per share : A ■ LOW AND Saturday 59% 28% > 170 *163 ^V'A .t* *57 V-.;22 1/2 ...23 23% 43 % 42% >A-A" *106 A > 106% A 103;>■> *100% • A. 110% 18 500J 180 58; '""A- Sep 34 % Jun Jan Oct Chile X 300' 105 - *95 106% 106% : 28% >28% ' al!""vv > 59% v 111 ; 58 r A# 103 *57 • , - 108 *100% 30 •>>>: A: 42V4 A 42% a;; 60 ; i 28% 170 ill A 111% • > >*165 180 105 4 ■ Jan 24 16 Oct 2,200 20 V2 > 15% July 10 24 25 Va City 471/2' *45 Jun 33% Feb Sep 66% 700 • 12% 4 24 24y« 1,200 A V 57/s 14% July .11 17'A Jan 25 7% Oct 17 Chipkasha Cotton fChilds": Co.... 10,500 95%' ' Jun 43% Jan —; , 12% ; ; 3,900 11% 6% Mar . 15% Sep Chrysler • 28 28 Cinn. Gas & Elec 30% Jun 29 17,700 39%l A A 20% > : 45V4 *95 ' A 59% v" VVA: 23 30 43 •163 >*165 105 A': *56% 60% *106'A 23% • ■ 180 *95 21 >•.; 45 -A 105 : *57 21 1.49 *165 180 ' r *20% 20% f 45 Va *110%. 111% A A: 59% 22% 20% *56 >>■*94' "A 95% >95% '■ A ,49 *95 *100% 103 A 42% .v *165 A 108 >.*57 95 20% 20% 46 ■ 951 ' * Oct 23 38% Jan 71,600 ',24 22% "24% A 39% 40% , 29% 24 % Sep 24 7 Dec 58% 18.% Jan 26 Jan 82% Jan ' : 22 Jan 15% v Chicago 10 . 14 Ya 47% Mar , 19 ' 111 A Nov 24 88%:. 25 Va - <107 111 v ; Dec 112 11% Sep $3 conv preferred 3,600.:/ 5,800*. 9 42 55 Oct 30% Sep preferred—..; A Chicago 200 / Jan 9 12% Sep . Oct 28% Apr 10% Sep No par Deo 33 —100 — 16.:,A '■ r.86%. A;. 24% ; • cl Deo 16% Nov 26'/a Jan 24 8 50% 40 25% May 20 66% Jun 17 24 A__50 A..25 Jan 108% 17 32 5% Sep Mar 7 v Jan 21% Mar 31 Jan Sep 24 49% Sep 25 33 68% May 24 17% Mar 12 -1 Jan 114 30 Feb 20% Jun 9 16 25% July-1 43 115% _ Apr No par Series 5 7c preferred w 4,500 _A-> 200- 59%. >>*38 42 24% .901/2 •107 24 49 1/2 f: *15% -. Co .. 20 14 •, 16% A; 9'/4 Av;A: 9 > "• ' 42 .AAA->V *38 A>. 24% A : >9% *38 24% 111 *107% 111 Va ' ;9% • >37 •: 3 Dec 11% Dec 13% Nov Jan ! 10% 16 May 31% Nov „ .. Jun , Chicago & Northwest'n w i..No par 5,400 *59% 15% ' ^ Chic. Milw St PI P vtc„ ,;AV 6,500- M8-'-: 59% *15% 17% 16% -'">• 24Va *107Va 50 •17 :• ;> '■> 89% 88 *45-v 59% 'A" :A-' 11 42 ■;'.-24'"- 49% *59% AJ 16% A >16% A-; ■A.',A, 49% .. *15% 597/a i6 ■ 49 600' ;:y \ % 14% Jan 13 109% 17 51 % Jan 25% Sep 10 42 % Sep 10 do—_.__50 RR preferred-— 1 Chic Ind & Louis Ry 4; Class. B____ 1— ; 21,000- ■ *45" 5% *. ■ 11,300 ; >-• 42% 4 24 Sep 11 Va 29 Jan „ 24 12% Oct 31% Sep 105 24 23% Jan 42% Feb 11 par Corp M The) A'—.—— _-i. Chicago Great West 1,500 2,0001 18%' 40% 201/4-V ■'"A 20"V>: 20 ' 19% 20'/a Chicago 9,900-" 13%;; { ' 20% A._ Jan Apr 4V* Jan 102% July 31 No par v.-Class - 3 10 W..25 Co 116 20 8 % Sep 5 18% 20 % 15 Nov Dec 25% Dec 21% Sep Jan 17% Apr ?2 10 _:__40 Ohio 1,100. ; 13% Jan Sep Jan 14% July 10 Jan par ! RyVi: 23 29 98% Oct __1.25 Va... Chic & East 111 RR >34%; A'V 18 of ;■ * 20% Chesapeake & 8%A1,300. 13% 14 36. Mfg— Corp 4,100 7%f , 34% *4 % 4% 13% 33% 7,600 13%*' •*13%* , Cab 10 Sep 110% Jun ..No par ' /' 6%", 11%". 8%: Vr 7% 7% 14 Checker .Chesapeake 1,800 . 3 9 Products-,—*—1 Co—— 159 41% 3 38% Jun , Pap & Fib Co ...No par preferred.——i. No par $4.50 1,700 • Belt 127 161% Jan 3 Sep, 9 9% Sep 24 Champion 30 51.% 11% 9% .7% 13% 24 50% v>v 9 t7% V 15% '6% 11% Chain 1,500" 15'A 51% 7% 8% 49 *22'A • CertahHtped 900 110 16 26% Sep Sugar Co Ribbon Mills—.No Pasco Copper—No 104% May 20 Violeta Century 71 Sep 20 Highest 9 per share share Jan 22% Jail xl4Q . Cerro ,d.e 13,900 »' 106% 16% 13% 8% 8% 49 *105'/a "•24 11% *. 9% 9 ' 17% 27 V" 19 Central 400 105% 6% ; 2,800 48 7% 8% *4- 11% .' 30 Central Hudson G & E Corp .No par Central,111 Lt '4%,% preferred:. 100 500 13 36 18%' 13% 14 ,8% 6% 29% % 12% 35% 51 51% >11% 12 12 9% 7% 13% 50% ►6% 6% 6% *29 27 .,*22 52 W >20% 21% Sep 104% Sep 200,Cen,t. NY Pr Corp pfd 3.40% ser.100 900 VAtCent RR of New Jersey.. LlOO i'p" '; 13% 16 21 v 17 16 >>>> 8%/ 36% 105% par I per 81% May 27 23% Sep 26 109% Jan 14 9 -5% preferred _A_, ii 20 Central Aguirre Assoc .....No par Central Foundry Co.!—__ A4 1 .9%' 2,600 113 V:>W:;>'> 30* "-J. 8% 30 . 55 -No par Lowest „ $ per share Sep . 7,300" • 98% .>-98% 9 48 106% 113 98% ■ 'A';A5'W 500' 21 - . -9%' 114 ■ *26 48 *105% 9% 18 27 47 10% 35% 18% 27 106% *105% 21%".4,100 10% *13 36% 27 *26 106 v , 21%' 10% 29' 13% 35% 21 22 98% .29 13% 35% 21 •9 Tractor ,.'.150%. 150% 301 >; 7% 2nd preferred——A.1Q0 27%'',!'27%a.-.',5,500 » Celotex Corp—No par : 28% *112 .. I per share Par Year 1945 *:" Highest . $4.70' .1st preferred-y....±.No par 300 . 10'A , vV .9% ; 9% *112 r.114 AW *99 t 100. 9% . Lowest Celanese Corp of Amer new-No 15,000 v 1 9% TO% 9% 21%, 21%" ■" '22% 10% Caterpillar 3,900 106 Range Since January 1 ' ,'V 27% v '' 22 10% Shares 64 A .21% *105% ■ Range for Previous NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE the Week 21 A 21 22% t , 114% "•■'99 *20% V 152 *148' 28% 10 22 ; 105% *105 152 27% 63 STOCKS . Sales for ; share per 63% 21% . 21% »■ 9%, •113 28 , *"20% .V, 11% 10% .22 21 >V> 27 % 20% A 28 % 65 105% *148% 148%. 271/2 "v. t per share 65% 21% ■>104% EXCHANGE 62% .Oct. 8 share 64% 61% 61 y Friday Oct. 4 Thursday : Oct. 2 -V. \t; *148% STOCK . Wednesday Tuesday Monday Saturday SALE PRICES HIGH AND 6 Jan 13 Dec 3% Jan 7% Deo 25% Jan 43% Deo 99% Aug 108% Dec 34% Deo 41 Jun 24 Jan 28% Mar 37 Jan 59% Dec 49% Nov 53 Dec 20% Jan 30% Deo 10£% Dev 106 Oct 112 124 NOV Nov THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE 1732 Monday, October 7, 1946 , t ,l i. JL : HIGH SALE PRICES LOW AND "I per share *. i STOCK ' 38 37 38 *165 *103% 98% 19% •18 52 *50 55 67% 68 " 18 •125 6% 6 18% *19% 20% 19% 19% *19% 20 29 % Co 193/4 193/4 20 20 share * 543A Feb Sep 20 115% July 9 87% 24 46'/a Jan 8 25 19 28% Jan 10 16 165 Jan 8 Jun Jan 5 363/4 Oct 16 35% Highest 0 per share Jan 52% Nov *• Jan ; 17 900 Class 17 Deo 29 Dec 145% Jan x150 11 25% Jan 99% Deo 20 1,500 Dana Inc ' pfd ' 28 122% 59 % Jan 29 5% Sep 4 17% Sep 20 12 ya Feb 4 34 y4 Feb 2 100 129 Va Jan 30 145 27% Sep 1Q 45 • 75% 9 Jan 118 July 18 . 30% 125 Sep Oct Oct Nov Oct Oct ' 25% Apr : '< 27 Va Deo v- 28 Deo 16% Jan May 20 „ Oct 154 5% Aug 18 Ys Dec 24% Apr nov 56 Mar 5 Sep 51% Nov 102 ': Jan 0 24 - 76% Apr No par : Jan 26 146% Feb 11 Sep Nov 42 24% July 8 82y* May 16 19 Sep 2g 60 __l Cutler-Hammer 19 106 A 1,800 11 Sep lQ%Sep J 29%,.. Sep 45 No par Cushman's Sons Inc 7% 140 106 No par Curtiss-Wright 4,200 10 111 Aug Mar Mar 25 66 Sep ' No par preferred Prior preferred 4 98 __5 new (The)__,_ 29 3/a ' 293/4 per 10 160 _100 $7 500 183/4 Inc Press 193/4 29% 99 ._______100 preferred- Curtis Pub 120 g *125 140 *125 29 % 29% ' 67% 18% 18% Sep I per share 23 % Sep 18Sep Cunningham Drug Stores Inc_-2.50 100 26,300 117 6 6 % 18% 18%140 *125 29 Cuneo 800 .1: 13% 67% 67 I Lowest " 18% 116 115 ./• 67 18% 140 *125 • 68% 6 ' , 29 29 115 117 *65 6% 18% 18% 140 . 12% 34 10 preferred- 4%% ,' 55 12% No par Year 1945 Highest $ per share . Cudahy Packing Co 1,500 37% .*50 . 13% 12% Lowest preferred _____-*„_______l00 preferred ,_100 7% " *115 68 6 6% 6 % 55 *50 13% Steel of Amer. Cuban-American Sugar 99 18% ,18% ,18% 55 Range Since Jannary 1 ■- RR 6 % Cuba . | 175 *90 99 5% 100 6,100 19'A 363A 38% 37% *90 18% % *50 116% ♦112 ; 39% ,99 18 ■■ 12% 11% 12% 115 68 99 Crucible 300 27 *165 175 *165 175 38% 18% 52 11% 19 *90 19% 112 *25 19% 103% 103 26 3/4 19% *165 *90 •90 104% 26 19% 39% 39% 39% X39 19 175 27% 19 27% 18% 175 •185 37% 104% *26 104 •26 19% 18% 37% *103% 37% • • 104 27'/2S •28'4 / 'P*f 1,500 36% 36% 37% 37% Raage for Previous " exchange Shares I per share f per share .w. york^'stock iter ;new the Week Oct. 4 Oct. 3 8 per share share Sales Friday '.'Thursday Oct. 2 1 ' 104% *102% 1 CLOSED Oct. 1 I per 'f per share , EXCHANGE „ ' Sept. 30 Sept. 28 Wednesday Tuesday Monday Batarday NEW YORK STOCK RECORP 28 Deo 37% Deo D ■ 19% 193/4 20 183/4 19 18% 28% 283% 29 % 29% 19% 19% 1934 193/4 19 28% 295/a 2834 29% 29% 30 ♦1113/4 113 20j/4 ■ | 46 . 46 383/4 •38 32 31% 383/4 313/4 313/4 7/8 73/8 • 66 •60 173/4 17% ♦17 25% 418% 19% 183/4 '■ 19% v 34; 34 / / 26 3/4 , ,, M .v. -■ ■'•, : •' ;.| " . *•••* +' ' * ■ t< ' ' * J y. f» ■ v' I.:*- • * /■ 35 - 183% 19 185 " 186% 184% 1277/a 1277/a •127y8 115 *114 *14% Monday Sept. 28 Tuesday Sept. 30 I per share 21 STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSED ; •: 42% •r 27 27 106 *107% 7s/a : -7% *:: >! *40% 243/a X21% 21% 24% 102% 103% *106 106% 3 3% :! 11% > 95 1 243/4 25 y4 24,100 1471/2 2,300 137% 32 21% Radio 1023/4 101% 102 1021/4 104 104% *103% 103% 103% 103 % 410 107 ♦106% 107 106 Va 107 560 $6 3 3% 3% 1013/4 3 ,103A 95 / 11% 10% 55 55% 55% *90% 95 55: *90% 553/4 95 103/4 15,000 55 3 *90% :v *113/8 11% 11% 11% 18 3/4 173/4 18% *17% 30 31% 31 31% 31% 41% 8% 41% *8% 42 8% *39% ... 5 8% V 900 '31% 39% *8% Eureka Evans __100 4 20 3 1 :_3 2,400 Fairbanks Morse 2,100 • Fajardo Sug Co of Pr Rico 20 Farnsworth Televis'n & Rad Corp_l 2.50 Oct Raage for Previous 1945 Highest 6 per share 13 Jan 21% 18% Jan 35% Nov 170 Jan Jan 49- Sep 109% Deo 112 Deo 13 Deo 42% Jan 71 Deo 14 Jan 24% Deo 8% May 4% Aug 3% Jan Deo Jan 158 Deo 103 Jan 148 Deo 43% Aug 34% Mar 55 % nov 48% Oct 21% Aug 29% Jan 27 % Deo 81 Deo 20% Mar - Mar 62 16 12 106% Jan 15 100.% Jan 20 1 110 Mar 8 100% Sep 111% Mar 6 101 1 30 23% Jan 7% Deo 19% 109 9 24 11 Jun 66% Oct Aug 24 53A Jan Deo 200 106 Jan 28 t. 104 1021/4 May 28 111 Deo 229 July 185 2 43% Mar 29 0 per share L 41% Apr 107% Deo Sep Jan 37 Deo 106 July Sep May 108 109 July July 4% Nov 28 12% Jan 20% 93 Jan 17 68% Jan 86 Deo 95 Jan 29 86 Jhn 92 nov 22% Jan 14 11% Jan 20% Deo Sep 24 333A Apr 28% Deo Sep 18 37% Sep 20 y 8 Sep 13 16 26 15% 583/4 Apr 63% Jan 15 11% Jun 3 17 Corp__: Mar -■•ft Year Lowest 10 24 28 2 22 2 16 30% Feb 10% Sep 24 Buffet 117 19 5 Corp Oct * 103 5 Ex-Cell-O 8% Oct Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep May Jun Sep Sep Corp Inc Feb 113 114 Feb 25 16% Jan 28 80% Feb 5 20 35% Apr 5 24 48% Jan 24 1 71/2 Jan 24 20 29% May 28 24 . 180% May 2 20 167 , July 10 23 "• 56% Jun 25 20 61% Jun 25 Co: Williams Exchange 1,400 393/4 19 . • x90% Aug 29 50 ' *35% 54% 54 54 53% 54% 54 56 21% 21% 21%! :.v 213/4 213% 21% 21% 9 22: 102% 1013/4 37 ; 37 *32% 33 33 ' 54 9% 9% 22 v 101% 37 33% 12% 12% 12% 12% 25% 263A 25% 26%- *105% 107 22% 23 •54 105% *22 56 *54% ' 61 62% *102% 62 107 ♦105% 54% 54% 20 20 30% 32 *107 9 9 3/a 9% 9% 22% 221% 22% 22% 22% 700 *101% 102% 102% 102% *102% 104% 20 *36% 25% *105% 23% 53% 62% x61 107% 107 54% 55 20% 23% 54% < 53% 61 '/a *107% 26 3/a 600 6,200 107% ♦105% *36% 38 31% 17 17% 22 22 3/a 14 133/4 133/4 13% 14 13% 13% 14% 14% 14% 143/4 14% 14% 17% 23%: 163/4 17 36 163/4 23% * *22 30% 110 35% 14% 16% 19% *10714 38 *36 17% 57 29% 110 22% •22 28 16% *231/4 23% 200 6,800 - Jan 42% Jan Jan 6 Jun 6*% Nov 9% Deo 300 84% 83% 84 25% 233/4 241/4 *26 y8 *26% 26% 23% 23 3/a 23% 23% 23'A 1,100 503/4 51% 49% 50% 49 V2 493A 1,700 17% 18 *17% 343^ - 'V- 100 page 32% 100 1739. V 19 33% 100 17% *33% 100 34% 100 " 32% 100 *26i/8 18 33%' 101% Co„___ Florsheim Shoe 26% 17% 32 '/e*1003A !. 6% 17% , 500 33% .5,300 102 Food 160 com Fair Dec Jan 26 % Mar • 110% 7 253/4 Jan 42% Dec 5 5 23% Jan 32% Nov 9% Jan 18 Deo 26 43% Jun 11% Sep 20 213A Jun 24 % Sep 34% Aug 13 26 104 Feb 19 Sep 24 19% Sep 24 108 Feb 7 34% Mar 29 70 Feb 7 Jan 103 21% July Jan 50 51% Sep 20 9 83% Apr 6 53% Mar 109% Jan 17 105% Apr 54% Feb 25 70% Maq 29 42% Jan No par —No par No par 18% Sep 28% Sep 105 35% Oct 18 18 4 115 57 7 Jun 20 20% Jun 29 23 3A Oct 71 Sep 2 4 10 4 21% Feb 23% May 100 Apr 16 9 16 49% Jan 17 Feb 23% Oct Deo 18% Deo 6Y« Mar 13% Dec 59% Aug 80% 3H 99 Sep July 1 84 35 Jun Jan Deo Jan < 44% 43 % Deo Apr 25 273/4 May 13 48 Jun 18 112 " Deo 16% 16 Sep 3 23 38% 111% Nov 53 25 16% Sep Deo nov Jan 14 28 63% 70% 110% Mar 60 Oct July 9 45% Sep Apr 34% nov 41 353/4 Jan 28 61 Jun 3 20 3A Sep jan 107% 107- 20 3 25% Sep 11 No par __100 Jan Apr 11 Sep 24 10 -10 25 preferred-- 19 1 5 16% Sep 14% Oct _t 28% July 46% Jun 21 11% Jan Co_ 19 Sep 23 10 Corp__ Oct 13 --No par Sugar Co cum 17 104 543A Feb x___10 Froedert Grain & Malting Co Inc..l Frwehauf: Trailer Co; common—:_*.l 4% Deo 10 112% Feb Inc prior preferred Francisco 9 26 3A Jan 17 100% Sep Corp Corp Freeport Sulphur 193/4 Jan 573/4 Sep class A new-No par Machinery Nov 20% 106%-Jun -12 7% Corp Foster-Wheeler 84% 243/4 19 Stove Power 1,600 1,800 83 50 Florence Florida Stores 25% 26% 23% 26% 23% (The) Food 83 50 Co preferred 3,600 25% 23% $4 14% 82 *26% ». Stores 14% 25% 23 Flintkote 10! 25 Carpet Co___—No par (The) Steel 80 26% National nov 86% 100 preferred 4%% 65 Jan 12% Mar No par Rubber & Follansbee 25 , No par Ins N Y Fire Tire 1,000 80 49 Phen 13 25% 48% Fidel Firestone 4 Jan 25% May 21 36 3/4 Feb - 35% Sep 25 . 2 5 Sep 42% 5 88 24 8% Sep 24 20 Dept Stores new 'com—* 4 % % conv preferred 100 Ferro Enamel Corp 1 13 - Coy_ Federal Motor Truck First 10 No par Smelt & Sep 21% Sep 24 15 & Traction preferred Min 50 No par Co_ Federated Firth 11,500 & Federal-Mogul Corp 500 78 23 ; 1,400 25 *26% $6 Federal 100 19% 30% 1,200 53% *543% *1071/4 170 22 62% 57 31% 100 1,400 53% 20 110 - 11,500 62 56 30% Federal Light 100 53% 19% *107% 6,700 62 58 31% ' 108 213% 107 s/a 16% 14% 123/s 25% 107 23% 22% *13% 34 121/4 v 107 106 23% 9 37 *33 12% 26% ; *36 34 12% 26 107 613/4 37 20 108 % 38 *33 ...; 26 3/a 107 , 20 303/4 *36% *36 9 *55 108% 38 >38 *32% j 34 12 3/a 12% 23% 56 *' 22% 105 '/a 20% ■ 109 *36 see 100 1 No par Co__ Products Ever sharp 5,000 RR 129 >-/:•*•-• Jun 263 Apr 209 > Aug 71 Feb 1 40% May 112 Aug 23% Sep 13% Sep 24 20'/a 647/a 104 23 100% 102 105 2% 9% 55% —No par common Pitts 800 11% Bldg pref series A & , No par No par No par Office RR 5% , Erie 18 303/4 | 41 *8% Erie 1,800 95 *11 183/4 preferred preferred preferred JEquitable 2,600 55 11 3% 10% 3* $5 130 138 50 $5 % 106 21% 22% *1013/4 For footnotes Phonograph Corp preferred 1023/4 213/4 9% 100 4 % & Engineers Public Service com 104 54 22% f 33 4 5 Johnson Paso Jan i II53% *17 Mfg. Co Endicott 70 183% *8 Electric Emerson 8,000 113/a ; 42 8%; 44% Sep 600 25'A ■5 3 1 1,100 IO41/2 26 „-No par No par Gas__' Battery 5,900 24% 106% 25% 36 Sep 33/4 Oct ; 14% Sep Natural Storage 14% 68% No par No par No par shares Light__ preferred 21 20% 14% Sep Sep 128 Sep 40% Sep Emerson 66% 5104% 5 i w Am & Power 1,700 48 69 *104% preferred Electric 700 18% Sep 1 (The) 125% » 107 Sep 18 7% Sep 19 50% Sep 10 100 Co El 133/4 1 100 preferred $6 1,500 41 .46% 14% $7 Sep 24 Jan 8 41% Sep 19 26% Sep 19 104 Sep 24 Deo 192% May 21 61 202 191 __4 3 Elec & Mus Ind Electric 106 y2 102 3/4 11 31% 42% 1373/4 40 3/4 Conv 700 21 .' *67% 26 i6 y8 11% 19% ■ 21 i ' , 49*. ."-•'14 *67% v..68% *104% 106% 9,200 153/4 41 Nut 24 Deo 34% Jan 5 ' 30% May 22 -31% May 16 30% Jan. 2 5 4,700 37/a 213A Sep __100 Boat 151/4 183/4 11% *8 105% 138 41 Stop 19% Feb 26 1 .30% Mar 20% Aug Deo 155 $ per share - 113 Deo , Oct 33% Jun Apr 111% 12 115 Jan 27 Highest $ per share No par _: Electric 361/4 147 ; preferred preferred 21 Lowest 5 z Corp Stroes Inc com Bros Auto-Lite 3% 167% Deo 110% Range Sinee Jannary 1 Par • preferred Electric 36% v. 150 49 I ., 56% ♦90% 18% 42% ) 10 3/4 56 30% 69 56 10% 55% V 14'3/a 223/4 '• v | i6%:: 3% 137% 41% 14% 69 104 113/a 138 14% *90% :■ 148% *21% 1023/4 3% 41% 1493/4 50 104 103% *136 ; 42% 16% 14% 25% 1023/4 *105% -1493/4 , 163/4 47% v •". 104 104 149 16 33/4 w 3 116% Feb •• Products Co Elastic 122% Jan . 13 July 13% Sep 20 10 Co 133 4 Jan , Steel 10,300 15 36% 3% 47%, 47 22% 68 68 ■» : 33/4 7% 114 ^ Manufacturing Co 41/2% 100 1,600 t 553A 543/4 56 55 Ekco 2,700 29% nov 100% Deo 58 3A May 28 Jun 29% Oct Jan Mar 12 Apr Jan 65- ; 41% May 10 - Co. Kodak cum Edison 105 7% 15% -16% ■i 136-91 136 143/4 *21% 73/s 36 15% 47% llOi/a 36 I 15% 46 *108 36 15% 14 110 100 5 STOCKS Stainless 4'A% 20% 16% 151/4 413/4 19 163% 3% *148 *102 1st pfd , 227 169 Sep 19' 125y4Sep 20 EXCHANGE 6% 700 263A *26% • 5% 116 ■ "22% * 100 ; NEW. york STOCK Eaton 6 7 No par Deo Deo 18 37% May 31 •: 2 50 56 Mar .... 17 81 Co___20 •" nov 47 * 27 preferred 45% nov 17% Mar 10 Jun Eastman 30 105, Mar 19 Jun Eastern 5,300 Mar 29% Feb 9 3 Sep 19 Eastern Airlines Inc___i._ 1,500 42% 20 :> 109 7% 7% 197 42% 105 37% *37 ,/ 109 209 195 ■: 27 " 20 16 S/8 33/4 150 7% *102 56 3% 41 - . 27 , 20% 209 - 423% 54% 37% r1-137%1 138% • 27 400 109 33% Jan Eagle-Picher 24,300 Dee Jan 118 - 2,600 243/a 44 >/4 / 210% 42% 213A 23% > 201 *197 42% 105 20% 109 3% 147 i 210% 201 27 109 *36% '•- 212 * 21% 441/4 22 -21% 35 192 8hare$ S*'■ 48 108% Mar 25 4 Jan Aug Jan 17y4Sep 95 Oct X , 33 16% 143% Feb 26 16 29% Deo 40% Jan 112'/2 Sep 30 Deo 4 July lOx 109% Feb 552 Apr 24 , 16% Sep 19 75y8Sep20 1 Sep 25% ■ 30 *23% Sep 10 No par 75 14 50c L preferred Deo Jan 26 conv J - Bales for . .• 25% Aug No par series A D W G Cigar Corp the Week - Jun 16% Jun Jan 21v ' ,:f 67 9 :/ Industries Duquesne Light 1,100 ,* Friday 45 *102 20% 55 16% 17 15 . Oct. 4 24% 45 42%- ;7% 54% 16/2 43/'/: 53 7% :/ i 52% 24% 44% •; 209 106 19% r 109 109 .. 19% 24% *197 27/::; *102 19% 21% *43 210 V' 27 *102 • 0 per share * 24 <. - - . t per share I per share 200*•, 200 :'= 210 5 57% 7% Mar , 50% Apr 50 29% Sep 24 \.Nopar 34% Aug 34% Jan- 34% Jan 4 48 preferred '■• Oct. 3 213/4 24% 45 209% I 44 15 V Thursday Oct. 2 - 213/4 23% *43 202 43 • 21% • 211 210 *198 •■• • 23% 46 153/8 Wednesday . $ per share / 21% 23 45% ■- . Oct. 1 4 per share - 14% 15% 114% 39 Mi May , 62 3A Jun .____No por 47% May 40% Deo nov 13 48% Sep 16 Chemical Co common—No par $4.50 200 114 114% , 129 25 24 30y4 Sep 24 __j. 800 Dunhill International /1,100-/ Duplan Corp ! ; 3,300' jDu P de Nemours (EI) 1833A *127% 129 $4 HIGH SALE PRICES LOW AND ••••■!■ Saturday 15% 15% 186% Dow 100 /" Dresser 200 .w; 3%% / 36 180 Feb Aug 77 ■ TT'/aSep 24 105'AMarl5 No par Doehler-Jarvis Corp 7,200 18%" 36 37 17 No par Dome Mines Ltd Douglas Aircraft ■'96% ; 39% Mar ■ - 16 Apr 28 No par Dr. Pepper Co„—1 y - 100 Co common Cup Oct 36 2 new ' 42 Sep 23 18y4Sep 3 2 Class A 1,400 18 3/a /is 19% 37 - 25 ; No par ; 16'A Jan 27 23'/a Sep 24 Deo 49v4 ' Sep 24 5 12.50 Car Co Motor 1,500'' : :v~. 18 95 *18% 37% ' 3,000 8,300 *94 95 Dixie :. 1,100:" 165 ■19 v," •114 ' 114 /, 100 36 115 *114' 15 3/a 15 162 114 18% 128 *126% 115 *113 ' 165 114 18% 187/a 184 183 127 *95 / i 140 T Distil Corp-Seagr's Ltd 5% preferred 700 28 80; ': 163% 117 Diamond . 19,000 is 78 . 600 f 17% ' : *111% 169% 18% ; 400 Sep 114 Sep 33 vm Jan . 29 *' 501/2 Jan 4 16 ' 108% 7 ; 58% Jun 3 ,>42% July 26 24 65 V 5 ,y Diamond Match 6 % partic preferred 1,600 " 30% 27V4 273/4 81% De Vilbiss Co - 2,500 yy Devoe & Raynolds class A 54 %t 30% 18% 80% 19% r 27% 18% 81% 35 ■x *18% 187/a " 5 100 ; 27% '♦52% 80 / 6 '/a Sep 233/a Sep 50 . - 34% Apr 20 75V4 May 1 ' -' 36% Sep 16 5- 25'A Sep 24 20 __100 1,100 343/4,:, x34'/2 54 No par & Hudson d 18 3/a h 35% Delaware Jan 113 6 20 Sep 41% Sep 20 34 - Sep 19 l Preferred - 19 50c Delaware Lack & Western 44 109 Co__ ___j.__ Sep 110y8 Jun 100 Mfg Detroit Edison j._ ___20 Detroit Hillsdale & S W RR Co__100 19% - preferred Ruber 5,200 V36 *105% 18% ■ ♦111% •' 183% *94 v •161% 117 181% :< : 81 18 30% 30 30 17% v '| 160 18% 127 v f! 159% 35 *34% • 53% 27% 173/4 *111% ■v 96 18% "/'-I" 35 y8* 53% 30 : 109 *105% »: C .35% 82% > 19 18% 96 K 82 159% *111% ?V 18% 27% "26% 115 158 | |yv.."|: •\ 18 3/a / ' 30 ' sft: 17% 82% "813/4 •» i, *' 27 173/4 .,'17 I i 193/4 -18% 105% 109 ] 44 / *18% 361/2 July 31 2,400 27 JA 44 19 23 (The)__7 , v 17% 36 363/4 44 183/4 35 53% 30 36% 43 43 36%..; 30 27% '/ •- 28 Dayton 800 ■v ».66 17% 26 y4 27 May 13 31 % May 23 2,800 24'A ♦60 ; , July 15 34 10 Decca Records Inc. Deere & Co 9,600 • *7 I 63/4 - 29 24 2,000 31 24 173/4., *52 *34 / "• 293/4 ► 30% 66 .v 18% . ' ■ 17%: , *19% 19/ .'l9 ■>/>■ *52, .• 52 "52 ■ i8% ,,*105%, 109 v*.105% 109;:/ ... 37^ ' 44 "18% . :'T ,: 36% 37% *42 *60 26% 26 37% 44 ' 17 26 25% 38 V 66 17 I *38 24% 24% *60 ■ € 17% S 24 3/8 V 7% 7 7% 24% 66 v ... 7'/a 24 % 23% 24 .37% 32 32% : *42 . , 38% 38 3/4 39 383/4 25% : 373/4 383/4 38% 4 Sep 17% Sep (The) Dayton Power & Light Co ^.-1,800 •' •4?% 38 % Sep 18 1 Chemical Corp >,;,.4%% 19% x383/a is 5 22,400 48 fi: ' _1 Davison 113 193/a 47% 39^ 23% 66 20 5_ Corp Davega .Stores Corp N Y " 1,300 48% I 47% 38%/ry 7% 7% 47% 38% •; 32 30% ♦1113/4 . ■ 20 20% 38 y8 38%' > V. 38% " 113 *1113/4 20 46 47 203/4 45% 21 * 113 *111% 113 20% 400 > 19 19% *1113/4 20 •18 20 v* *18% ;•'•• 20 27 Deo Jan 51% Nov Dec 36 Deo H,nttfow?)' JooVt\Pi{# # Volume^164^ Number 4531 THE LOW Saturday Monday Sept. 28 I per than STOCK » •? CLOSED 11% r 7%",„ 10 16% ~ v". •160 ■ ' ' 4 ' >• 45% *46 "48% 114 V'.-/' ? >>, "v, 127 ya ''.••■ > 17% 17% 25% '25% *3% - * 4 18% 10% 10% 10% 10% •■*46 47% 44% 46 17% 17 17 % 10% 107 *100 163/e 11% 15% 9% 9% 793/4 37 37 29 29 164 *160 ' > 39 79 37 . • 30 •135 >> - . 1 173/4 24%: •106% . xi6y8 16% 29% 29% 29% 29% :• 142 J 5% / 22% *32 '♦105 ■' 5% 106V2 /; 32 ■•> 32 37 no -*106% 110 /. 41 :>> 39% -40% *103% 26'%- 26% : 105% 41 103% ' 110 ♦106% • 101 101 H 32. ' •104 ">■ •v »> *106% 110 "• 40 132 56 % >" . i > 32% 32% 69% v '.'" ■• 6% *127 : 71% -•102 ; 57% 106 6% -V *6 v 333/4 70% *io2y4 103% 56% 57% 6 33% 17% 166% 166% 166% 62 37% 38% 106% >; 31 > 37% 88 { ■ > V :>88 ■;/'■■'<' ; ' ""11% 11% "■ 11% 12 39 39 39 39 v 63% 64% 63% 63% LOW ; • Saturday ■/Monday Sept. 28 • per than J# 33 105 J% 106 360 18 44 :>> 62 > ■ 40% 39% ♦104% 31 7% > 88 ' > *7% ♦104% , „> 7% *86 87% n 38 A > "11% F) convertible Union City Grant (W T) 38% , :>> 38 preferretfL.-No par No par Steel 5 29% Sep 103 Sep 4 23 16% Feb 19 100 Ore Prop No par Ry 6% pid—No par Bay & West ____100 RR— 166 V2 Sep > 63 100. 4 3,000 $5 30 700 $5 8,000 Gulf Oil Bales for Oct. 4 I per share ' STOCKS NEW the Week ^ >: Shares YORK " > •'r Jan 21% Deo 25% Sep 33% Deo Sep 109% NOV 105 8 Jan 21% Deo Aug 653/4 Nov Jan 39% NOV 17 May 64 Jan 75 Oct Jan 86 Deo 22% Jan x35 Deo 104 % Jan 108% Mar 28 y» Jan 5 Apr 5 52% Apr 4 13% Jan 25 ; Jan 25'n 787/8 Jan Deo 30 ya 14% Mar Jun 58 Jan 82 Jun 49% 28 May 31 Jan 61% Deo Bang* for Previous Year 1945 Highest i per share Deo 12% 100 Oct 82,: Deo 55% 5y4 Mar i, -30y4 Jan 28 > > 78 : 175 161% Mar 52% Feb 108 10 ' May 20 > V ■> 1 >V>.■::>>> Par Deo 14% 4 Lowest • Nov 73/4 333/4 14 y8 ' Jan Jan Range Since January 1 >;>> : *2% Aug Jan 4% 111 V v ■:..■;>■>•; STOCK/ Deo 54% May 28 10 31Vb Sep 24 EXCHANGE Nov 39 46 79 30 Sep 24 >>• 63/4 Sep 30 <> 56% Sep Oct 115 28 y8 v 25 ... 63 3A 14 26 No par Corp. 5% Oct 105 y4 Mar 18% • 3 188 % Apr 85V2 Sep 20 9% Sep 19 preferred— Apr ,48 July 107% May 12% Mar 28 >> 30% Feb No par Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR 74% July 102 NOV 40 Feb >105 preferred.—-—No par conv ,,53 . Oct 165% Jan 147% Jtily 25%. Feb Jun 10 Sep 7% 64 May 22 • Oct May Jail 343/a Jan v „■ 65 * Sep 106 Deo 3^ 19 Feb Deo 107 % Sep. 57 30 40% Jun 26%, Deo 21 Sep 20 24% Sep 11 j Jan 112 41 No par 1 . 18 54% May 10 27y4Feb 8 Deo 105% Mar, 3% Jan 3 Feb 12 y8 Jan v Deo 25% Jan > Apr 10 I 16 > 46 111% 52% 4* May 10 ; 43 20 Co... , 113% Jan • 38% Deo Mar 13%TUar 96 8 77 4 Deo 111 Nov Jun 90 13 47% May 14 >.88% Apr 3 : V107 Mar 6 4 12% Sep 107 29 19 No par - V1513/i Jan . 31 133% Deo 44% NOV 26 »■ Jan 9 Deo 10 8% Jan ! 11 5% Sep 30 y4 Mar > 105% Deo 34 Jan 27% Aug 4 Oot 8% 25% Mar 14 Jan 59 3 Sep Feb Jun Deo 140 Jan Jan Apr 56y4Jan 24 63/i Sep 1 5 Co—No par Iron Nor 24 Deo 4«% Feb 21 42% Apr 18' May 17 73% May 19 > 20 Sep Jan Mar >106 19 105y4Sep v >• 64 Friday • perehate > 51. 28% 3% 108- I 23 33% preferred— _ :>>/ •'>>>. • > 63% Sep > 100"% Sep Hosiery.—— Green , 11% 63% Thursday Oct. 3 / ^.::V No par com Green (H L) Co Inc..: ^..1 39 ■■»•>: 7,900 Greyhound Corp (The).. No par 106% > '.■/>;■>:■•■ .•■"■: >> 4%% preferred 100 '31% ;>/'V Grumman Aircraft Corp 4,300 .1 7 % >>:> Guantanamo Sugar common.-^ 1 2,500 87% 11% r > 24 Rubber.. —No par Deo 123 8 104% Sep • . *85 12 & Deo 7% 19 118 3 132 y2 Sep 30 Sep 10 36% 99 60- 4 Mar No par (B Tire ■v PRICES Wednesday ;>#per ehort Co > 200 100 preferred Great Northern 1,200 363A Jan 23 Jan Jan 10 111 26^ 6 / Mar 25 ..... 31- '■>■'7% 63% Oct. 2 Telegraph Co.Inc, : Great Western Sugar^ Preferred 62 22 54 , Jun • 49 102y48ep 19 99% July 28 No par 1,800 75% 38 32% 38 BALK (The) 9,900 >>> : 100 > 1,900 > Great > . 166%' ■,» - 75% 106 3% 63 • per share *57. v 39% 105% 32 253% 166 % > 76% • 44% 25% 167 *56 18 17% 43 * • 64 HIGH Co Granite 1,000 > 100 Jan 1% 132 19 Jan 37% Feb • conv Grand : 3,600 25% *164 75 1,700 25% Sep 108 5 Graham-Paige Motors Granby Consol M S & P— 400 • > 100' Deo Mar 22% ft July 10 % May 21 46 3% Apr 17 24' x32% Sep 10 par Co.i. >47 101 % Sep Razor——No par: ^22% Jan > 4 preferred —-No pax >>103 > Jan 2 5 39 V4 Sep 24 preferred...-——.JVo pern > 101 y2 Sep 11 Gotham 23,000 6 38 32% 12% Oct. 1 t per share •: AND 17% >>;;>.' 6% v - 34% 25% 62 63% 14 Corpl-No Deo 77% 233/4 May 21 29 & Stock $5 15 10 Goodyear 700 10 Mar 130 26% Jun Jan 123 Jan May 19 1 ' Oct 62 125 12 Goodrich 1,200 14% 38% Tuesday Sept. 80 - 6 V 25% 6% ■i 106 > 43% - 106% 25% 13% >>: 38 , •106 : 114% Nov 52% Aug 134 5 May 31 Corp 66 Feb Aug 5 Apr 11% Feb > ,100 ,$5 /; 8,600 14 48 Gold ,3,700 ■ 56- 37 12 * : 166% *85 70 73/8 Jan Oct May Sep 49% Jan 43 V* Aug 127 29 Apr 26 40% Jan 14 / Safety $4.50 40 g 150 Goodall-Sanford > Feb Oct 37% 6 *9 preferred..—1....60 Goebel Brewing Co 1 : 103 19 19 Brothers Glidden 3,700 143/8 105 >1 313/4- y: 31% 7% >>• •' 7% 63/4 693/a j. *102 533/4 39 33% 106 18 39 .'♦85 » 14 y8 25% *104% • 33 Jan 36 172 27% Mar 153 8 80% Feb 132 conv /> '4%% 1,300- : 123 15y«Sep 10 ' 21% 15 543/i Aug 135% Jan 24 Mar 6 12 56 y8 Feb 17 ' 132 •6 14% 75 - ■U;. 57 38% 44 73% *127 V 3,100 100 6% -..32% 6% 6% >>> 6% 5% 34 »/4 *55 V 383/4 31 7% > 74 % *104% 105% • 31% 6% *85 > > 62 > .» 74% - • Deo 17 y4 Deo 5 19 preferred—I preferred 33/4% $5 Deo 15 17 preferred—.. Gimbel 1,800 . 58 6% - \ Deo 27% Sep Time" Instrument ^Gillette 100 9,500 : 40% , •56% 6% 106% 26 38 166% • • 102 40 1023/8 1063/^ 17% 166% -41% 185% Jan 5y8 Sep 22 Sep Shoe 4\U1c " • Jan 160% 138'- Sep —_L General Tire & Rubber : 5,700 104 % : 703/4 56 y» .-26 43 • -31% r:k 102 333/4 . 50 Deo 100 ' 25% 43% 25% *55 : ! 34 •104% 17% 25 Va 73%" 14% 105% '■>: V X 30 3/4 40 101 403/4 132 % 69 6% 5% 37 . 105% % 14% 8% & Utilities...—___10c Refractories —No par 4%% 3,100 *102% : 58 , 102% v 26% 6% <6% 42% *105 6% . 33'A 44% ■ 25% J" 39% 33 106 >" 106 25% > - 25% •55 / 106 25% > 72% ' 56 >, 105% / 17% >• ?•:> 105 37 ■■■- 37 • 143/g 14% < -33% 17 >42 •127 323% 6% 14%' 106 132 . ; ' Gen > 39% *100 .102 ?>■ 6'% 70% v- 14 . r 103 900 110 38% * 32%' •56% •/- 6% > 25% 6% •105 *127 . r> -55 38% '>'," 33 58 *6% 132 106 37% . *56 W - 104 Vs 39% "26% ..5 No par Gen Steel Cast $6 preferred—No par General Telephone Corp. .20 • Deo Jan 6 403/i Apr 30 3% Sep Realty General • 2,100 Corp.. 6%* preferred... 370 • Utilities .General 1,000 36 25% ...42 > .102 69% 6% ' 56 % 32% *1023/4 39% 33% i»io2 ■/. 27 . 39% 40 3/4 101 ::: 41 / 102 / 102 32% 106% 26 321%, ■£ '41%' 69% .. . 105 >> 55% >1 41% c 6% ' ■' •iop •; —39% .♦103% 104 %■: i 102'-' 1 101 32 39% 240 6% / •127 J •42% 102 k 57 6% 104 41 *103% 105'%. •loo 32% 104 • 102%« ;> *56 /• 31% 40% 103% 2.100 106% Public 61% 8 > Deo 24 V* 90% Aug 473/4 Aug 114 Sep 26 50 Sep 24 125% Sep 12 10c Deo 49 8 16y8 Sep No par22 Sep 80% 109% Feb common--No par Equip Corp Service Railway Signal Gen • - Adv Public Gen 6,000 :-31 *106% 39 -,.4 Outdoor Precision :,f 5%' 23 31 •' Gen Jan Jan Apr .. Deo 58 Apr 29. 28% Apr 27 16% Apr 9 x,'.*42% Sep 10 100 Deo Apr 52 -No par 14% 58 Jan 182 Corp___._____.__10 Gen 142 : preferred... conv Deo Jan Nov 12% 3 Jun 28 3/4 7% 16% Mar 1043/4 20 42 29% Nov 51% 200 9 19 1283/4 Sep 19% Nov Apr 1 26 100 Jan 14% 14 Oct No par Motors 1,600 .1,400 No par ....—1 preferred $5 1,700 : Corp Dec 22 163% Sep 37y2 Sep 28 Deo 10% Jan : 100 ..No par common... 213/aJuly I per share Highest Lowest I per share tper share H STOCK 5 / / •34% - 36% *35% ' EXCHANGE 17 CLOSED 17 104 / '• 104 *106% 22 . X39 156 9% *i02y2 104 v •106% ;> 22% 156 />.'•• -V 38 ■/.V 38% 95/8 9% 101 y2 8% 7 '••«/;••' 7% 7 ■/ 31% 33 % 333/4 ' r. 9% r*103% 72 .7'*183 ' •' 104 », . •54% *133 £ 80% 25 ..•••: .. 27 25% ♦23 25% *23 38 y4 ; 383/4 15% . .--29% / 25% 26 " 223/4: ' 19% 83 38% 26 26% 38% 373/4 15 51% •■'•, 6% 163/4 6% ' 15 35 y2 16% 17 30% 57/8 For footnotes see 15 - • *35% . 313/4 6 page 31 6 1739. 6% 30% . , 6% 104 80% 34% *80 y8 17% 31 6y2 16% / *31 33% 6% 30% 104 *30 ♦103y4 81 81 "17% 16% 31 1,600 104 : 823/4 31 333/8 7,400 31 34% 100 1,200 163/4 32 34-% 500 3,400 6% 6 >4 153/8 15% 15% *14% 35 343/4 35% 34y8 343/4 16% 17,% iey4' 16% 30 31% 16%> .17%" 30% 30% 30 30% 3,000 6% 22,200 6% 7 6% 7 6% 9% 28 6 * 31 Sep 6% 800 16 • 600 $2.25 184 Jan . 3%% 18y8 Sep 76 132 Jan , Oil Hudson 5% & ,' t i 9,600 Hudson'Motor Hunt Bay 13% Sep 48 Sep 27 102 Sep Sep 100 Foods Hupp^otor 78%i Sep No par 15y4 Sep 25 Inc Car Corp.. Dec 14 Nov Dec 16 3/4 Dec 104 ya —__ 5% Sep '-—-No par 6.66% —1 ', Apr 9 47 July 19 60% Feb 5 12% Jan 25 25 Jan 17 23 '45% May 17; * 33 > 1 8ep 19 15% Sep 24 28' Sep 24 5y4 Sep 24 Jan Deo 103% Dec 92 y4 Nov Aug 39% Deo 189 138 July Feb 90 Nov Feb 138 Dec 21% Aug 32 25 :• Feb 72 Jan 333/4 Nov 23y4 Jan 17 Jan 17% Jan 42 Jan 16% Jan 55% Oct 25 Aug 102 32 ya Dec Deo Sep 26% Nov 35Nov 60% Jun 25% Dec Nov 63 29% Dec 109 y4 July Nov 66% Jan 87 ya 12% Jan 23% Dec 34% Jan 54 Dec 2 Jan 10 Jan 26% Aug 34% Mar 25 " 35 Deo 4 May 22 3Q 19 12y2 Sep 100 .100 37yaJun >40 19 19 >31% Sep , 14 123 Jan ' 19 Sep 30 1 Min & Sm Ltd_T__No par Car.i 2 21 May 13 May 31 Apr 6 May 34y4MaylO 36 Jan 11 .19 > 283A Feb 6 4 52% Apr 22 10 35% Jun 26 23 111% Jun 20: 23 95 Apr 24 —5- preferred. 43 V* ' 130 3 24 t C— Manhattan non-cum Hud 106 11 19 Apr 22% Jan 9 Apr 20 —— Co. Jan Deo Apr 17 139 Sep 347/8 Sep 22 -No par com Houston 3,200 38% Jan 72 y4 Apr . 28 24y8Sep 12.50 v 170 71% 7 243A Sep —50 Texas 192 > Aug Sep 11 Sep 26 k No par- com... Corp Oct 5 preferred Light & Power Co of Jan 5 ... Houston Howe Sound 20% 100 y4 ' No par new ; Mining.. Howard Stores May 23 51 146% 22% Sep 9 > 39% 30 Sep 24 x43 21% Sep 11 v 41% —5 Jan Mar 1093/i Mar 26 90 Jan 2 10 10 No par (A) Finance > 15 46 y2 8ep 130 No par preferred Household 9 103 Sep 16 >71 ; Sep 26 100 (Del) Sons ' '; 16 ' 35 *14% < 30% 104 34% *6 15 353/a 31 Houdaille-Hershey 700 16%, - 16%/ 17 30%' Homestake 2,800 31 35 *6%- 14 35 .< 17% 31 - 2,600 & Jan Oct 155 Dec 18 Paper Co.——.10 1 E) The.. 37% Hollander 143/4 30 16% Jan No par ! Apr 7% 98 > 29% Oct x30 16 24 110y4 Jan 152 343/4 Sep Dauch Holly Sugar Corp 16% Jan 106% Jan > Apr 25 121 Dec 18% 343/4 May 28 170 Aug 21 60% May 29 >15% Jan 100 conv Holland Furnace 105 ; 1 —No par 1,600 103% Aug 13 4 25 Powder (C •> 27 - 11 24 100 preferred— Motors—: ' Co Apr 109% Apr 8% Oct non-cum 1,300 25% 51% 37 $4 Dec 6'A Sep < preferred—.. Hershey Chocolate Nov 27% 30% Oct —15 — W) 43% Jan 25 preferred (G 23% 143/4 80 35 23% 51% ♦103 - *23 24% 51% 30 Co 33,4% Helme 1 Jan 15 y4 33 119 37 Feb 26 9% Sep 26 99 Jun 20% —2 ... Hires 15% 81 Hecht , 1 19 39 1 8 24 , 3 Sep Jan Aug 26% Jan 40Vs May 13 . 16 20% Sep 100 Co..... 200 51% 1C4 Corp Hinde & 14% 30 Mfg 400 26% 26 Hayes 800 26% 23% Hayes Hazel-Atlas Glass Oct 153 Marx..—10 25% 26 y4 26% *23 & preferred (modified) Industries Inc.. preferred Hewitt-Robins Inc 110 15 J/8 *80 • 200 : : Schaffner Corp of Amer class A— 132% \ 103 105% Jan pfd—No par 5% 25 > $4.25 4Va% Hercules 24% 24% Hart, Hat Hercules 31 26 6% 1,300 >*30% 26% Co 132% ; 5 No par Refrac—_No par preferred——... ; —100 2,900 83 35% Sep 25 16y4Sep 24 18 Sep 10 ^.25 ; new^_./__ Co preferred......____100 (M A) 193/4 32% 26% conv 56% 136 31% *25 4% Co Watch Harbison-Walk 1% 52% *103 17 188 *51% 15 51 32 *80 100 14% 15 y8 34% 4 19% 86 900 220 75 55% 132% 134 • 32 y4 1043/4 ♦133 *81 1,800 37% 81 163/4 19% 55% . 4,000 > 37 y8 104 34% *183 31 38% 80 * *31 . > 188 v *71 136 28 23% X32 *102 4,400 6% 30% 333/4 20 93/4 63/4 > :•:> 200 103 93/4 7 40 2,200 9% v 25% *25 *23 • 75 19% 32 23 *9 9% /. 38 373/4 ♦101 26% *30% 26 383/4 > Water.'* Printing Hanna *25% 28 25% 154% 340 1,500 26 31% 51 29 Vs , 154% 104 - *55% 133% : 21% *133 83 >132 *103 1 *71 54 1033/4 106% 21 y4 31% 104 *183 136 83 133' 31 33% :; 19% 54 1033/4 •106% 102 9% 6% 73 ■/„ *133 ' 25 313/4 227/a ♦50 s *25 22% -- 53% 25 v. ■ V. 188 Hamilton 9% 101% 33% 104 t *183 ' >136 •80 33 *71 19% *131% 25 >*32% 104 53% 80 % 33 . 333/8 75'; *133 r, 9% 1,100 193/4 156% *9 - 7Va 31% 19% 134 *25 - 4 136 8% 7% 31"% 193/4 •' 104 38% 9% •: 1,000 Hall - 383/4 101% ,■••: ♦183 ..•:/ 188 56 V* ; n *130% - .?■; 20% •. > *154ya 7% 104 *71 »•:. i„188 19%- : . *103% .72 ; *993/4 Hackensack 17% 20 / . 36% ♦17 *106% 108% 22 22% 223/4. 31% ,, 31% 33 5,4 *0\'V. > 103 t: > *34% 17% :> 20% 156 38% - 9 % *993/4 156 36% 17 - 108% 223/4 ' !' 20% 108% 101% '/■■■ 31 % 193/4 104 *153 9% *34% • 22% 39% 9% ' 36 173/4 20% 104 : ,>*993/4 *34% W:n% ' ♦106% 108% 22 *153 / -• : 18 193/4 *19% -20% t 36% 17% , 12% 71% Apr 14% Apr ; , " Jan Jan 16 29 Sep 30 x35ya Sep 24 V No par Co... 2 15 108 > 79 ...50 Inc...— Mills 3% % 14% Sep 8% Sep No par preferred preferred 2,100 ;> Gen ; Gen 34,900 157/» • 2nd Foods 'General 800 ; 28% 35% 103% 101/ / 101 r- 42% 39 3/4 :••> 32%' * 1043/4 41 y4 >*102 £ > V , 3% 105 ; -•26y8 -263/4 200 173/4 5% 36% 5 % 36,800 -253/4 23 ^_.__JVo par 5 Corp Electric General > 80 •>>>. 3 Sep 11 10% Sep 4 180 Oct 1 preferred—'..—.100 Cigar •General 1,300 v 52% 126 15% 107 • > >>»■■ 24 >■'•' 6% 4% 1413/4 May 28 48 5 preferred..... 6,600 . 14%*Sep 106% Sep 5 Corp ' 118 *135 S *, 103% >;>■; 7% 28 • 32%" J 36% ■ • •'• 23% -• 107 106% General 3% 5% > 23% ' :> 26 % :• 26%" 142 5% -• • 32% 106% > 37 •■;• 36% *135 53/4 23%- 22% 32% V; 363/4 ; 142 *135 5-% 22% General 17% 17% r 1,100 25% -•'/• - 17% J. 36%;:. 27%*:, J- 27% v '"/I. >:> 107 / i 173/4 26 3% *135 conv •>.. ' 52 3% 5 % •' 4% 44% 1253/4 33/4 ; 440 1,000 50 3% •32%.: 36 ■ 17y0 24% >. ; :>■■;> 130 127% Bronze Cable 1st 50 53% > ■ 17% 23%'- 32% 105 ; • 52% ♦126 24% General .:• ... 28 y« > *114% 118 4 ■'"/> ' :/ 53% 1 128 preferred.. ■General 4 % *129 130 •'-;■■■• *114% 17% 4 > 142 5% > -22% 52% $8 1,600 383/4 ; '24,900 433/a 50% >; ;130 118 25% ' > 130 128 1263/4 443/4 >:•■:• 50% 50 - ' *114% General 164 38 ■;>> 16% •17% > 30 ;•; 30//'/ 17% 29% 48 *129 - 37% *160 „ 39% 44 453% . 793/4 1 100 Transportation. Baking Highest S per share 5 Jan 29% Jan , v t pet share 17 May 29 67% May 29 26% Jan 15 19 8 Investors preferred 26 9 Jan Amer - 38% 78 Amer .,.8,400 ; 24 15y8 Sep Corp1.66% preferred —.50 Lowest : > 21 Apr 223/4 Jun Sep 24 conv ' 9% 28% 164 ; 10 15 9% 37 28% ♦160 • Gen 3,700 79 ;■ •• ■: . 37% 28 r- 39% 45 79 ''■■>: 93% Sep 1 15% May 28 liy8Jan 29 10 43 50 > > 10 15% Sep 17 Sep Container $4.50 186 143AX 9% • Gen 3,100 ny2 ♦180 15 9% 79% , 186 15 ->• 5,400 54% 113/8 11% *180 186 15% ; > 113/B Gaylord 107 preferred/......^ conv 5%% 54 ' 4y2% 2,500 16 ♦103 54% 20 — Co.— .No par Industries Inc__.._l.._l Wood Gar 500 107 15% 110 54 preferred Year 1940 Highest $ per share 7VaSep 20 18% Sep 23 10V2 Sep 24 por 9,300 : 16% *90 16% ♦103 54% 16% 107 - 16 110 11 48% 3% >. 18 6% 1,300 46% •; 24 3/4 . >19/ 10% 17 16 >52% 19 46 :•/"- 17% V 16% '• 52 19 ' ■■'■;•■: 10y8 Sep 1 Gardner-Denver 53 117 127%- '>.126% (• common....—1 . (Robert) 700 130 523/4!" >"■■ .: 52 - y.-.'/ivf Inc 18 % 19 ' >■: Co (The) V tpershare ; Galvin Mfg Corp—__.3 Gamewell Co (The) __.No 45% 130 Gair 7,800 Co 100 39% ' * *114 114 Gabriel 700 5,400 164" ♦46 :>» • 128% 1283/4 ?' -•'•*• ; , 19% 36% 44% 4 11% ,: 12 7% : 73/4 11% ♦180 29 7% 11% 79%" 38% 12% 7% *18% *100 9% •*160 1 39% 43% Par- "J 11% 15% 28% 164 38% >;! :l" 19% 18% *103 36% . *11% 7% 4 '' ' 79% ■': ■*?'. ; Shares Lowest 11% 180 , A 12 .. % 1 ■ Range Since January 1 *18% 11% 93/4 • 30 - ifauure for Prerlous STOCK 19% *18 %*;19 52% 15 v 10 37% 29 ' YORK EXCHANGE 11% 16% 180 79 37 . I per share NEW 19 % 110 11 Ve 15% ' 93/4 '• 16 52 186 15% 107 *100 . 11% 79 : , the Week 19% 10%, 47Va 17 : '•! "• • • ♦95 52 ♦180 I 10 17 108 11 Ya Sales for Oct. 4 i per share *19 18% *45 107 16 >> 18% 17% 51% Friday ',.•11% 11% 19% 48 *44 : 7 ; 11 19% 18% ♦100 ."7 ' .12 ••• ' •*95 / 19 11% 9% ' 19 19%' -17 ^ Oct. 3 G >'■.■;-/J',' 11%. 7% 18% 17% STOCKS Thursday $ per share 11% 10% PBICEB Wednesday i per share 1:>U. COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE" Oct. 2 11% *18% • BALK ; , 7% >•• 7% 19 i8% »•. : HIGH Oct. 1 I per share EXCHANGE AND Tuesday Sept. 30 hilt 14 y4 Jan 49% Jun 3 110% Jun 24 ~3% Jan 8y4 Dec 23 y4 Jun 36% Deo 34 May 9% Dec I •- ■ -« ' . } 1 '■ -A ' LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES Monday Saturday t per «7iar« STOCK 1 36 22% 22 47 45% 46% 45 *88 93 88 88 17 16% 17 36 36 21% CLOSED 22% 16% '7% ^ 6% 7% X27'' 42 41'/a 45 : XVs =■122 183 v.." "7% *88 93 16% 7% 5,500 '7% 26% 27% 26% 27' 12% 12" 12% 3,400 43 42% 43 36% 38 "38 42% 42 . 183 \ *180 , i 14% 14% 14% 15% 7% *7% 8 ' *71/2 7% "71/2 7% *7% 40% 40% 40% 39% 15 V 40 39% 106% • 39% 40% 39% 1051/4 106% 1061/2 '" 105 106 106 6% 6% l 30 303/8 31 *92 95 185 184% ; . "-7% * 8 30% , 95 5ya 31 95 - 5% 53/8 "7% •; v 30% / 95 ya 29% //,:■ *92 *92 96% *134 •• 41% 42% ' 41% 30% 29% 303/a 134 Va 134% . 42 'v/::' 108 3/4 107% 98 98% 97% 97% ' 143/4 . 10 973/4 108% 103 > *14 % 14% 108 14% /> *107 -V 108 109 38 46 46 % *34 18 283/4 17% . 43 18% 19% 19% 19% 29% 29% " 23% *22% 44 ;■ 44% 45 158 v". *148 *148 11% 49% A 11% 11% V 104% 104%' 50 *111 50 ' 50 ♦111' A 112% 124 129 V 122 % 123 123% 125 • 120 120 120 120 *119% 125 /' 50 *109 111% *120 : 50 50% 150 v. *109 11% 119% 1,800" ' 49% " 119% ♦47% *109 111% *109 111% *120 150 *120 150 49 . 230 .122% 50' 50 ■ 104 *111 .150% '. Island Creek & 49 %111% *120 i Intertype 122 123 *119% 50 *48 50 — 1,900 112% 109 V* *120 123. 10 109 Vi 150 35% , ' 37 36% 100 35% 36% 100 20% 100 1 37% r< *99% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20 21 21 21 35% *100 100% 20 20 5% 20% *119% iv?-19,400 36% 100% 100 % 37% 36% 100 (F L) Jacobs Manville Johns Jones & Laughlin 57c 200 serieg pref 3,700 20% 20% 1,700 121 '118% Dec Mar 116 41% July 57 Feb Dec Dec 45% Dec 18% Jan 33 187/e Jan 33 yB ,.17% Jan 41% 1 • 30 49% Jan 79 1 42 % Aug 13 39 31% Feb 31% Feb 2 ' 2 Sep 4 50 4 Sep lo Apr 34% July Mar 6 50 Aug 3 1 Jan 3 163 Jun 28 10% Sep 20 24% Jan / 108 • 30% Oct 46 Dec Jan 152 Oct Jan 22% De© 19% Nov !•'. V ' JL~ 109% Aug- com_i_No par 116 Sep 19 * 167% Apr 9 101Jf. Jan ii_-Ll______-100 111 Sep 9 118y# Aug Sep 11 23 15? ,46 31 Jan 137% Dec 61 )•! Not Sep 116 / May 28; 115% Feb-15 Mar 20 150 ' 24 99 Sep 4 19% Sep 24 114% May 145 Not 109 109 Steel—No par Ai____ 100 Feb 90 25 53% Feb 2. 34 • / May 22 Apr Jan 27% 46% Not Dec 105 Mar 79 30% May 19% Jan 20 Jan 117 Jan 22 Deo Dec 140/ Jan ; » ; 108 Not: 47 34% Jan May 31 Apr 63 140 33% Sep Dec Dec Dec Aug 36 i 145 July 16 - • 19% 17 103% Sep 45% Sep —1 Kalamazoo July 59% May 29 114% July 31 joy Mfg. Co 21 Deo 24 10 fl. 108% Apr 15 Corp — 3%'fy" preferred 20% 123 Mar .'~9% 70% July 19" 60% Aug 40 /.Johnson & Johnson /_ill_____12%T 4% 2nd prefered ser A__^_—100 Joliet & Chicago RR stamped__100 19% v 125 : 24 148 Co___— Dec Dec 48% Dec p84% Jan Aug 14 26% May 9 21 Coal.'_4r"----.->-----'-l • /Jersey Cent Pw & Lt 600 700 '___ Corp 16 141 Jan 19% * Sep 18 16% Sep 19 _1__1 4% pfd___10O f Jewel Tea Co IncNo par' ,/~i '4%% preferred ^-100 / 2,000 .• 132% Apr 129 Nov Dec 113 ' 16 —No par No par ___No par $6 preferred- •- v ' *99i/4 Stores., 700 A 50 - 2,100 ctfs'j. Dept 6 16 28 ^ Teleg_i_—No par & share 600 124 *111 Telep Foreign 447/a 112% *49% -v 112% *11% 104 ' 11% 104% Intern'l Feb 44 Sep 19 38% July 30 —25 ——25 99 ..,75% Jan 53% Apr 148 1 19 106% Sep 20 97% Sep 23 No par new. preferred Interstate ' Aug 36% Sep 1°/o ) 39% 18 2,400 • 11% Jan Feb 38% Sep ' 158 Jan 28% 9 11 23%'/:': ♦148 5 ye 5 52% Sep 64,400 : • 5 101% Sep Silver 19 27 42% Feb No par Shoe 28% Aug '11% Feb 101 •' Sep Dec 4 17 Oct 13 34% Dec 17 193 10 Sep 133 r 13% Nov Jan 3 45 5 100 100% Dec Jan 2% . Jun 9 29% Sep Co__„ Salt :<- 'ir-P 183/4 19 Sep 95 .100 , International 44% 158 11% l—s;_l_ International 43. '//: *23 6% Sep 15% Apr 22 27 " Mining Corp„1 Canada—i No par International 100 74% Mar 178% Jan 13 11 _5 14% Dec 6 Jun 600 28 45 104 470 Jun 250 30 Apr ' J Jan 195 12 y8 ' 2 102 1,100 18% p^r Oct Dec 109% 87/a Mar May 23 13% Feb 16" 20% Feb Jan 6% Mar 112 ' -i 202 38% *18% 23% 104% Aug 9 6% Sep 12 10% Sep 24 4 .471/2 - *34 ; Jan Jan 18 47' 19%. 8% 37% , Oct 38% .29 28% 23 - 19% 18% 18% / 104% 104 112% *34 18% 158 11% ;; 48% 48% •111 ; *148 12 11% 43 29% 42 104 ?: 104 46% 3 w._15 V- 5% conv preferred __—100 $4 preferred —— No par Inter Rys of Cent Am __No par 5% preferred —; . 100 1,100 19% Dec 10 V* Dec 57 Nov 11% Mar 6 May 28 59 Sep Paper Jun 22% Feb 25 of Dec 174 11% May 74 preferred 140 Feb ^' 183 & Jan ' 3 No par Min 34% Dec Jan 166 Aug 21 443/8 Jun No par Preferred 3,200 58 *54% '38% *44% 42 ' Z- 23 158 *373/4 46 23% 29 23% 43 *148 r 57 38% *34% . 18%;.. 18 29% 23% • V 57 57% 37% 46 • 43 ' ; //. 110% *54% '> 45% '■'» *34 i8y4 *42% 38 - 45% 43 ' 17% . 38 %••;/■ 18 57 3/4 *54 y2 57% 38% 15%. 110% : *54 98% -7*14% 15 110 108 ... *97 190 19 105 Jun 104% 11 - 19 • Dec 38;. 3 151% Jun 117 Sep 3 168% Mar 22 33% Sep Jun 4 __100 International 17,600 6,300 108 y«' f 98 97% 14% 14% 110 ' 1101/4 ■ •• 54 92 ,•/. 19% ,36 / 'May 2o 22% Jan 18 10 Sep- 10 Chem Nickel Sep Machine International Int ; 36 7% Sep Hydro-Elec Sys class A 4% 100 1,800 30% 30 431/4 42% Z,:. 107% 427/8 ■?/' /. 23 • Diec 84 28 Harvester International . 72% Jan 18%* Jan 16 37% Sep No Business Int ♦134% 136 43% '42% 136 *134% 108 ya 97% 143/4 ; 107% 42 108 y4 108 r Rubber 3,400 , 16 % Jan Jan Jan., "13% Sep 19 Preferred . 28 11% Sep 20 1 19% 47% > 1 Iron International V 26,700 30% 30 134% 29% 30% 136% : / 5% % 3,700 7% V 30 5 %•/. *5% 53/a .210 .."-7% 29% ■ Int'l 800 9,200 185% 185% 185%. •: 7%. 185% ' »;'• 5,400 74% 74 76% 75% 4 % • Interlake 99% Apr 37% Jan 16 , 20 Stfs Inc.' Corp preferred __1—_ Intercont'l 600 215 * ♦134 : 11% 11 213 213 213 763/4 » 95 31 *92 53/4 5% 30% . 80 - 6% 6% ■ 11% 11% 11% 214«/a 76 7% 7% 8ya 7% 11% 214ya 186 " 6% *6% 6% 6% Sep 23 Sep 24 40% Deo 44"i De6 Jan 29 Va 15 " 14 » No par —100 —No par ;Interchemical ' 76% 184% 186% *184'/2 • r 211 75% 77% ' 11% 211 211 75% 7 11% 11% 11% 211 6% • Insuranshares 85 63/4 Sep 19 No par new__ 45% Jan 24 S per share I per share 44% Apr 23 11 24 p HlghClt Lowest ' Jan 87 ) 5 Co___ RR Co 100 ■ 106% *105 105 ' " Steel "1,400 '7% 40 • 1000 A—, Inspiration Cons Copper 3,600 143/a 14% 15' 15 19 Sep 43% Sep 1—100 series Terminal Inland 4.500 '37% 36% 38% 37% *7% 20 , " 37%' 14 % 800 ' 183 ctfs J per share 31% Sep / t -/Indianapolis Power & Lt___t.No par Industria Electrica De Mex, S A___v_ Industrial Rayftn _j.„__1 Ingersoll-Rand _No par 6 % preferred _____100 '2,500 122% 122 124 123% *180 20 Co>iiilc:->iil00 4 % lines Stk RR ; Illinois '2,700 12 ' ; Highest J per share series A———100 < Yfcar 1945 Lowest —_ RR preferred Leased 540 36% 36% 6% -10 *16 Co Central Illinois ' '7% 123 • .'"Idaho Power 3 "1,000 93' 18% 183 *180 • 10,300 16% .-*88 " 7% '42% 183 44% 12% / 123 ' 124 186 22 44% 271/4 .7% 42 125 20% 17.% 12 *183 225/s 44%" 44% 93 . 27 *122 36% 21% Range for Previous , Range Since January 1 ....-.v. Par 1,300 36% y. ' ., STOCK EXCHANGE Shares t per share ■r " 23 : 17% 11% 11% 41 12V4 *88 / 27% *27 27% 11% the Week I per share, _;*35% ' 36% 35% 215% *45% EXCHANGE STOCKS • .. NEW YORK Sales for Oct. 4 Oct. 2 t per share Friday Oct. 3 Oct. 1 I per share Sept. 30 Sept. 28 $ per share Thursday Wednesday Tuesday 3j' Monday, October 7, 1946 FINANCIAL CHRONICLE THE COMMERCIAL & 1734 j'i.'i; ^ "< ;'A .v . ^%U *,Vtf 'V?S K W21 22% ' 121 V ♦118% : 22 22 22% 22% 22% *46% 48 47 47 15% 48 16 15% 15%/ 16% 16 22% ' 23% 14% 21 , 14% 45 46 *40 253/4 29 29% 1003/s 37% 50 23 ' 47 15% 21% 21% : t- ',V 485/8 46 21% 2,600 *13% 14 45% 46 14,800 43% *41% 43% 14 253/4 253/4 25% 25% 19 19% 19% 19 20 900 87% 86% 86% 120 29% ! 46 100 100 / *86% '■ 89 29 Va ',/• 295/8 29 % 29 99% 100 it. 100% 3,300 2,400 810 100 ' 46% . LOW Saturday Monday • pe» STOCK 5% 36 3/4 37 36% 36% 3,100 *48% 493A 49 49% 1,700 47% 49% 473A 49% 47% 47 : 47 1,500 SALE HIGH Tuesday 47 Class B Friday Oct. 2 I per share Oct. 3 ? the Week 2 19 Jun 10 26% Feb 4: 13 Sep 19 34% Jan 29 30 Jan 9 Sep 19 60% Apr 3 7:55 24% Sep 20 15% Feb 26 32% Jan 30 May 27 30% Aug ' Mar Jan 34 31% Dec Jan 13 '• 31% Dec 124 67 V. -•• * Deo . .. 22% Jan 18% Jan 35% Dec 35% Jan 51 Dec 227/e Mar 35 Nov 19 Nov 31 Dec 23 Jan 8% .29 Jun 3 83% Sep 24 100 Aug 5 72 % May 96% Dec 27% Sep 24 46 Jun 3 28 Aug 40% Dec 101 Sep 30 ' - 99% Oct 4" 33 % Jan 7 • : 45% May 3 - , . Mar 35% Nov X49y« Nov Jan 26 60% Oct Sep 10 62% May 17 35% July 44% Jan 3 65% May 22 37 43 P ■ • per share ; Range for —■ ■ ry: —y-' ,/ Rang© Sine© January 1 Highest Lowest STOCKS Shares I per share $ per share 67 19 41 Copper 7 40%Jun NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE ': 11 Sep 24 19% Sep No par Keystone Steel & Wire Co—No par Kimberly-Clark Corp new___No par Kinney (G R) Co_^ ——1 $5 prior preferred No par Koppers Co Inc—— -10 Cum pfd 4% series— —100 Kresge (S S) Co— —10 Kress (S H) & Co —No par Kroger Co (The) —No pan Balps for Oct. 4 Thursday 3 Sep 15% Oct I — ' May 31 19 & Co_————5 Kelsey Hayes Wh'l conv cl A_____1: Kennecott 36 122% Jan 45 (Julius) P—■ PRICES Oct. 1 share ' V/ Wednesday tper share Sept. 30 Sept. 28 t per share AND 37%/' 37 non-cum Kayser 1,000 46% % 25 28% >• 497/a 47 21 Vb 4 7o 800 4,300 87% 37' 50% / 15% 18% 293/8 101 37 15% Furn City P & L pf ser B Kansas City Southern.. - *41%" 43% 25 18% 100 14 45 *42 . . 14 1 ■/.' 46% : 3,100 47 47 47 15% 14 21% 20 7 Oct 1 117% May 21 —10 No par No par preferred——100 & Stove Kan 121%: 21% 22% 22% - 21% 21% /' » 89% 283/4 101 / 36% Z25 89% , 45% 43% *17 . i'V 14% 25 / /■ 19 89 ' • 46 *41 25% : 88 // 22 : 14 45% 43% *17 / X ^*118% 121 121 *118% • *45 : Year Lowest 6 per I per share > share Previous 1945 Highest i per share L CLOSED ... 44 44 EXCHANGE 6% 17% *55 / 173/4 6ya • 44 / 17% 70 52% 6 *55 52% 44% 44% 173/4 17% 70 513/4 6%- 6 *55 513/4 44% 17% 69 51 ; . 44% 173/4 *55 513/a 57/a :•) 51% 45. A 18 6% 8,600 Laclede 44% 6* A. 44%' 1,400 Lambert 17% 17% *55 70 51% 2,100 1,300 51 " 12% 12 3/8 12 y0 12% 12% 12% 123/s 12 5/a 12% 39% 40% 40 y2 41 41 41 3/4 41 % 41% 41 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 73/3 '•7% 2% 3 2% 2% 2% 3 2% *25 50 *25 20% 20 21% 7% .. 7% 45% 45 4% 26 1 *25 50 : 7% ' • ' > ' ■ 19% 7% 19 73/8 46% 453/4 25% *243/4 28% 50 ' 28% 283A 28% 283/4 50 51 50% 51 28 VA 50 11 10% 31 *30 83 83 83 85 85 195 453/4 25 C 2,500 7% > 3,200 41% *20 20 45% 28% 195 7% 20 *24% 50% 843/4 7% 25% *30 '1 50 *25 19% 45%. 28% "" 50 *25 7% 12% 7% 2% 25%' ' 49 V* 10% 7. 20% 3 3,400 2'% 4,600 50 67/a $3 50c Lehman 45% 200 24%- >28% 28 3/4 50 50 3/4 7,000 10,500 11% 10% 10% 103/4 11 10% 10% 303/4 29% 30 *29% 30 30 84% 84% 85 85 2,000 30 85 •- 83 *82: 85% 85 195 195 •42 *38 1,900 ' ' 85% 85% 195% 193 41% *38 - 87 85% 193 194 42% 42% 483/4 49 y2 47 47 ' 37 37% Liggett 24% . Lily Tulip'Cup 49% 47% 47"% 2,200 Lima 47- 47% 47% 47% 48% 47 47%', 1,000 Link 38% 37% 38 37% 38% 37% 38% 5,200 Lion Oil Refining 25 27 26% 27 25% 26 107 107 *106% 108 *106% 118 293/4 29% 293/4 29% 29% 29 27% 28 27 y4 273/4 27% 27% 27% 70% 71% 70 y8 70% 70% 72% 21% 213/4 21 y4 213/4 21" 21% • 73 25% 25% *106% 110% 100 29% 28% 28 3/4 7,800 273/4 27 73% 2,700 23,900 273/4 21 22 184 20% *181 26% 26% 48% 50% 25 25% 103 *25% 21% 184 1 20% 21% 184 *181 *20% 20% *181 21 . 21% 184 733/4 2,200 Lone 1,200 20% 6,500 101% 15% 15% 1,300 *33% 333/4 300 101% *100 103 101% 16 15% 33% 34 33% *1533/4 162 *153% 50 51 49% 503/4 43 3/8 44 43% 43% 103 16% 16 *101% 16% 16 Gas Lowenstein 101% 26V4 preferred Louisville 16 49% 25% 7% 3.000 103 49 26% Star 3,900 49% 50% -No par Cement Corp——No par Louisville 48% 255/8 49% : 26% > 60 : 4y2^ Lukens —'— —100 & El A—-—No par Nashville—50 & Sons Inc— 1 cum pfd series A 100 Steel Co—J——.——10 & (M) ©- / 110% *108 *108% 333/4 162 110 *33% *153% 333/4 162 *33% *1533/4 333/4 162 *153% 51% 50% 51% 50 44 44 43% 44. 43 110 *106% > 67o 162 . *106% 109% 14% 14% 14%. 143/4 14 % 14% 14» 14% 1\700 18% 18% 18% 18 18% 17% 173/4 2,100 17% 17% 17 Vb 17% 17 17 16% 17% *16V4 16% 3,200 1739. \ Inc No par (R H) Co Inc -No par 4%% pfd series A——100 Madison Square Garden new.No par 18% 108 Trucks —100 Mack 14 page preferred —.!— 4Macy Copper.——__———10 Magnavox Co (The) —-1 Magma I 84% 187. 40 46% 44V2 Sep 30 Sep 30 Sep 24 Sep 10 Sep 23 Sep 20 27% Feb 26 24% Sep 30 104/a Sep 24 26% Sep 26% Sep 64 Jan 9 3 3 18% Sep 19 20y» Sep 17 179 Oct 4 24 A Sep 11 47^ Sep 24 24 A Sep 24 101% Oct 1 14 Sep 23 9% Jan 24 May 29 68 20% £}ep 17% Jan 28 55% May 23 17% Jan 28 5% Jan 15 64 32 Sep 11 154 % Jan 5 45 Sep 23 41% Sep 24 108% Aug 26 12 y2 Sep 18 16'A Sep 20 14% Sep 19 4% 7% Apr 31% Jan 54% Deo 48% Deo 13 102% Apr 22 82 V Apr 9 63% Dec Oct 72"? Oct 47 Jan 12 Jan 17% Dec 29% Jan 44 Dec 17% Jun 5Va 6% Jan 2y8 Mar 35% Dec Deo 60 Jan Apr 4 38% May 16 15 y» Apr 15 14 36% Jan. May 13 20% Jan 65% Jun 33 44% May 14 74% Jan 28 15% Apr 64'/4 - Dec 27 V* Nov Dec 17% Jan 35 Va 61% Jan 68 Nov 7% Jan 13 Dec 33% Dec 15 21 33 Deo; '"May 23 78 Jan 100 24 78 Jan 1013/4 Oct 210% Mar 29 181 Jan 198 Dec 65% Apr 11 : 32 50 Dec / Jan 8 84 3/4 Dec 60 Dec 37% Jan 102 103% Jan 88 66 Feb 43% July 13 1 43% Jan 29 120 Aug 14 Apr 11 94 May 31 35 'Jun 31% Jan 197 . Mar 47% Jan 41% Jan 19% Jan 29% Jan > Oct 363/4 Dec 40 Nov 7 45% Jan 41 10 18 ". Aug 28 32% Jan 17 72% Feb 6 43% May 9 14 19% Jan 25% Aug 42y4 Dec 37% Deo Oct 50' Jan 66% 15% Jan 32% Dec Nov Jan X32ya " Jan 190 Dec 23% Jan 31 NOV Mar 68 Deo 13% Aug 20 Deo 18% 166 52 J 7 July 108 30% Jan v.V/:' ——10 2,900 18% see Forbes 2,000 14 For footnotes & 43% 18% *109 m . MacAndrews 50% 50% • 1 —t Inc 600 26% 26 Corp—— Bell Lumber A—No par" Lorillard ' (P) Co— ——10 20 181 26 26% 15% 20% 179 26% 50%. CO——-—No par Long *26 25 % Loews 20% 26% 49 Va ■ Belt Lockheed'Aircraft 71 *25% 263/4 Wks_——-No par Co__uJ—-No par Locomotive Liquid Carbonic Corp—No par 3%% preferred — 100 *20 " *181 Corp——-'-No pat 41% 40% 38 25 83 _———-—100 Preferred / 100 *38% 49% 29 Va 29 r Sep 12 25 .;: L—__— B' 49 41% 46% Sep 11 10% Sep 10 Tobacco./——^25 46% . 109% *106 & Myers 49% • —1 (The) 48 • ■ Sep 20 6"% Sep 24 42'/e Sep 24 23 f Sep 20 27 % Sep 4 19 Prod Fink Series * - & 150 195 :• 6%,Sep 24 2% Sep 24 49% Jan :3 Corp—;———5 Lerner Stores Corp_____l—No par Libbey Owens Ford Glass—No par Libby McNeill & Libby 7 Life Savers Corp new— —-5 4,100 86% 11 % Sep 19 34 V* Sep 20 2nd non-cum Corp 49 ^. Sep 10 — pfd—No par pfd No par 1st non-cum Lehn ' 195 *39 300 16% Sep 24 61% Jan 5 —_—:——50 5'" Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co 10 Lehigh Portland Cement.; —25 Lehigh Valley RR' V—_____——50 Lehigh Valley Coal—: [.No par Non-cum preferred 50 2,300 . - 38 No par No par preferred 2,300 7 "'24% •: Bryant Lee Rubber & Tire L 3,400 19% 45 .'■< Lane 5% Sep 19 Sep 19 4 Co (The) Co 4%% 70 493/4 Light Gas 425/8 May 31 160 Jun 13 76% Jan 30 65 May 28 111% Apr 12 17 A July 11 30% May 28 17 A Sep 27 Jan 39 Dec Jan 155 May 47% Jan 72 31 y4 Jan 106% Jan 110% Mar 25% 28% 147 52 Dec Dec Nov «... i7 — Deo THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4531 .Volume 164 NEW YORK STOCK RECORD LOW Saturday Monday , 9 per share *385 EXCHANGE Thursday Friday " Oct. 3 Oct. 3 Oct. 4 t per share *385 500 ' x9'% 93/a 16 % .•"•••*153/4 *28 V2 ; 9 Vst *153/4 CLOSED STOCKS Wednesday 283/4 '33/4 • . PRICES I per share 500 v SALE Oct. 1 I per share STOCK HIGH Tuesday Sept. 30 Sept. 28 AND 3% " *385 91/2 *271/2 x3% 9% 3% *385 500'.' \ 93/i 93/4 16% 16% 28% 28% 28% 28% 3% 3% 3% '7%: 73/4 73/4 Range Since Janoary 1 Lowest Highest Par Mahoning Coal RR Co* Manati Sugar Co —V 93/4 16 Range for Preview* YORK STOCK EXCHANGE 3,500 16% 93/4 16% .,*273/4 500 9% NEW , Shares tper share share *385 500 *16 16'/a 28 3/4 t per Sales for the Week 300 Mandel 200 Manhattan 28% f per share —50 520 1 __ Bros 8 ;;.*12i/z 131/4 37 .38 *1091/2 37 17 17 #55% 29% 26% *200 1051/4 4 Shirt *109% 111% *109% 38% 38% 37% 17 17 55% 55% 28% 263/4 553/4 28% 1 281/2 261/4 38% 1 26% 204 . *200 >204 50% 501% 105 273/fl 204 •503/4 IO1/2 *1014 (U 10% -46VB *45 -46% 115 113 ,113 461/a *113 47% 27% 473/4 28 105% 1051/4 1: 26% 28 ,« 473% >' 106 105 96 10 273% 27% 27 % 28% 50% 49% 44 V 443/4 *104 *104 107% 23% 24 110 ■ 24 ,'y 29 105 • 29% •• 29 50 > 24 24 26 2,600 McCrory 28% 47% 48% 43% 45'/4 105% 105 % 24% 23% 24 • 241/4 235/8 24 24% 21% 20% *103% 24% 207/a 21% 20% 105 46 46 47% 451/4 *23% .24% 20% .105 105 ,105 >,105 23% 23% 20% 48% 47% i> 23% 107 ♦46% . . .463/4 48 23% 233/4 22% 23 23%, 23% 22 21% 22 213/4/ 221/4 72% 73 73 >72%. 723/4 70 70% 223/4 213/4 22% '•21% 22% 21% ". 213/4 20% 213/4 *40 *40 41% 59 60 *1011/4 103. 591/4 103 413/4 343/2 44 44 »*41 V!v 11% 12 52%:A 48 y2 10% 107% 73/4 8 >:;>• -22 *46'/a 14- • 31- 14% 31 .. ■'/?. 48 ~ 47% 48%'" v *31 - 49 48 3/8 —, >: 125 32% 125 V".'"71% 72 •^71%4r72-.y( »>; 73;;>; '■"73 3% 723/4 72 ■; 73% 22 22 22 % >/4 *51 55 42 18% *72 V* 19% 18% 40 % .15 104% 18% ♦ 103 21%. 39 15% v *41 105 *15'/a . 16 *39 .' * 5 15% 353/4 35% 36% 109% 109% 11 43 43 *54'/4 11 60 » *54'/4 Monday Saturday 16 *104 15% 15% STOCK ;. v CLOSED 154/4 28 29% 18% ■>; \v /•' 19% 25 ' . *23 > 24'% 11% 11% 36-% •35% 16% lf% 27 y2 35 16% 16% 20 % 22% 104% *104 30% 30% 80 : 200 195 155 *153 153 8% 8% . ~ 22 . 43 , 23 " 43 82 •81 *27% , v 2 : ' 60% *27 y4 29 2% V- 15% •14% 221/4 21% 97% "J99% *96% 98% ^-26 C27 .21% 26 .•26% 27% >15 15 y8 16% 15% 103/4 *10% ;10% 21% '"21% ;>2i •21% *107 109 > .28% 1057/a •*•109 , 31% 283/4 -••■ • 2°% 20% 28% •: 98'/a ;27 >" :. -107/8 J5% i 10 % Au-20% *107 - {28 *105 % 105% *105%i;i05% *109 112% 111y2 .111 Via 323/4 31 100 313/4 30% -*97 32% 31% 100 21% 21% ,21% 21% 42 42 42%. :42% 15% 16% 15% 15% 32% 33 33 •33% 33 303/4 '34 313% *97 33 (33 . 87% 873/4 87' 88 18% 18% 18 s/8 18% 1739. ,::.26.% ; •••• > -97''>.27 ■ 16 .16 93 91/4 Sep Feb 35 > 431/4 Sep 1 19 Lines Inc ._10 50 % Corp__ Corp No par ! 5 Co 42 6% Jan 16% Jun 16% Jan 49% Jun Apr 8 July 15 36 Jan 62% Deo Apr 22 25% Jan 36 Deo .47% Jan 76 Dec Deo 24% Deo Deo 61 Deo Mar 64 Deo 23 17 21 3 62 Jan 29 63% 56 Jan 15 41 " 34J/4 Jan.16 21% Jan 333/4 Deo 36 Sep 24 ;20% Sep 20 34 Sep 18 23% Mar 32% Oct May 31 663/4 May 29 14'A Sep 9 22'/4 Jun 11 109% Feb 10 35J/2 Oct 49 27 19 413/4 Oct 1 55 Sep Deo 18% Jan Deo 109% Nov 97% Mar 27% Aug 24 1 < >10J/a Sep 47'/4 Jan 9% 6 I.31/4 Sep 31% 13 102% Sep 108MrJun Deo Jan May 8 114% Jan 22 109% 2 Jan Jan 115 Jun 13 21% Deo 55% Feb 25 20 15 48% NOV 52 Deo Jun 11 63 66% Nov 70 7 Jan Jan Range for Previous STOCK Range Sinee January 1 Lowest Highest i (;.! Corp. & 37 307/a Apr 30 17 1 i 124 Jan 104 y4 May 29 793/4 Aug 23 19 Sep Jan 22 V* 57% Aug 21 10 Sep Deo 109% 135V2 Jun . ,211/4 Sep 24 50 No par 13% Deo 7% Mar Mar 25 23 ®/8 10 & Co__ Oct 70 10 65'% Sep .65% Sep Oct Deo 68% 45 27 111% Sep 75 26% 13 Aug 42% Mar 52 19 5 i____^_l_l,___ YORK Feb 133/4 Sep Mar Deo Mar 160 May 31 17% Jan 24' 191/4 Sep 24 X45 Jan 56% Aug 9 19% May 28 19 63% Jan 53 9 Deo 36 25% Aug 5 1193/4 July Jun 14% NOV Jan 137 1 Apr Deo 7% 26% Mar 18 68 % 9 29% Sep 24 a Year 1946 Lowest 9 per share , I per share Highest 9 per share 14% Sep Louis 15 .15% Jan 25% Dee 52'/z Jan 16 35% Jan 56 NOV 24 413/4 May 31 20'/a Jan 37% Deo 18 Sep 23 34% Jan Sep 23 20% May 28 153/4 Sep 1 25% Jan 27 Sep 10 100 24 27'A Sep 27 St 10 28% Jan 2 ;. • Inc ,:4;,. 29% 198 ' * • --'•• 17o 1 •'> 5 ;:• 22 Sep 23 .26% Sep 20 41% 9% Mar Dec 19 Va Nov 327/a 16'A Mar Corp—_„ Deo Register __ . Container Cylinder Gas .. preferred 3 181 »/a Oct 195 Deo 3234 Apr 16 20% Jan 30 Deo 24 21% Feb 5 13% Jan 20 453/2 Jan 29 205 V4 15 Sep 19 Feb 26 37 161/2 Sep 20 30 Sep .213/4Oct 23 4 34'/2 Jun 168% Jan 24 20Ys Sep 10 40a% Apr 17 July 29 Apr 10 177 Sep 150 Sep .19 National Oil • 8 Sep 11 * ' 15% ■ >: 163/4 : 2.900 >10% - >10% " 1,200 Co__. 1 ———Nopar 54% Nov 26 Yb Jan 108 152 < 373% Jan Deo Jun Deo Sep Sep . 199% Deo 167 Nov Jan 35 Deo 33 Jan 69 Deo 65 Apr 85% NOV 36 Deo >38- 25 22% Aug Apr 25 Jan\18 15 ^ 24% Deo Jan 33% Mar 32 Jan 29 106Mar 2 263A July d02y4 NOV? 42% May;10 24% May 27 15 Feb 2 10% Jan? . Sep 24 Sep 24 15 <10% Sep < 21 :l93/4 Sq) 24 >91 Sep 20 .-Nat Vulcanized Fibre Co •-Natomas - 13 A 41% Feb . 25 & Sep >10 •> >.13% Sep. 9 25 NOV 72% May 17 2'% Sep 12 -101% July 1 21% Sep 20 19,500 2,800 v Deo 38 xl01% Aug 173 10% Aug 21 >1% Aug 27 75 Sep (19 2 Products Co____: 207 23 19% Jan Jan 24 National Power ,r& Lt ex distribution. •<»>81 v^81 > A r National Steel >Qorp _____i.__.25 •:-.y.*35%> 26 'A % r,700 f 'National Sugar ?Ref,Co_i Nopar ,a43/2 '(;147/8 : 8,500'- {National Supply ;<The) rPa____—10 *203/4 22 < ; * / 100 : $.2 ponv preferred-_._2_____i-.40 >••;*96Vi)'1983% > '- • 80 -> 4l/a% \preferred-ui_i_ii_ri._-._l00 26 r: 26%"" 1,900 National Tea Coi___L__ii___—10 .'•* 2 - 37 102"% Aug 16 191 Jan 9 333/4 Jun 14 preferred B___^_: .100 National Linen Service Corp new__l -Nat Mall & St'l Cast. Co_.-___No par • < 24% 14 323/8 Aug 411/* Sep ,19 44'% 13 - 673/4 Jan 29 100 A 32% Deo 12% Mar 24 ,10 41% Nov __ 19% Sep 20 —No par Sep May 31 Aug 13 :45% Apr 22 3 21% Sep A9 33 - '20% Deo 313/4 Apr 243/b Aug 13 .24 1 Co' preferred Deo Apr 4 331/4 Sep 1 . _i; ______ conv *34% 27 10 '/a Sep No par _ 23 y4 Mar 34% Apr 17 37% May 1 Jan 22% Oct No par __i'; A Corp - 13% 29 Sep 190 6 7c 1,100 900 Share National Lead Co-______i____r 2,100 • ' Can National $4.50 170 8 3/4 & Cash 200 J51 Bond City Lines Inc_ ' 5,200 ' i; Corp Nat Dairy Products No par National Dept'Stores new.. 5 Nat Distillers Products new..No par (Nat Enam & Stamping.^ No par National Gypsum Co_._.__ __1 * 12,600 >:•>».' 110 1043/4 ? ' Aviationl •' ...10%- >10% > >21 >*20% ,*166% ■l OO * ' 20% 203/4 109 • .;• 20 - r *106'% - 28 271/4 > 21 20 ,/ ;A05% 105 113 *110 ___ 113 > 33% 33% ■<. *• 100 321/4 1,000 VA 60 V 20 3,300 333/a 31 '32 *97 313% ..313/4 600 '273/4 105% U10 1 1,200 > 109 *105% •;153/4 16% 88 page •«■ 15% 19 see 97 *97 87 footnotes .( - ,100 21% 21% 41%- 42% 18% For •27 263/4 19 .4 • ;> £i43/4. >'T53%V':.'j *21 / 22 K " 21 105% 30 . 24 Sep 1053% Sep 26 40V4 Apr 30 Co National 500 44 ; ((: 34,800 223% > 22'% 2% :•••. Sep 48 July 56 111 37 • 4 " 29% Deo ' r-11 iig mrn.m. , 107 % Deo • 14% Nov 103AJan ' v203A '"•"( 109 T: 28 a 23 • 38 173 Jan 106% May 45% May 15 62V2Jan 9 4 10 Yb Sep —Nopar pfd___, Nat 3,800 • .. 20% 293/2 • 8%:*.. • 8i%:: -82 , "15% 112% *97 8 •2 >>21 •21 21% 28% 15% r .20% 109 r - i:.43% > 45 '•: *96'/at. ' *107 104 • • >?6 19% . 150 ,27% i 14% > 152 82.;: *21%ii-.22. ;15% ,10% '■ '223/4 -24 17 • *193 2% ( „;,r 81% '28% •14% *21% 21 •23 26 19 A—Nopar Co Nopar & Nat 7,206 193 -•>, 16 35i% Oct' series Chatt National 2,300 >• r.193 23% ;2 ./.->> 36% ,152 8 8 23 V 21% 30V4 >155 183/4 Feb 4 24 Acme Nat 2,900 1,900 ." > *37% >* 38 .>*; • 293/4 271/4 16% > 22% 303/4 > 16% 353% 106% ' 18 145'% Sep 1G0 __ 3,400 2,200 23'/2 : 243/s " >20% » 433/4- ,433/4 > 37% *104yA .200 .*152 23 81 17 36%" 37 vv:> 35% 27% " 3 113% Apr 3 National Battery Co ——_4 J ( National Biscuit Co common——10 7% 100 preferred. 1,800 . • 16% » 22% 61'4 Jun Sep 26 77 May 15 1103/4 July 19 7'% Sep : Brass •National 200 .23 26 34 .106% *193 .43% •:' 353/2 17 37 30% 156 35% 17' 16% • Sep 24 103/4 Sep 31'% p'eb ^No par National Airlines >Nat Automotive Fibres 300 ' 11% 26% v ' 195 ll'/a -24 '*105 • 113/4 24% _20%,V21>" 203/4 23 .22% , 24% ■ 45% May Sep 12 Sep 19 44 National 8,500 ]95 22% 37% ( 37 Via > 8% 4-: 8% •,43% , •2% 2 - 106 36% 22Vz •243/4 •27% 27% *180 23 35 > ,;16% " 20% 104V4 .*195 16% >: / 23% 21 24 :. 17 3% 33% Mar 129 Nash-Kelvinator 3,100 28% i *25 • 11% ' 2 10 Nashville >8,200 18% y:." 25% • ; 23 ; .281/4 35% 36% 26 •28'4 190'A .353/4 17 19% 52% Apr 9 per share 2,000 8,100 11% '» ': 11% 87% Nov 4 19 EXCHANGE 280 ' Jan ' 273/4 113/4 : 18 190'A >•::>' 27% 28 353/B ,:37% *25 28 190 35% .173/4 173/2 23% 25 27% 293/8 29% Nov 64% 9 40 Murphy Co (G C) com : 1 4%% preferred :__100 Murray Corp of America_,,_.___10 >•' 4 7c. preferred. 50 Myers (F E) & Bro. .....No par 12,100 27% 19 11% 18 H'% 37% 24 7 8 203/4 11% 233/4, 23% 16'% 37% 193/4 15V4 . 28% : 14 V* Mar 10 32% July 107 Shares 27% • 18 190 >35% 23% 20% 29 10 4 Sep Products NEW 35 Va Jun 105 J/a Jun 20% Oct Sep Ward Deo 4 54 par new Deo 25 10 28 _ 30% 19 100 RR Jan 12% Mar Oct No par Chemical Co Wheel 17% Deo Sep 100 .1 „ Deo 27 " 36 V2 Sep • Nopar _ Jan Sep —_—__10 (John) galea for 10 303/fe Apr 22 107% Aug 26 56 % Aug 8 26% Sep 3 19 10 .... preferred the Week 15% 273/2 28'% . 11% 11% 28 37% 15 Va27% • 18'% 25 / 28'% 24 17 27 23% 153/4 193/4 Mfg Jun 36 13 Ve 22 :L—100 ' Power Impl Corp cum Sep 4 62 Mulljns Mfg Co class B__ 1 $7 preferred-^ ... No par Munsingwear Inc. £ .5 200 Oct. 4 113/8 195 24 & 10 19 M A vtc—No par preferred Mueller 130 I per share 18% • . 23 • *190 11% " per-share 15% 19% ii%r 18 27% ■ • Min 23 35 7/8 Apr 109 y4 Nov 20 >> 7,000 Friday 9 per share 27% 23 .• 28 % 195 & SS 9 Sep -No par — Sep 45 pfd.100 preferred Sep 12 18'A Sep 5 1st Moline Motor 55 Oct. 3 29 17% *54'/4 cum 9 223% Sep par Copper Motor 30 42 Thursday Oct. 2 t 27% X 113/a *41% Edison 3.90% Sep 103 . Moore-McCormack 800 11% 5 cum Morrell 3,000 11 Vs par 1 preferred______No par Machine Co._____.__, 5 $3.50 STOCKS Wednesday >, 28'% 19 " 22 _ 2,300 7 35'% >36 J/a '110 J/4 1103/a 60 28 11% v5- '*54J/4 29 35»/4 ? 60 > 15% 53% 173/4 27% *54 Vi Dec Montgomery Receipts 700 , Deo Nov Apr HIGH SALE PRICES 28 % 16 3% *22% 43 *271% >> 11% *190 541 J/2 9 per share 15% 28 29 / 7 Oct. 1 I per share EXCHANGE 43 32% 43" Sep $3.25 1,000 1,400 15% 113/a ll'/a *41% :60 AND *15 'A 36 35% 110 110 i : Jan Jan- 43 122 104 $2.50 / 105 .11% 19% 30Y4 10 26 30 108% Mar 21 Monsanto ■ 3,500 >16 103 3/4 36 .110 nya Tuesday Sept. 30 Sept. 28 353/4 110 11% 413/4 413/4 :/> LOW < per share 35% 110 *109 3/4 > 11% May 27 Apr 9 May 29 25% Sep 104V2 Sep ■ 1 Sep Deo 65% Jan 103 600 500 -?40 16% 103% .15% "15% I 27 Vi Deo Oct 55 114 par •Monarch Mach Tool " 15 % 23 preferred series A 100 •Mohawk Carpet Mills —ill_____20 Majud Hosiery Co Inc new 1.25 100 18% -22 :>• :i 16'/a 16% 104 Apr •7 7c 15,400 : 46 21 J/z .41 ">•. 41 41 104 > 231/4 I8J/2 •'•' 71 Jan Deo .541/2 *44'% 223/4 *22 22% >16'A i53% % 23 *52 J/2 - 19 16% Jan Aug 41% Mo-Kan-Texas 7,000 -71% ' 22 38 > 153/4 *103 23% •44% 18% •21% "*703/4 > >54% 18'A >> Sep 83% 403A 110 6 70% $6.50 600 :/.?■* mi 124 70% .".'723% 733/4 43% 1 44% ,518% 73 '*52% —*'55 44 % 223/8 .40 j *52 43 7 .491/2 124 >>22% 22% v 23% 54 43 183/4 '21% 22 ; *52 " 72y8 r " f" 42 : 42 5 Mar 36 Minn 2,000 •■> "31% 483/4 125 : May 31 118 Jan (Mission 700 31% 49%/"r A125 : 14% .:,14% > , Jun 55 18 Jan Minn ; 10,000 6,400 46 3/4 1471/4 14% 17 19 Jun 19% Minn St P ■ ./ Deo 4 24 I •22% 19 Oct May 53% 109% NOV Sep 111 <Minn-Honeywell Regulator——! 3.20%' conv pfd series A 2,600 7% 22 3/4 48 32% 48 3/4 125 ■> 23% 48 32 >>■73/8 -9% Sep 45 Vi Sep 96 195' 34% July 104% par 1 /Minneapolis & St Louis Ry—No 1,300 30 3/2 30 7% 23 V ' 4 Deo 52 87c 5,600 110 y *100% • i>."' 31 Oct 18 Deo Nov 3 Midland Steel Products ■ 200 10'A 96 Sep Jan 10 300 ;:. :- 49 ■" 70 May 10 112% May 13 par Mid-Continent* Petroleum • 4,000 1083/2 10 4 23 63% 48 33% Mar 27% 22% Aug 176% Jan 22 Miami 200 49 204 Sep Sep 40 Jun 48% Apr 69 Jan 120 40 8 50 24% 9% Mar Deo 56 Vs Jun Mesta 4,200 - 75 Apr 18 48% May 28 38% May 29 9 3 Sep 20 Oct 46 3/4 41 Metropolitan ,1,500 11% ••50%.;v > 1081/2 >, 110 7'% 233/4 • 713/4 70 , 32 *1233/4 125 >71 • '.• •49% *119 *101 > *47 # 'V14% '*14% "X --143/4 v ,14% ,, 108 3/z 10 s/8 73/4 23 'A *47 >: 40 >493/4 >>,30% >- 351/2- 5 Dec 111 Sep Jan 18 > 1,100 147 30% Jun 21% 42% 46 V4 • 120 , 4 109 Apr Jan Sep 20 23% Sep 20 44 Sep 19 1,200 • 18 V* 104 par Jan 57% Apr 24 112% Mar 25 2 Jan Deo 15% 45% Feb 195 4 Deo 18% 23 4 Oct Deo 7% 11% 3% 4 Sep Sep 39% Jan 7% Mar Jan.28 20% Jan Sep 10 Sep 11 28 100 7 Merck & Co Inc..; 1,500 "11% 50 10% 301/2 ; Corp preferred.,.. 7 Merch & Min Trans Co——No 700 41% *10% 11% 51 *48% 110 30% 7 109 147 42 51 >108 103/4 7%: ■ •' v 35»/2 ..36%"> 37 7,500 v 300 V >>35 '36 i 150 ->11% - .491/4;# *101 . Ar- /j*401/8 107 10%; v 0'.">, 48 14 % .•'•■' * 31 / > ■ 233/4 •: -*461/4 353/2 36% 4,500 110 ' 60 113/8 > 3,600 102% *108 11% 150 43 49 '( 7% >221/4 - 353/4 38% 107 '• - 3/4 31% 7%" 23% •48 / 107% 303% ' - : 41 v> 41% .'42% 109 11% 149 *11% ...11% 51 "v> 51% •10 •*102 32 - ■ ■ 37'/2 ll'/z •:■/> *40 49 : 10'A • :> 31% . 11% >; 108 ; 49 -49% 10 1/8 35 *41% 2,800 ... .21%; 60 *107% ,7 21% *101 413/4 148% -51 50 *106 t *100% -61% <102 % 120 70% *401/4 61 433/4 *11% 107 > : 371/4' 150 150 ,;?>;•/•' 50 *105% 35% 371/4 38% 150 40% 600 3,900 223/4 / 21 *101 108% 11% • 401/4 22 . 611/2 41% -• 21% / 22 101% 108 11% : -35 35% ? 38 150 60 107 u% 11% 40%" 101% 41% 107 108 11% /' 40 ' 60 *1011/4 42% 42% *107 41 23% 23 - • *-.'-• ,7 47 *68 3/4 > •; 21 107 *105 203/4 ♦70 ' 23% 20 3% 21% *105 C 100 2,400 ' 8 113/a Feb McLellan Stores Co 1 McQuay-Norris Mfg Co —10 Mead Corp.— : —No par 4%% preferred.. —_i 100 4% 2nd preferred .....—50 Melville Shoe Corp new.*.. ...1 Mengel Co (The).. _1 1 5 % conv, 1st preferred.... .50 Mercantile Stores Co Ltd—__No par 4,200 >•:> > Jan 24 ■? par ____ 2,000 7 24 .48 , 1 par Stores conv McGraw Electric Co McGraw-Hill : Pub Co x—No Mclntyre Porcupine Mines 1 McKesson & Robbins Inc $4 preferred,, 1 No 2,000 7 46% May 31 15% Oct __No par preferred—../—No cum 3%% 370 1,500 28% 106' par McCall Corp 1061/4 13 19 15% Not 7% May * __— 2,600 45% •> *104 • 1st Sep Sep 19 113/4 Sep 19 __5 preferred $6 49% 44% .1071% $3 20 7331/4 32 30 600 48 1061/4 33% 49 -44% • 28% 32% 1,000 45'% 115 471% 26 7 "-105 32'/a 49% 463/4 48% 27%" 105 .-32% 28 49% 45 48 Stores $3.75 10 3/8 *113 32% Deo 7% :■•• 100 preferred——No $3.40 cum pfd—u„„__—No Maytag Co { No 45% 115 preferred Dept Jan 3% Sep r No par May 10 46% *113 . 49 105 *32% >34% 34% .*32 48 28 49 10% 46 - 7% 14 31 1,460 r 14 1 4,400 513/4 96 IOV2 -.'T' 206 *1041/4 Oct 625 Jun 8 26y4Jan X109 __ 425 163/4 Apr 100 Masonite Corp.. —No Master Elec Co Mathieson Alkali Wks„_.i—_No 1,400 Aug 15 23 35 preferred 526 9 per share Sep 26 ——No par 105 ,50% 105 Cp 1,400 3,800 >:v 27»A .. & Martin (Glenn L) .Co Martin-Parry Corp 2,200 285/s 26% ,.*200 51% i*.104 *105 2,700 , 55 28% "•', 41/4% ___ 16% 15% 28 *200 50% 105 .38 Marshall Field 6,600 111% 55 •56% 27 t 38% 38 < 28 >;„> 27 8,800 10 Highest 9 per share 28 ——»5 Maracaibo Oil Exploration..—_1 Marine 'Midland Corp ,, 5 Market. St Ry 67c prior pfd—100 2,500 13 *1091/2,111% 38% < .7% ' *12% 13 38% 17 501/4 '105 51 105 7% 38% '55 *2C0 >204 503/4 ;< *12% >' 3% 77/a 387/b 28% >• 4 V ,. •17% t- 17 Vb 17 551/2. 13 37 ■% • 55 ' 261/4 *12%. - >38 -363/4 *28i/8 ■ 38 % #•? 371/8 *1091/2 IH1/2 - III1/2 86 3A 75/a ; 73/4 »12b/8 131/4 - , I per share 15 No par ' 7% Jun 9% Sep Year 1948 Lowest 100 4,700 • :> ■: 20% 21% 20 VB 21 4,800 41 41% 41 42 1,300 16% 15 3% 153/4 - 36,500 32 •32 303/4 30'A > 1,400 86% 87% 183/4 18% 86 3/4 • 873/2 2,400 18% .18% 3,000 Nehi Gorp__l._"_-i_L__-i No par Neisner Bros Inc ney ' > ".4%% conv serial preferred__ul00 -Newberry Co (J J) common„No,par "V 33/4% »preferred ___-i___J_lj00 >New Jersey Pr & Lt,Co 4% pfd.100 Newmont Mining Corp -____i_10 -Newport Industries____i__ ..1 4>A7c preferred -Newport News Ship & Dry Dock—1 New York Air Brake.. Nonpar New Central—— —Nopar N Y Chic & St Louis Co —^100 67o York preferred series A N Y City Omnibus Corp —_100 —Nopar 32% Jan 30 ;18% Sep 20 ,19% Sep / 23 Feb ,8 27'A Oct 4 >104 Sep 19 110»/4May28 303% Sep 19 106 27 Sep 23 99 Sep 27 -20y8 Sep 20 ^39 Sep 11 >.14% Sep 24 26 Sep 19 79 Sep 24 18V4 Oct 1 < 22 .111% Jan 30 50 Apr 20 45 15% Mar •> Sep 26 109% Aug29 433/4 May24 110% May 27 Jun 2,7 :109yeJunl9 343,4 Apr 5 69%Jan l8 35% Jan 16 6iy4May29 135 Jun 10 373% Feb 16 Feb 103 • 37 Oct 109 105% Jan 32 < > Deo 35 106 28% Deo 108% Mar Aug'- 18% Jan Xl6 % Aug Deo Nor 110- Nov ' 47% Deo 88 % Deo 27% Deo Mar 58% Oct 21% Jan 35% Deo Jan 75% Jun 45 32 103% Jan 28% Jan 148 Jun 39% Nov c ' Monday, October 7, THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE 1736 1916 NEW YORK STOCK RECORD LOW - Mondar Retard** STOCK <■91 EXCHANGE t per thare 107 Va ♦13% 13% 59 310 *275 108 108 *107% 109 14 13% ?, 14 35 35 *34 233 228 230% 127% 125 126 *126 v 35 35 231 53% 310 14 108. 108 107% 13% *52% *53 *275 54% 320 *275 59 *34 108% 108 ,v 233% 229% *125 Vb 126% *125% 26 26% 25% 26% 26 26% 26% 26% 26 11% 12% 11% iiy8 11% 11 % 11% 11% 26% 1-14% 114% 19% 18% 19% 19% 103% 103% 103% 116 •114% 18% 115 „ North 15,700 7,900 11% American 114% 114% 20 Northern 18% 18% 12,200 Northern 103% 103% 103% 190 3,000 116 19 i Pacific Northern 103% 104 104 28 Cum States Power Co 28% 29% 28% 28% 47% *46% 47 46 46% 110 Northwestern Telegraph— *11% 12 11% 11% 11% 11% 400 Norwalk Tire & 18 18% 18 18% 1,200 Norwich Pharmacal 39 32% 32% 32% 4,400 Ohio 110 % *109 % 110% 100 23% 22% 23 Va 15,200 21% 21% 18% 18 18 30% 31% 31% 32% 31% T9 18 33 Sep 19 225% Sep 20 Jan 19 288% Apr 5 219 Jan 258% Nov 121 Aug 15 118 Aug 126% Nov — 102% 113% Mar 18 53 • 129 Jan 11 233/4 Sep 24 39% Apr 11 16% Feb 37% 16 Jan 3 117 16% Sep 24 36 111 9% 17% Deo 31% 15% Jan Deo Deo 112 105% Jan 11 Oct 50% Jan 19% Jan May 22 Jan 2* % Mar 14% Aug 20 10% Sep 1 38% Jan Deo 104% Sep 27 56 % Jan 3 102% Sep 24 26 Sep 24 No par 29 % *46% 11% 18 Deo 283/4 Feb May 3 Feb 19 (Minn) Airlines 28 % 11% 110 24 No par 47% 18 Oct Sep 24 100 28 11% 410 123/4 Sep . __50 47 18 NOV Mar 105% Sep A pfd $3.60 series Northwest Mar 76 325 Ry Co_ Ry__ 48 11% NOV 41 162 4 275 , .———IO 28% 28 *47 ; 103% Co Aviation- Central 29 65 __100 pfd non-cum North American 19% *114% 19% . thare Jan 17> __100 Western Ry Adjust 4% $ per 28 Y 110 I perthare thare. 413/4 May 28 4 53% Oct Y Power & Light 3.90% Norfolk & 1,140 126 11% *114% : 232% Oct Highest Lowest Jun ,__50 pfd__100 Shipbldg Corp part stk _1 Noblitt-Sparks Industries5 400 34 230% 126% 229% 23 No par N 1,400 34 35 229% *125 : preferred non-cum Y & Harlem RR Co N 210 13% 13% 13% No par N . < per J per thare Par . Dock York $5 300 54 .V 300 *275 , New Year 1945 Ranf e Sine* January 1 Lowest Highest - 100 23 23 25% *23 Share* t per share STOCK YORK EXCHANGE the Week Oct. 4 I per share NEW SaSee for Frl«ia» . Oct. 3 26 *23 27 *53 54% 320 "275 Thursday Oct. 2 *23 97 *52% CLOSED Wednesday t per share Range for Previous STOCKS PB1CK8 Oct. 1 t per thare I per star* H1Q1I l&LE Tuesday Sept. 30 Sept. 28 AND 26% Mar 46 —50 45 Apr 1 55 % Jan No par 11 Sep 3 193/4 May 15 2.50 17 Sep 27 RubberCo 25 3 63 Va Deo Apr 57 NOV Jan 6% 15 Deo 21% Deo 12% Jan May 23 O *108% 108% 22% 22% 23% 21% 22% *21 108% 22% 21% *21% 110 *108% 110 22% 22 22% 21% 21% 102% 101% 101% 101 12% 12% *115% 116 *31% 34 *31 9Q *160% 21% 102 12% *31 34 32 28 28% 23% 163% *160% 27% 24% 4,800 160% 8% 300 28% 160% 163% 24% 31% 32 90 *86 ■ V 12% *26 28 r ; '< 50 : 59 39% :' 59 34 132% "172 59 35%: ' *26 6% 1,400 100 54. *50 54 *26 28 *26 40 ... 60 > 34 ,'-r: 33 40% 2nd Pacific 1,700 60% 33 £■'!■ .128%- 128% 125 170% *169 173 172 6 6 5% 5% 23 22 % 22% 6% 6% 6% 63/4 15% 15% •15 Va 15% 21,900 23% 6% ■-6% 15 14%. 15 43% ■:=' 15% 44% -43 .> ■} < 123% 127% *170% 172 123% U"/;; 172 5% 22 22 1,600 , Pacific 14% % *14% 14% 43% 44% *107 108 5% 5% Jan Jan 36% 24 180% May 100 158 2.50 22 89 Sep 10 Sep 27 Co——12.50 71 Sep 20 Mfg 26 54% Sep __No par 30 Oil Corp——^10 Prod Panhandle Paraffine & >37% Jan 106 *107% 113 31% N'. 57 • 59% 59% 67 ♦107 113 *107 31% 30% 67 113 , 32% 57% ■ *58 3% 39 39%' 28 28 - <■ 16 3% 1674 14 rl6%;"> * » 4% « 56% 33/4 40% 27% - 27%-: ♦27 hv 14 % . 16% 28 ' 14 14% 13 16% 15% i6 : 1,400. ' 1,700 ■ 69% 67% 67% 46% *68 45% 46% ♦68 69% *68% 69% : 46% -46% *68% 45% • 23% 24% 25 8 8 r 19% 18% *30 ►111% 473/4 21% 21% 27 Va 39 " 111% -21% ♦111 % *48 *48 50 93 93 18% 24 19% 21% 21% : 38% 24% 19 19 105 -V:' 16 18 103 50 93 *78 85 *28 29% 83% 105% 9% 29 9% *105% iv 7 *75 85 24 > *27% 29 *27% 107 *105% r 24% *19 Ac 29: 107 10 10 % ♦103 : 12,400 t io 51 100 29% *105% :-\i 300 80 28% - 64% Sep r Milk Pet 4%-% ~ 10 9% .; 700 107 9% -—A Co Monday Sept. 28 Tuesday Wednesday Oct. 1 f per thare ,!, f per thare STOCK 13 HXCHANGE 61 CLOSED f per thare 13% 13% 60% 62 33%-. 32% 33% 65% 66 % 66% 66% *111 112% 111 26 Va 26 *29 26% 120 *119% 13% .13 23% '/ 26% . 30% 27 119 13 : A, 13 ft ; 23% 22% 233/4 98% 98% 98 12% 22% 98 33% 35% 34% 35 34% 35 34% 1,000 Pfizer *106% 107 ♦104% 107 *105% 333/4 *101 104% 104% *101 104% *101 65 ; . 720 \ 112% 80 27% 8,500 263/4 V f 11,000 34 65 29 29 120 90 —— Phila .. 400 *119 I fi ; 56% *18 20 % - 23% 33 104 Phila 22 y4 ■ 6,300 23 7,400' Philco 104% fv/i *101 200 107 ♦103 32% ""9 104% 95 19% 19% 19% 19% *185 206% * 8% . 37 206% 11 11% *80 107 Va A % 11% *80 57% 57% /•V 563/4 573/4 20% 20 20 20 20 31% 31% 304y8 *104% 104% 126 *121 126 *94% 19% v •18 33 9 *8% 9 *95% *185 206% 206% 36% 36% 363/4 8% 8% A 11% 107 % 98 78 65 63 78 *14% *77% 15% *188 15 63% 15 - 11% 16% 16% *14 65 16% 17% 17% 17 17% 20% 21% 21% 21% 21% 21% 21% 21% 16% 17% 20% 77 % 13% 20% *15% : 13% 17 1,900 20 7% 64 65% 240 5% 143/s 15% 43 44 57% 563/4 573/4 35% 35% 393/4 35% 33% Aug 37% Max 30% Jan < 38% Nov 21 36% Jan Jun 19 92% Jan 109% Jun 17 63 80 Sep 28 % Sep 1053% Sep • 9 Sep 20 132 30 25 19% Jan 26 Apr 105% Nov 43% Mar 18 18 3 109 Mar 12 14% Apr 19 13 ■- 38% 39 *99% 100 35% 36 *16 14 16% 14% 500 13,700 *41% 43 200 56% 57 5,400 36% 100 35% 363/4 100 35% 6.500 200 2,600 Plough Poor Inc & Co Pressed ■v>« Co class class f per 13 Apr 35% Jan 293/4 Sep 64 f per thare Sep 108% Sep 80 x48 4%% $4.75 Public Service —-1 Deo Jan 21% Jan 34 July 10 25 Jan May 16 117 Aug 19% Feb 10 4 Sep 25 98 31% Mar Sep 18% Sep Sep 197 July 203 Jan 30 Sep 7% Sep 59 % Sep 77% Oct 29 Vt Nov 122 Apr 19% NOV 44% Deo Sep 13 Jan 28 56% July 74 Sep Jun 10 107% Sep 113 Apr 106% Aug 27 36 Jan 8 130 11 Sep NOV 112 27 16 Deo Oct 29% 71 Aug 27 21% Sep 24» Feb 17 115 102 102 49 Jan 47 33% Sep 20 105% Feb 7 120% Sep 5 12% Aug 14% 111 July 16 jan Mar 34% 124 Deo Dec 11 44% Jan 69% Deo 11 11 Jan 35 Deo 35% Jan 15 25 Jan 37% NOV 73% Jan 41 10 Jan Feb 7 3 Sep 118% Aug 108% May 15% Feb 8 8% Mar 11% Feb 16 110 136 4 106 30 202 14 190 Tan 106 Feb Sep Dec Dec 23% Nov 25% Dec 205% July 39% Deo 44% Deo 6% Jan 12% Deo 16 8% Jan 15% Deo Mar 117% Oct 49% Mar 69% Jun 91 Jun 43% Jun 15 27 14 92 May 28 343/4 Jan 18 Feb 96% Jun 3 15% Jan 126 Jan 30 22% Feb 141 Jan 20% Deo Mar 29 48% Jan 24 85% May 15 210 105 8 8 26% May Feb f .: 99 68 Feb Sep 15% 23 6STi 31% Jun 22 143/4 Sep 19 20% Sep 19 15 Sep 10 July 14 Jan Jun 198 Jun 12% Jan 22 Deo 1 29% Aug 12 . 21 198 13 27% Feb 7 Feb 16 63% Feb 18 17% Jan 27% Deo 24 V* Jan 33% 12% Jan 25% Deo 26% Dee Mar 66% NOV Dee 9 143/4 Sep 23 1 133/4 Sep 24 30 50 41% Sep 24 553/4 Sep 18 19 71% Apr 27 1 10 105% May 22 41 July 1 Inc—a Inc 106% 18 30 3/4 May 1 Sep 22% Oct 15% Nov 22 122 12 Highest t per thare Deo No par of Deo 40 V* 22% Sep —-5 preferred———No per Co , 71% -No par B Industries t Jan 76% Jan 3 preferred ser A cum ; Deo 57 25 Oct Procter & Gamble Publicker 13 Jun 36% 117% Jan Colorado—20 36 Sep 99% Oct 31 f. Sep 67 May 14 16% 55 Jan { a Mar Jan 19% Aug 24 Sep pfd—100 9% Jan 6 9 27% Feb 10 —— Co 41% 108 25 May 24% Sep 103 5 5 Car 116% May 23 117% July 29 -No par pr Lowest • per thare thare 16% Feb 2 5 19 16 9 B—100 A— 100 Pocahontas new_i——1 class Jan 1 , 43% Junt 119% Nov 11 Year 1945 1 Highest Lowest 10 4 24 new Steel Jan :l Deo July 11 17 Sep Nov Nov 46 96% Nov 43% Nov 25 17% Sep 46% 49 69 51% Jan 101 . 22 Jan , Apr : T 24% Deo ; f 113 Dec 40% Jan 24 20 10 20 11 14 (The) 1,700 43% 35% Co 163/4 57 1739. Pittston *16% 43% 35% 1,500 16% 57% page 15% Nov 3 7% Sep WCst Va———100 Ash pfd: 100 & u Deo 19 25 1st ser ponv ( Deo 30% Oct i6 Young & 16% 100 Apr Jun 33% Jan 20% 16 May 22 17% Deo 21% Sep 20 Plymouth Oil Co 44% 35% 15% 5%% Pittsburgh Pitts Pond Creek 57% see 400 1,200 44% footnotes 200 14% 1,300 57% For 79% 13% Steel preferred preferred 21% *43 % 39% Pittsburgh 11% 22% 15% ♦99% 115. ; 19 14% Jan 29 Va Sep Forgings 20% 163/4 40 68 2 102% Sep 123 Oct Consolidation Coal 22% 16% 14% 99% conv 203/4 16% 39% 47% Feb 20 17 107% 78% & 21% 15% 99% Coke 16% 16% 39% Jan 89% Feb 43 25 RR—,.—100 Chemical Co—No par 21% 15 100 - 1 20 3/4 16% 37% 49% July 16 38 ——.——No par Inc_. 17% 17 *95 Sep 24 Oct 3 20 % Sep 25 93 11 ' A—. & St Louis 21 15% 57 4,500 *188 A. 15% *43% 10,200 8% Mills preferred Pittsburgh 60 37% - —1 Iron & series pfd 21% " 16% 78 • ♦188 16 19 27% Jan 24 Co — 1 Pitts Ft Wayne & Chic Ry—100 7% preferred -*_A ——-100 Pitts Plate Glass Co 10 Pitts Screw & Bolt c— -No par $5 Pitts 200 206 Coal i 49% Jan 111 115% July 15 preferred—A——No par Co 1 -40 4,700 *100 65 15% 600 19% 7% 103 78 Pitts 19% 36% 11% 103 $4 19% *200 8%- No par —100 Corp Pitts C C 19% 37 8 65 *188 •188 16% *63 *77% J78 ' 10 20 ■ Read & Pillsbury 300 /A 9 " *63% 500 123 *95% 209 36% 11% *80 12 — ♦185 *201 :S 6,800 32% 104% *8% A 18 x*18 8% 11% ; *185 206% 107% 123 20 20 V19% *31 *104% / 98 19% ■> 97% 19% 19% - 23% 125 57% '.: 8% 97 19% *18 36% 8% *120 56% *31% ♦185 206% 35 "9 *93% *21% 125 *121 8% 93% 23% *120 *104% 106 *121 8% 125 No par com— com— ——3 100 Philip Morris & Co. Ltd——5 4% preferred ——100 3.60% series preferred —100 Phillips Jones Corp—No par 7% preferred —————100 Phillips Petroleum No par Phoenix Hosiery ————5 11,100 34% 34% *105% Co preferred 33/4% 120 97% *96% / *18% 20 32% , - "21% 23% *120 56% .♦18% 33 *21% 125 56 *121 * *120 56 Va 104 1... *21% • Electric preference 13% ' 24 125 $1 4.4% > 12% >;■> • 107 *21% 37% Aug Range Since January & a May; 11% Aug : Jan A Co_——No par Co Inc——1-A^-l Phelps-Dodge Corp —25 Philadelphia Co 6% preferred—50 $6 preferred No par (Chas) '• 28 16% Feb 25 110 ... Pfeiffer Brewing 35 107% *120 21% 28% Feb Per ' 3,700 23% 98 98 13% 107% *101 30% Jan 24% Mar 72 Jan 69 ; . 17% Deo fL Oct *18 Deo 30 Range fer Prevloms :. ~ 13% *111% -.S ft.;'*/ Sharet 60 % :;A 30% 120 , 59% ■ v 27% 263/4 *29 13% 23 100 29 20 20 No par EXCHANGE '♦13% ■ •• 112 ♦119 119% ' 66 *111% 29 29 120 12% 23% 100 26% *29 30 Va *119% 34 65% • 111 111 61% 33% 653/4 I per thare 133/4 60% 34 32% 65% 112 *13 61% 61% 33% I per thare 14 •13% 24% Jan 39% NOV 6% Mar 79% Jun ,. Deo j:-} 5% > 21% Jan 17 7% Sep Corp V the Week Oct. 4 . ; 73% Deo Jan 2% Jan 29% Feb STOCKS Oct. 3 t per thare 13% 62 % , 3 2 v4 453/1 Jan 'V NEW YORK STOCK " A alee fer Friday :V' ,-'i Thursday Oct. 2 Sept. 30 ; Dee July 110 573/4 Jun 17% Sep preferred -——100 of America .—5 2nd Petroleum LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES flstofdif 12 .25% Jun 1 Light Co_.—.No par ,;•/'« & Power 14% Deo *80% Jan 56 Apr 30 24 w 50 .—10 Peoples Drug Stores Inc— —5 * Peoples G L & Coke (Chic)—^-100 Peoria & Eastern Ry Co—100 A Pepsi-Cola Co—;—33%c Pere Marquette Ry Co ——100 5% prior preferred —_^^__100 5% preferred —100 400 ' v Penn 11 45% Oct A—100 t *39% Nov Oct 111 4% Mar -19% Sep Corp_^_—No par -preferred^.: 5% Apr 106% Oct 21 35% Aug 13 19 14% Sep v , 600" 20 105 80 82;; *105% 107 *9% 10% *9% 105 *80 29 *78 105% *103 T 104% Sand Deo 29% 48 % May 24 12% Sep —7 Glass 20 106% Sep 7% Jan 29 ' — 700 1 101 101:, ►' 10 Sep 27 % Sep Corp——1 Corp^.. Jan 10 3 Pennsylvania RR Pennsylvania Salt Mfg Co_ 1,200 16% / . 1,600 ; 16% - 20 8,300 25,300 V 93 - 24% *19 19 *48 . 16 24 24% 19 ►105 50 93 92% • 10/; T! 26% • 39 *48 92% *16% 24% *16% 24% 50 92% ^ Airlines 13% 25 1 10 19 —No par Cement Co-A_ Penn-Dixie ii Penn 112% '27% 38 , & Coke Coal Penn 400 35 25% 21% 26 % • 4,600 38% 21% 27% • . -• *111% 114 *111% ^oy2 52 23% *31 , 40 92 49 114 35 27 -92 18 ♦30%, -A 21%? 21 y8 *48 *16% 35 40 .27 ♦38 % •-v *31 r 21 Deo 18% Mar Deo 14% Jan May Deo 12 29 90 Vt Apr 3% Sep , No par - Co Aug 5% Jan Apr 30 35% Jan : v' ■ C) Penn-Central 11,500 V ;: ••? 8 19% 21 (J Penney 7,900 24% *7% 8%* 20 % 21% 27% 21% 27% 39 20% • 25% 8% 34 111% ~ 24% • 8 20% *30 114 46% 'v* 45% 24% V 26 25% 8 20 34 • Jun 10 32% .16% Jan 56% Apr 22 82 Co_'—:——No par Proof Co——2.50 Apenick & Ford 100 693/4 46 23% V ' ' 175 Jan Mar 6 39% July 11 ' r 149% Deo 160% 9 110 Oct *60% 121% Jan 10 10 & Patino Mines & Enterprises—5 ■; . Jan 10 53 Transportation—_No par Parmelee 24 13 Apr 28% Sep Mines-w-1 Consolidated. Davis Parker Rust A 13 3/4 16% 6% Parke 300 > IJtah •' 14 Jan 108% Jan —100 new—_1" Inc Inc———1 Tilford & Park 3,500 2,200 56 Pictures NOV 48 111 10 Sep Deo 46 20'A Apr 23 56 42 Jan 27 25 5% Sep -_1 Ref_ Inc—No par preferred conv ParK 600 3% ft 40% , 3% Cos Paramount 27,700 32% 41. r 3% " ■ *27% -29 - 113 31% ' 40% *56% , 3% -40% ■; ..13 V* •*'13% ; / *107 / 32% 58 I: " 3% 40% ■ . 40%.' 28 113 : 31% 59 ' 39% 28 V 13% -13% 16 ■y $•. 3% ■: *107 65 64 • : " ' ■-V: 3% " 32% 31% 67 67 - 89% NOV Jan 26 34% Apr 22 12% Feb 5 3 Sep 23% Nov 34% 181% July 17 9 24 13% Sep & 22% Deo Jan 24 /" 11% Feb 4 14% Sep Airways Jan 11% 45% Mar 17 160% Jun 4 23 -6% Sep No par — Sep Vt 79% Deo 67% Jun 9 5% Sep 3 20% Sep 24 Deo :, 95 48 24 123% Oct 169 < Jan Deo NOV 13% . -? Mar 18 48 473/4 Jun 4 Sep 68 22 Jan 32% Jan 74 5 25% July 11 86% Mar 19 Sep 20 —25 vApr 193/B jan 12 Sep 27 39% Oct 22% Deo 168 Jan 155 7 17 111% May 29 >100 4 50 2 Jun 35 .17% Sep 100 A——100 Petrol 5,800 . ' " 68 67 Sep 113/4 Oct y Teleg__^. Car American 1,800 53/4 Deo 13% 23% No-par Motor Pan-Amer 40 108 5% *118% 107 Nov 39% Feb Corp—2% Transp _5 Panhandle East Pipe Line—No par 4% preferred 100 Pan " 3,100 *107 6 Jan 120 Deo 34% 119 51% May 22 Corp., Western Packard 300 44% 11 Consol'd Corp—— Pacific Tin 44% - & Telep & preferred 6% 70: 3,000 53/4 14% f 108% 5% 5% 5% : 14% 45 , *107 108 % *107 6% 65% ' 15% • *14% • 44% 71" 6% 15 14% 4374 106 574 22% : 15% r,". 14% *14 65% V ,, Deo Feb Sep " 27.400 22% 7 6 18% non-cum-—No par non-cum—No par Lighting Pacific 131 5% Jan 26 Pacific, Mills 60% 32% Jan 11% 23 Electric- & 1,100 60 . Gas 13,300 33% 60 jan 106% 18 Jun 27% Feb Glass preferred Pacific 24% 14 17% Jan 36' 3 No par 40% 39% 3 xll9% Jan 19 11 26% Sep —— 'i;.'--..1st preferred 23% Deo —10 Pacific Amer Fisheries Inc_——5 Coast Co__i 10 .90 Oct 112 10 xll3 / Pacific 28 130 22% 106 11% 17% *50 40% 60 6% 6% 11% ,r 17% 18% .r 34% Nov Co Owens-Illinois Jan 16% Aug —No par com Marine 107% 1 14 25 11% Sep ———100 A 223/4 Jun Sep 6 preferred preferred Outlet A 4,200 12 11% *16% 89 75%' 170% 172 22 *80 ••74% 78 (The) EleAator Outboard 700 , Corp 19 29% July 21 Sep 100% Sep 4.% pfd—20 -No par conv Otis' 100 253/4 28 •33% 34 t'Jt 90 '(•' *24 53 . 40 y8 59 , 34 ;t..- 18% *50 40% ' 133% 5% 12 5 ; ♦17% • 51% ; *26 41 40 75 28 50 V ; *80 76 11% 18% 90 74% 12 ♦17% 18% 26 *80 74% 12 12% : p 74 / *17% 50 M 90 *80 :;.v 74 73% *25 Elec & 13 Jan 112 21 ■■ convertible preferred—100 Oppenheim Collins ' 26 fr';j *25 26 26 Gas 35% Sep 30 26 19% Feb 26 No par Corp Omnibus 80 ———100 Co 4%% 2,400 . 116% 28% ♦160 163% T'. 116% •> Oliver 30% Sep 108% Jun —i—— Co preferred Oil Oklahoma 790 31% 117 116% 12 4.40% 200 ; 102 11% 12% V 12 102 • Edison Ohio 5,300 21% 20% ' 29 *160 163% 21% 101% 34 28% 29% 22 ,*21% 101 < 116% 116% 116% ♦116 23 21%. 12 12%' 12% *106% 22 21% 21% -101% - i fi Volume 164 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE .Number 4531 1737 NEW YORK STOCK RECORD 8TOCKS LOW AND HIGH SALS PRICES Saturday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sept. 28 Sept, 30 Oct. 1 Oct. % Oct. 3 Oct. 4 STOCK" • vor thare 9 per thare |p erthara * — 19% - 20-~104% 105% EXCHANGE! 111 115 105 111 111% 115' 116 128 104% 116 128 *112% 50 22% •105% 50% 51% 127 22% 22% *105% 107 107 32 R' 21% 21% 112 116 Y4 11G% 116 116% 126 127 126% 127% 114 114 50% 22% 107 : 22% 107 32% 560 ' 107% 107 32 32 % *22 22% 490 . ?0 5,500 22% * 14,100 107% 500 " v 32 32 ■ 22'/a ' 1,500 10 10% v 307/a 24 115% 10 Sep 25 ' -126 114% Aug 9 139% 103 Jun f per thare 17 10 2 150 107 Oct , 30 Jan 69% Jan 17 2 115% Deo 126 Deo 15 38%Feb Jan 121% Jan. 112% Oct 138 Nov Xl48% Nov 118 47% Jan 28% May 28 115% Jun 13- Bejr 2ff* 27% NOT Feb 110 117% Feb 15 . Jan 106% Jan May 10 119% Jun 20 Highest $ per ehare 102% 10 Jan Jan 112% July 25 47% Sep 10 19% Feb 26 Bakeries Corp—No par Purity Sep 108 ___ 8% preferred—^—.—., 100 Pub Ser El & Gas pfd $5 No par Pullman Inc_———-_:«L«No par -Pure Oil (The) —— No par 5% conv preferred .i———100 ;;R 1,200 22% , - Year 1945 Lowest 9 per thare 18% Sep Pub Serv Corp of N J com—Nopar $5 preferred——--—No par 6% preferred ——100 1% preferred -———100 720 ' t per share Par 1,090 *112%* 114% 51V* -V..49% 50% 22 Range Slnee January 1 Lowest Hiyhest EXCHANGE 10,700 19% 105 Vji 22% R 32% 31% '31% 19 y4 111 , 114 51% 51 22% 107 31% 125% *112% 20V* Range for Previous NEW YORK STOCK v Shares 111% 112% 115% 116% 127% 128% 22% 19Ya 9 per thare 105% T053/V"~* ,1- 104% 112% .111% ♦112% 114 114 52% Sperthare . 19% 20% "104% 105 _.19%,. 20%. 112 CLOSED I per share Sales for the Week Jan 65% Oct 17 Jan 24% Deo 106 May 112% NO? 23% Jan - 38 18% Jan 4 12% Deo Nov Q 21 ^ ^ - v 1 •80 81% '16% 80 82 82% 82%*, 17% f- 10% 80% 17%" 22 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% ' ^,78% * 22 21% 17% 17% 17%: - : 17% .16% — *105 107 36 107 • • ; :i 105 < 105 : •103 38 •37% 38 •37 10 V& , V / .R-' -v 19 18% i *37 • 19% v 19% . 20 *19% 22 ♦100 " 103 V: *77 83 16 38% 38% 38 y4 •100 101% 22 22 ' 110 28'/a 19% 98 98 98 26 26% 25% 109% 16 :'- R> 37 % 50 •47% 7% ,R',R 7%' 19% 44 44% R* 44% 23% 24 '',R,;-;:v 7 19% 24% *23% R 320 15 1,200 11,900 47% 7% 23% 23% Feb .7,300 2,500 47 2,200 23% •0-R: 46. 23% ♦ 43 " 7% 19% • ——10 Common Prfeferred 3.60% 1,000 Ruppert, Jacob 900 14% 29 7 46 Corp———1 RR 12% Sep —50o * 8 y* Sep —10 R 14% Sep Republic Steel Corp.——_No par 25 Sep ) 6% conv prior pfd ser A 100 110 Sep Revere Coper & * Brass. —No par RR ' 18 Sep 5V* % preferred 100 f 97 Sep Reynolds Metals Co—1——No par 24% Sep 5Ya% conv preferred— 100 105% Sep Reynolds Spring -——^---——1 14% Oct Reynolds (R J) Tob class B 10 ^ 36% Sep $1 conv preferred— 19 Ya 14% 2,100 - series _100 — — 100 i . 4 & Co 101% Rheem Mfg Co— 1RR 21% Richfield Oil Corp No par 14 Ritter Company No par 26 Roan Antelope Copper Mines—— 6% Royal Typewriter T—I 18% Ruberoid Co (The) No par 40% 23 22% 49% Feb -39 Stores Republic Pictures .800 19% (Robt) Republic Aviation 20 103% 103% *27% 24 R 24 • 37% 14% 45 44% t- 113 14% 24 7 4,100 47% 18% 45 y4 19% 110 27% 36% 29 Ya 14% ; 10,000 101 110 S 48 *28 7% xl9% 44% ;. 15 29 300 - 19% 26% 104% 23% 24% 14% *27 7% 19 Vz 103% 18,200 27Ya 110 101 37% •47% r 2,100 19% 15% *14% : 37 ; 104 24% 15 28 19 v 50 *47% 24% ' 15 V 15% R 12,300 9,000 27 Ya 26% 28% 111% 112 38 104 104 R>RRR 28 30 ; 7Y4 *24 • /R 15 14% 110 15% 8% 15% •108 RR 101 *99 , 37% . 47% *103% 24% 24% *28 R R . 27% 109 15% 37 R 101 26% -;v 108 Ya 15% 36% 47% V Ri 103 103 100% 26% 28% 20% 19% 13% 14% 106% Jan 10% Jan. —— — 23 5 19% Dee 78% Jan 7% Mar 103 July, 90% Oct 18% Dee 111 Deo 33 Aug 43% Deo 16 6 May 14 Apr 9 Mar 25 Nov 38% Jun 34% Jam 33% Feb 4 53% Jun 20 46% Jan, 9 31 Apr 17 112% Feb 4 125% JaalT 19% Jan 29% Mar 43 60% Dec Mar 36% Jan 46% Deo 11% Jan 28% Deo 102% Oct 137 Jun 69% July 17 Jan 143 Deo 45% Apr*22T; 27%May 11 Conv pfd 3 '/a % series--100 / 85 Oct 1 101 May 18 Remington-Rand ———————1 / 32% Mar 12. V.- 50% Jun. 2' Preferred with warrants-——25/ t 1011 Sep 27: ;i05YaApr- 3 Reo Motors, Inc——; I 20% Sep 20 ' 34% July 19" 900 - 8% 109% 109 /a y 20% 13 , R 15 27% 111% 19%. 100 13% R: 8% R 8% 14% 28% *108 ^ 20% 108 109% 15% 36% 27% f 110 '•7\:Z 110 ; 20% 13% ' : .: ; » r 33 ; Jan 23 96% Mar 19 28% Apr 24" 112% Feb 11 • 1st pfd——100 76% Sep 20 Corp—-——No par 27% Jan 7 Reliance Manufacturing Co—Nopar14%Sep29. .n" v _100 Preferred- Reliable 5,000 22% : Reis 40 3,400 R 130 R 22% ; ■ 4 38% 101 *100 : / 900 89" ■ 37% / . 23 8% 15 39% 15%- *86»/a 101 Rfr R^.:: 31" 15% ; 23 14 8% 14% *: 20 . 19 - . 100 ! 85' v *100 22% 13% 20 105 31 83% 2,600 • *80 15% -V 38% 101 22% ;•/»: 8% 19% 38% 38% 15 27% 27% 26% 110 *86 13% 15 R 15 87 19% *103 85 ■v. 15 *100 22% 100 40ff 31% 16 38% 13% 8% 8% 8% 15 84% 15% 101% 48 37% *18 31% ' ; H-- 86% 22% ; 14% 13% ' 85- 31% • 18% *44% 20 20 240a *36% ' ■ 100% 102* 31 85 v 22 '"/ Sep 20 Sep 24 Jam 3 Oct 2 25% Aug 13 Raybestos Manhattan ——:_No par • • 33% Sep 11 Rayonier Inc —.———Ll : ; 17% Sep 19 $2 preferred — -—25 R 33% Oct 4 Reading Company —-__50 ,v. 16% Sep. 19. 4% non-cum 1st preferred—-50 40 Sep 10 4% non-cum 2nd preferred—50 *36% Sepl7 Real Silk Hosiery —5 17YaSep24 70ff 6,900 -.: ; 45:.. 36% 103 R ■ . R 19% 45 *79% 16% «5; 19% , •36% 30% 87 • r 30% 16% • ! R.:R 83 31% .RR31R; :RR-RRR:'R"r; ^15% \ "•-•85 . 18% 34 46 *100 37 18 33% 37% *19% * 37 19 19% Feb 20 * Corp of Amer—Nopar ,10 $3.50 conv 1st preferred-.;-No par . 77. Radio-Keith-Orpheura——^——1r ■> 15% Ralston Purina Co 3%% pfd—100 105 ■ 10 R 34Ya *36% ■ 105 Corp—10 Radio 22,600 ♦103 105 *45 37 103 *100 19% 19 y4 :; , 46 37 33.000 1,000 17% 37%- 34 *45 ~ 37'/a ; 18% 34 19 ' , : 46 •45 19; > 34% ,: 82 16% 34 18% 34 19% 34% 18% r,7 82 w . 37% R 18% ■ , 10% Oil Ref Quaker State 31% Dee ;- 22% Jan 00% Jan 115 87% Jan 110 NOV 15% Jan 37 Deo . 98 13Ya Feb " 16 V* 5 3 Deo. 23% Deo 40 Oct 46% Nov 106 Deo 26 Y4 Deo V 18% Nov Jan 31 Apr r Deo 12% 6% Aug 19% Oct 117% Jan 99% Sep 16% Mar 10% Jan Deo Nov 24% •37% Mar Dee 29% Nov 33 May 29 34'/a Jan 9 Mar 48 Oct 21 65 Sep 24 Jan 33% 14% Jan 31% Apr 29 30% Jun 18% Deo 19% Jan 102% Jan 11% Jan. - 44 "102% Aug 29 Dee 7% Aur 9 24% Apr 8 19 ;;R; 17% Feb .25 20 • ~ 21% Feb 21 24 40% Feb 16 12 R 118 : Apr 20 19 : 31% May 28 2S 110'/a Jan 3 11 45% Jan 15 11 136 Jan 16 4 28Y4 Feb 18 11 467/a Jun 6 18 *. 50% July 31. 20 1087* Feb 25 9 38 Jun 10 20 20% May 28 Sep Sep Feb Feb 26 Sep 24 Oct 3 Sep-10 36% Deo 18%. Jon Sep 34 Deo ' Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 Oct. 4 I per share 52 52% NEW YORK STOCK the Week I per share 6 per thare • per share RR Balsa for Sept. 30 Sept. 28 •** STOCKS LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES :;::'Saturday^V;^':W;':'' Monday,R • per thare I per share: " /♦ • Far Rr Shares 9 per thare ■ Lowest I per thare- 9 per thare ~ Year 1945 i, .Highest Lowest' Range for Previous . Ranee Since January 1 EXCHANGE-. Highest 9 pfim thare s STOCK :RR 52 Ya 51% ,52% 25% EXCHANGE •112 Ys 11 25% 113 y4 11 Ya 25 CLOSED *112% 25% , ioy4 llYa -RR 65 y4 66 Ya R'-'Rv. 45 Ya 45 Ya 103 20 21% 20% 21 49% 50 49 49 49% 25% 26% 26 26 *7% 8% *25% 397/a 38% ; R: 14 . 14%, ♦109 v 8%; 8Ya 38% 14% 14% 14% 14 14Ya' 20% 21% 20% 21 R 27 26 Ya 26% 25% 26% R 25 is y4 VR 31% R 10 32 10 Ya 6% R- 37 . 26 •8Ya 39% 18% *71 32% 14% 108 21 y4 v .16% 16 R: 62% 62 15 14%. 21% 49 49 20% 26% 28% 84 *75% ■ 18% 183/4 72 10 6% 6% 16 62% R64-RR 14 Ya 15 15 22 y4 22% 50 R 16% 16%; X50 - 38% 102% 35 y4 35 38Ya *101 16 ♦22 50 47% 36 •101 46 45% 46% 50% 50 50% 46 49% 50 R. 172 •167 i , : 172 171% 32% v 36 y4 37 38% 69 RR RR *78 435/a 36% 37Ya 377/a "RR 69 69 ♦78 80 20% 6% 6% 14 Ya 14% *98 39 R.R 80 6% 13% : RR * 6% ' 13% 100 38 Ya 'R 21% ; 20 y4 *98 100 39 : 6% vR R . 69% 80 22 20 Ya: ; , 38 " Ys ; 13 Ya 100 32% 44% R-R 38 Ya • R 50 Ya 172 38 21 y4 6% 6% 12% RR:i4":: ' *97 38 Ya . 42% 37% South *38 Ya 22 y4 6% ■V 80 1,400 3,100 1,600 6% 38 Ya R"R.V 5% rRR R'R;R 10 21 *97 38 Ya 22% 22% 22 22% 19% 90 90 18 16% 16% 44 45 110 . 22% 18% 89% 91 Ya 16% 17 43 % • 43% 91 16% R, 22 Ya R 19 y4 RR 18% 18 Ya 88 y4 no 40% 110% 25% •82 *43 ' - 45 *107Y4 108 40% 110% 26%. , 107% 108 40% 40% -110% 110% 85 ,22% V 18% *90Ya 1 16 Ya *41 Ya *108 - 40% ♦4oy< ♦110%. 112% 25%' 26% .26Y4 25% 19 40% 22% 22 y4 19 Ya R R/ 18% 92 89 R 16% 16 43% R ..■R 18 Ya 7,600 R 10,600 640 16%. 3,300 800 43% *41 Ya 109% 109 Ya 109 40 40% -98ff 40% 2,800 *110% 26 27% 25% 26, 400 112% 11,600 83 83% 84% 64% 81 81% 1,800 93% <89% 90% 90% 92% 90 92% 3,700 54% ,54 55 V 55 Vo 55% 91% 54% 92 53% 55% 53% 55' 41% 2 84 89 42% 67 67 Ya » 82 • ; 113% 43 ; For footnotes see page ' 43 1739. 41% 67% 68 24 23% 24 ; 42 ya 677/8 23% . ,13% 41% " 67 24 .25 •105%. 106 41 y8. . •105% 106 '13% 13% ; 43% 433/4 ■ 106 106" ' 13% 13%" 43% 43% stk tr ctfs_. , 41% 677a 40%: 41% 66% 67Ya ,..23,; 23% 42% 67% 23% ,24% *105% 106 13% 13% "43% 43% 14,800 -6,300 ; •105% 13 ,43 21,700 " 106 100 13% 43 4,300 4,900 - 1,400 Sep Sep Sep Sep 80 100 Sep 3 • 6y8 Sep 19 13 Sep 10 92 Sep 4 _5 : & Sons.common——1 $4 preferred Nopar 17 — I Co — Brands, Inc.-- $4.50 preferred —! -Nopar :---—Nopar prior preferred—Nopar Standard Oil of Calif—No par of Indiana 25 Standard Oil of New Jersey _^25 Standard Oil of Ohio———10 3%% preferred series-A Standard Steel Spring 4% conv preferred ; 100 —il 50 38% Oct 46 Nov 24% Oct 114 Jun 107% Oct 1 6 3 32% Jan 46% Dec 36% Feb 14% Aug 41% Jan 44% Nov 21% Dec 65% Dec 15 * 22% Deo 7% Sep 28 25% Nov 79% Nov 74 May 13% Jan July Aug 6% Mar Aug 70% Nov 12% Deo 48% Jan 96 29% July 13% Jan 4Y4 Aug 20% Aug 40% Apr 155 Apr 26% Jan 8 3 27 27 17 17 Jan 38% Jan 32% Jan 11% Jan 6% Mar 80% Jan 7% Jan 80 Feb 32 Mar bee 40% Oct 18% Deo 7% Dec 36% Dee 60% Dec 180 Nov 37 Nov 24% Dee 62 Nov 60% Deo 87% Dec 93 Dee 21% Dee 12% Dee 20 Dee Jan 95 Sep 44% Nov 39 Dee R12% Mar 76% Jan 99% Nov * 27% / 39- Dee .107% July 38%Sep 20, 55 May 13 . 28 Jam 109% Aug 30.. .'115%Mar21 ; 111% Jan 22% Sep 19 60% May 28. ; 2% Jan 77 * .Sep 24 135% Apr 5* ' 67% Jan 84 Sep 24 149% Apr 6 ;78% Jan -42% Feb 26 ; 59% Aug 13; 38% Jan " 37 Feb 26. J 49% May 31 / 33% Jan 62 Sep 20 ! ; 78%Mayl3 ,/-.56 /Jan 20% Mar ff L30 Jqiy lT 19% Aug *105% Sep 26 "108Va Jan 17' 105% Deo 12% Sep 24 ' 25 ^Feb lft* ; 9% Jfn 43 Sep 4 : 56 Jun "-4'. 7 —— — V 22% Nov 36% Dec 24% Jun 30% Apr 23 13Ya Jan 29 V 27 May 13 104 July 16 51 May 24 40% Jan 30 39% Apr 10 '109% Apr Iff . Deo 22% Jun 64% Jan . 21% Dee 12% Mar 15 27 11 15 3 11 5 1 24% Apr 25 .55 May 10 116 Mar 9 > 16% Jan May 31 . . 14% Dee 24 , $7 Oil Sep 20 Mar 69 \ Standard G & E Co $4 pref—No par, $6 prior preferred——No par Standard Sep 9 Sep 11 84% Sep 17 vSquibb (ER) Standard . Dee 7 18 15 33%.Feb 21 107Ya Oct 2 37 22 Deo 71% 30% Nov 3 Jan May July May Jun May Feb Feb May July 33% May 70 Jun 65 Jun 90% Jun 96 Feb 15% Sep 10 17 37 65% Oct 18 16 11 18 29 16 91 T 55% 108 48 18% 8% 60ya 59% 193 39% 24 23 20 20 Spalding (A G) & Bros Inc —1 Sparks Withington ——Nopar Spear & Co —1 $5.50 preferred No par Spencer Kellogg & Sons— No par Sperry Corp (The)———1 Spiegel Inc —2. Conv $4.50 preferred—Nopar * 110% 110% 40 33 65 —_Nopar - 500 90% Ohio 30% Mar 2 48% Sep 24 171% Oct 1 30 Sep 10 22% Jan '3 25 —7.50 ———— 20 38 Ya Co_ 9 Square D 500 > 101 22% Edison— non-cum Mobile & ' * California ' . Railway ,^-Nopar preferred —100 v 14% preferred Southern Natural Gas CoSouthern v 1 *13 Ya 101 8% 4% Sep 5 Nopar 100 South Porto Rico Sugar Southern 14y8 Sep 20 Greyhound Lines Pacific 74 R6Y4 Typewriter_No par Oil Co Inc. 15 Nov 22% Aug 20% Jan 11 85% Jun 7 27% Feb 16 24l/4Apr 17 Jan 28 Sep 19 Sep 23 44 Sep 20 36 Sep 10 101V2 Sep 26 29% Sep 20 . Gold &'Platinum—1—1 Southern *20 14 Corona 20 10O 61% Nov 29 32% Apr 40% Feb 39% May 91% May 26% Apr 87 May 61 8 15V4Sep 20 54 14 21 Oct 14% Deo 17y4 July 14% Feb 56ya Jun 26 QVs Sep 24! 6% Sep 24 35y4Sep 10 R; 38% Jan 110 a 15,500 *76 . R; preferred— 8,100 43% *70 80 & Am Southeastern 46 Ya 38 y4 — cum Socony Vacuum , 70 *79 R 22 , 46 39 69% 100 Smith 1,300 5,300 25 Ya R 46% —No par (A O) Corp (A) & Sons Carpet Co 3 %% 30.000 5% :Ri" 43% 80 42% R 34 Ya 14Ya RR 32% 172 69 44% 34% v Smith Smith 25 Ya R 50 44 Ya 25% ' : R 14 Ya 5% RRRRR 5Ya 1,200 R. 2,600 10 38. Steel , Nov 28 43% Jun . Sep 20 '273/4 Feb — :i RR 1,000 50 49% 2,600 R *171 40 175 RRv> Rv-r 32 Ys 33 ./R>' 800 R %24% '25 2,000 RR' 43% 25 14% 5Ya 46% 25Ya 25 36Y4 143/a |R v;RR 33 V* 25% 32 Ya 69 172 *32 Ya 32 Ya 32% 25 R' 42% 36 Ya *167 5Ys 220 102 y4 64 Co—No par ——15 Oil Corp : ——Nopar Skelly Oil Co—————15 Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron—20 $1.20 preferred Nopar 1,300 22% —' Sinclair 2,600 15 'R-RRR47'.:R' R 47% 49 38% 102 y4 14% 46 Ya .RR; 22% . 38 35 Ya - 22% ■ Pen Oil Simonds Saw & 22,600 63 62% 15 (W A) Union 66 115% Mar x42% Feb H33A May 8 Sep 10 19 Corp of America——1 Silver King Coalition Mines _5 Simmons Co —: Nopar 4,500 300 . ,15% R16-" . . 15 *101 14% 5%: , 5% 63% 38 Ya 35% 143/8 ; 102 V* " 14% 5Ya 16% > R 63 RRR;RR 15 1* Jan 19% July 110% July 8% Mar 22% July 11 24% Jan 17 Sep 24 Sheraton 6,900 47 Ya 38% 5% 6,200 37%.RR 47% 102 Vi 14 Ya Shell 6Y4 6Ya 37% 48 *48 Ya 35 Ya 6% 38 *47% :Rv': 5Ya 6% 37% 47 Y4 Sep 24 Sep 19' — 3,900 9% RR 9Ya 2 37 64 May 8 34% May 29 116 Mar30 18 Jan 28 100 Aug 14 61 July 11 110% Jun 28 37% Jan 16 77% Feb 8 39% Apr 18 17% Feb 8 49% Apr 9 23% May 11 Steel Corp —No par 24% Sep 19 Sharpe & Dohme —Nopar 23 Jan 4 $3.50 con'V pref ser A -Nopar :^ 77 Jhn 2;/.: Shattuck (Frank G) Nopar 17%Sep 19 Sheaffer 40 ! Jan * 19 No.par / 108 Gas— & 16 24 24 24 14ya Sep 19 Common —_———1 Oil Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep Sharon " 1,400 , RR -32% RR,1 73 32 Ya 38 y4 22% 14 y4 6%. 10 R 18% 73 - 47% *21% 102% X10 6,300 RR 37 y4 ; 35% 49% 18 Ya - 33 lOYa 27% - 44% Sep 30 ctfs——No par preferred Shamrock 5,600 3,300 25 Ya : $4.50 180 Line Air Inc Servel 4,200 •75% R-84-'R:RR 72 32 y4 900 20% 27 19 74 " 'R 14% 25 Ya 84 33 3,400 -v" 110 v'20% ; . ■ 30,700 . 14 .15 *107 21% 26 R 27% 27 :R27-i.RR, 62% - 39 *46 14 y4 108% 100 39% 13% 15 14% 14% R 1,300 1,300 8Ya 38 Ya 14% 15 y4 R'RR *15 49 8Y«- ' , Seaboard 8,700 25% 25 Ya 8% 39% 38 y4 i 15 Ya *48 45 Sep 4 23% Sep 19.-* 110% Sep 11 10 ya Sep 19 61 Sep 20 - 103 17% 5% preferred series A —100 42 Seaboard Oil Co of Del No par 24% Seagrave Corp ————— 57 Sears Roebuck & Co—-ji.No par 36 Seeger-Sunbeam Corp ——*—5 13 Seiberling Rubber Co——1 14% 30 48% 21% R" 50 ,909 R 20 19% - 15,200 38 , 48% 14% ■X *75 Ya 10% R RR 10 16 38 Ya i 26 18% * 48 Ya *100 y4 27 32% 62 V *48 Ya '■■R 25y8 65 y4 103 ' - 4,200 45 R RR,; 1 44% 103 " 6% R' 7 38% R R 20% ,, .71 31% " 37% *46 V 84 R 18% RR 71 18% 70 Ya 70 Ya • 26% ,,*75% 84 *75 Ya 50 11'RRR R64 ; 21 14% 14% *108 HOYa 110% 26 R 2oy4 14% RR 15% 70 103/4 - Lead — —10 Safeway Stores : —_5 5% preferred ———:—.—100 Savage Arms Corp ———5 Schenley Distillers Corp——-1.75 Scott Paper Co—— —No par $3.40 cum pfd No par 7,700 45% 9Ya .RR 38% 39% 25% 113 y4 103% 26 *8 15 Ya *109 110% 64% *45 103% 20% 21'% 14' : 10% 66Y4 *103 *103 15% 14% 15%; 15% 25 Ya *112 y4 St Joseph 2,700 25% 112 10% 46 103 R . 112 52% R si y4 ' *45 103% ; 52% 25% 112 Ya *103 R, 25%',: 112 Ya 66% 65% R 46 44% 11 10% 65% R 63% 25% 113 '•RR 52% 52% 23% Deo 40% Deo Dec 116 49% Dee 115% Aug 33% Nov 121 Dee 134% Deo 49% Dee 44% Dee 68% Nov 27 Oct 108 Nov 20% Deo THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Monday, October 7, 1946 NEW YORK STOCK RECORD AND LOW Sept. 30 Sept. 28 \$ t per share STOCK Tuesday Monday Saturday * per 19% 47% CLOSED *19 48'/a 19% 16 29% 29% 21% 21% 16% 16% 22% 23% 48% *102% 104 15% 15% 104 15% 14% *122 14% 63 63 *122 123 63% -123 . ' s, 48% 49 12% 21 21% 15% 15% 21% .16% " 23% 22% 23% 14% 14% 107% ; J *106 107% 49 49 Va 63 % 123 13ya 63l/2 111% 8% 49 50 12% 44% 13% 20 Va 110% 111% 1 43% 1 41% 123 8V4 21 29 14% 123 48% : 16% 63% . 13 111 111 no 105 *102 21 Va X20% • 48 21% 48% V , 19% 47 21% 16y$ ' 8% > 13% 21% ' 19 , •• 28% V 8% 48% 13 21% 110 *122. - ^ 8% 12% , 14% 4:t^ 43 - 30% 63% ; 8% 8% 48% ' >*106 *41 . 29% 22% I 15 19% 48 *103 105 '! 15% 15% 31% 21% 21% 16% •' 42-" 19% 47 15% 30% 106j/2 106% 48V* 15%' - '':??;42 20 104 104 • ' *21% .21% >16% >16% ■ 22%. 23y8, 15 8% 31% 30 107% 62% 20 Oct. I per share $ per share. , 42% 47% 48 ♦103% *105 42 Va 20 41 Va- 41 % 43 *41 EXCHANGE Oct. 3 I per share ; Friday Thursday Oct. 2 > . f per shart share Wednesday >;'• >' Oct. 1 j . BALK PRICES HIGH 20% 111 v: 20% 110% my2 ' ' .42% 42% 40% *40 42% 42% 41% . •: 41% ;• *14 32% 32% > ■?- 15% 32% V-32% 28 28%, 27% 25% 27 25%- 26!% *14 i 32% 27% 28% ♦14 16 v 103% 104% *103% -> 8% 8% 8% * ■ 8% * 14 1 41% 15 %32'% 28% - 32% *28y2 26% 27 103% il03% 8% 8% 8% 8% • w T 44 44' 41% *42 *40% . 29 25% 27% *103% 105 105 * : 41% 15 % 32% . 12% 12% .1; 20 41% 15% *14 32% 33 & 27% 27% 26 J/a *103»% 26% 104% 8y» 8% Talcott Inc 600 400 ; 3,100 5 3 _____100 65 May 28 18 Sep 150 11% 12% -Thermoid $2'% — Thompson 19% 19% 19% 104% 103% 104 y4 17% 18% 17% 17% 43% 45 42% 14% ,14% 19% T9% 19% 19% ♦102% 103% 102% 102% 17% 16% 17% 8,400 41% 42% - 190 17% 43% 14% 19% *103% T03% 19% 104% 14% ' 500 19% 17% 42% 1T% 43% 42 42% 15 > 15% 14% 73 34 y4 33% 34% 19 19 19 ' 14% 33 *17% Timken 6,800 19 ■. Feb 20% Jun Corp .No par Apr 9% Mar 53% July 10 y» Aug 7 69% Jun 18 112% Jun 12 13% Jan 29 Jam 29 68 8% 16 16 21% May 14 25 com__-*_jVo par Water Associated>Oil 6 13 Jan 45 "July 106% Oct 4% Jan Jan 31 10 $3.75 preferred ,v.;par Timken Detroit Axle new 5 .8,800 . 10,100 14% 31% -Tide 3,800 Transit Thompson-Starrett Co_.w-__'_No par $3.50 cum preferredpar 5,000 37% 177/8 Feb ;£ 70 preferred>"_—^50 (J R) Products • 61% July 26 30% May 9 4%. preferred «_-_^^^,___i^_100 ; — 37% conv Thompson - 35% Co common^__u—1 Co div 5,400 . Ry 26% May 10 per Third Avenue 1,700 15% 41»% 42 *104 107 6 Vi 6% 35% Pacific & ;i" The Fair _i i,900 *14% July 11 Texas 340 : 18 Thatcher Glass Mfg Co___ 5 »' • $2.40 conv pfd a. „ „_No par 400 50% 11 68% Aug 21 25 32% Jun 600 10% ' TexasPacific Coal & Oil_____^__10 Texas Pacific Land Trust r_l__l 2,100 *50% 25% Jun>3: 60% Jun 4,000 * 19% May 18 03'->Jan .15 lNq par 4,700 ■ 9 „5 —^ Texas Co (The) Texas. Gulf Producing Texas Gulf Sulphur 8,800 *2,700 - (James) Telautograph Corp ^Tennessee Corp 800 iv,. Roller Bearing tTransamerica No par Corp.,.;,..,. ' 34% 33 *17% . 33% 33%' *17% 19 33% •18 19 -v 100 7 106% *106 106% 106 106% 17% 17% *17 17 %i *>17% X. 42% 42% 42% 42% •105 ■' 52% 4214 52% 52% *104 13% LOW AND Monday $ per f per share 49% 52 Ya 113: i % 52 Sales for . ; f per share Shares 29 27 % 95 94% 95 94% 22 29% - *112% 113 1113% 113% 113 *109 112 *109 106% *106 - 22 y8 21% 22 112 117% 119 % 118 120% 117 106% ,'107 " 107 % •106 '107% ' 34 34% 34 34% 21% 2?% 21% 107% ; , 107% 107 % ?G7% *107% 28% 29% 29% 30% 29% 41% ' 42% 42'% 43 % 62% 63% 63% *107 110 29% 30 64 % *24% i -0 86 ' *24% 28 7% *81 3%' 3% 47% 25 , 3% ~ 22 *95 13% 13 39 45% 46% 45% 19% 20 y4 19% Par Range Since January 1 Lowest Highest I per share I per share Year 1945 Lowest $ per share > Highest $ per share Jan 20% Jan 100% Aug 25 Aug 104 31% v fiep Jan 40% 40% / 63% 63% 63% 66 Jan 28 28 26% Feb 7% I 7%>i?/8^ 22% Mar 7% July 85 3% 47% 12 y2 46% 19% . - y4 39 .. > 29 97> 13% 39 y4 stock 40 3% 13% y4 110 : 110 " 12% 39 Range for Previous stocks york pk m exchange •29f 35 22% ;?>>47%:^47%'' *11 50 1 30^ V •24% - 7% 86 ' 7%. 8 *81 > 47% ; 107% 34% 34 22% 22 par 109 y4 Jan 118 118% 106% ;; new ... • 106% 22 y4 106% 21% 22 y4 106 > 34% prior pfd Co_ >_ 112 *106 121 22% conv Coach 94% 106 34% No par „Nopar :„No par 28% 94% 118% 21% Corp 13% 14% 111.-7 Twin the Week v Film 53 14% ; 113 5% '8,000 - Friday 52 y4 . Fox preferred prior pfd ' Twin City Rapid Transit-—Jfo 490 Oct. 4 I per share 27% 111.' 22% 21% 16% Cen $1.50 $4.50 . ■ 14 *105% 106% 1,500 13% 50 16% Oct. 3 28 113 111> 106% 13% 48% Thursday 94V4 ♦109 13% Oct. 3 t per share , 200 $6 preferred,-, No par Truax-Traer Corp ..„00—No par 20th 300 105 17% 16% 13% *112 54% 105 49% 13% *49 27% *105% ~ . 12,000 SALE PRICES v , 1,300 18 42% *52 Wednesday ; share ,51% 13% 49% 55 105 a *53 *103% 15% >16% HIGH Oct. 1 t per share 42 y8 13% r- Tuesday Sept. 30 .17% 43% 55 13% Sept. 28 17% 42% 105 16% 8atnrday "17% 43 ft *52% 49% 15% 13% 130 107 106 »A 107 *106 ■13,300 ' 6% 6%.. " 17% , *103% 104 48% 13% 7 : 52% 104 105 6% ; _5 Transue & Williams BVl-^-.Nopar uTri"Continental Corp , ' 6% .6% 6% 6% 6% Transcont'l & West Air Jnc: 95 13% ; 38 y2 46% ' 15% 107% 16% 15% 16 ; 106% 107%, 19% ; 19% 15 106% 15i/4 *106 10% 11% 11% -11% 11% 11% 19% 18% 19% 109 10% 18% >18% 106 11% 106 V. 106 w? 15% 106 15% 202 ^ 32 *90% 92 - 90%. 111% 202 > 32 "; 90% . , 11% *196 107 15% 901/e 42% 7 32% - 90% 43 7'/4 27 27% 18 18% *10% 49 *68 57% 101% 102 56% 102% 58% *157 51 *74 80 57% 160 50 161 59 , 69% 70% 148 y4 23% 47% 74 ; 23% 74 y2 69% 147 Ys 22% *51 5 % 5 % 5% 5% 5% 9% 10% 9% 9% 9% 109% 8% 71 58% 103 • 46 148 V4 *104 10% 40- 161 8% 16 8 % 109% 8% 104 8 70 y8 148 22% 52 5% 9% 109% 8% *44% 50 44% 44% ♦20% 21% 20% 20% 11% For footnotes 11% 11 11% see page 1739. Dec 107% Not 28 Not 115 Dec 115% 112201 r£ 32 v, 26% 19 *15 128% 31% 11% 11% *106 15% 106% ♦198 32% v- 11% 106 > 15% 107 % ♦198 . Dec 34% Nov 55% Dec 12% Dec 39 Dec 16% Dec THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE NEW YORK STOCK RECORD LOW. AND HIGH Saturday Monday Tuesday Sept. 28 • Sept. 30 SALE Oct. 1 f per shar e »r=l per-share 95% 96% ' 96 196 '190 *190 32 88 ,«$.# 96 per 06 - .196 •? -?32 32% 86% Wednesday Oct. 2 * per share . PRICES . 31% Vp6j% : SB'/ST 97.. s per share *95 " ■ ?:' 32 . *95 32% <86% -86% » , V -. 86%^ Universal 8% , 630 V. ??STOCK EXCHANGE 18% 17% ?*38 •? • CLOSED 17 1 36 100 41% . ?i -'••?• 41 121% *120 ? 47 *93 41'A 41'A 7 *120 Va ••••»■ 38 33% 34% ?<? 145 *135 145 ♦150 130: X34 ? ♦135 *150 ^ > 99 Vanadium 3,000 Van Norman 400 ?;l? Van Ra.alte ? 7,4(00 17% :•-: 187 30 Va 1 „•, ! —100 85 ■? May 14 Sep 19 Sep 25 Jan 10 49% Jan 178 10 Apr f per share Ja n"? 75 V* 200% Apr 23 101 Highest t per. share t per share •1110% 12 Lowest , ,110 Dec 200 NOV Mar 83% Aug 48% Deo taj.- 9 W.t- »— Co.. Co Vicks 5% Shreve Sugar Co. 6% . Sep 16 Sep 19 25% Apr 30 13 Mar 36% Sep 15% Sep r- —.10 Co & 19 2.50 Inc Chemical Vick 350 : ?$;??; ?;: of Am—,.—No par Corp VertdentestCamaguey 90O 350 ?.(•. ,;•' 6% 35 . j 6% ,.• 72% *120Va 24 58% Apr 24 32 Jan 26 Va Jun 17 13% Apr *47% 39 35 • 34 12 100 Sep 30 100 Sep 30 115 36% Sep 12 *135 *150- 180 *135 V - 39 Va "•'"?■• 34 145 180 * • 150 -i. "34 1 ' :?■? ?■■" ,14? 1 : 460 ?:? 53 Va Iron 5 .100 Sep ,—100 Coke 5% pfd 6 % • 135 Sep 171 90% Jan 103 Dec 24% Jan 45% Deo 3% Mar 8% Dec Deo 59 V, 81 Sep 124 Jan 83 Deo 3 45% Jan 56 Nov 45% Jan 30 36% Jan 43% Nov 52 29 Sep 24 100 Detinning Deo 15 Jan 53 33 104 Feb 57 23 37 Dec 50% Nov 24% Deo 118 Sep —25 Dec 22% May 28 105 A_—.5 Co—__i._100 •34% 86% Mar 99% July 10 21 46 Sep 19 class $ Jan May 28 123% Apr Jan —,.25 (The) -21% 108% Aug 23 12% Jan 29 80 Preferred — 3 100 preferred - Visking Corp " Oct 8 51% Apr 30 6% §ep 24 63% Sep 20 118% Jun 24 __100 pr,ef__ Coal & 103 No par r Virginian Ry Co__ Vulcan 1 180 100 prefered • GOO 1,700 partic Va El & pow $5 . _7° t div 6% Feb 113 .ya-Qaroljina Chemical . 400 . 1 95 (49?;? 39 -0-h / ?; ;; , 19 —.2.50 preferred-. non-cum 3D 19 Ry———100 Fac Victor Chemical Works—w 31/2%' cum preferred y 3,3QO t 121% *85 47% - i r.71-, 95 1,800 20 7 71 122% :.39- 34%.. f 41 104 *85 ? 101 * *93 40 145 - 35 *93 *102 6% 122%-- •121% 39 ■; 42 *71 .;• 95 39 37% 103 1C3 72% ' •???.-17%:: ?:"■;•■'■ 35 ??' 101 *47% ..49 -■■;?.? i". 47% -*150? 180 *135 17% 99 *85 38 Inc.. shekfi 92'/, Sep ' 104 .. 17 37% 35 ?■'?? *93 95 35 ;> *34 Va *71 38%. *37 37%;" 47- •■-:• 47 ; 101 r.V' 7 121% *82 47 ? • *101 73 120% J 95 *82 ?')>?> 6% *70. 73%'; 17% 101 *93 41 Co v 1,700 - • ?•?•■ 16% 37% 17% , 19% 19% 17% 35% i?? '■ '■?. 25 *93 : 20%?: 16% ? ; 40 • 104 6% 38 *35 •; > 101 *101 19% 17 V4 \ 17% 1 .•?, 99 20% 38 ; 35% *93 67/a , 35% *93 J.03%.* 6% ~i7% ,: •?' *20% ' Par Year 1946 Highest v? 17'A 38% *38 41% 103% ... ■ b 20% ,?";17% 17. ? Va';. v ■ 37 100 . 10: 100 100 r ; 38%? 17% - 20 20 20,; ■ • . preferred ? f ■ ,100 Pictures 4%% - y $ per Tob_—.No par preferred Universal 3.100 •• Leaf f lowest ? • 170 ' • Range for Prevlona Range Since January 1 EXCHANGE Shares 97% —*190 196jCY 31% 32y\1 196 32 *85 -87%vii-: 97%. *190 , t per share " STOCKS NEW YORK STOCK Frlda*8alesfor Oct. 4 " the Week * Oct. 3 share 196 *190 ' 32% Thursday Sep 24 24" 10 9 Apr July Apr 170 Mar 29 120 Mar 178 May 11 145 Nov Mar W *62 65% *62% 66 63% m* .17% 17% 17% 37'/a 36% 36% 37 ♦106'/a 107 *110 111 ll'/a . ?101 . : . i 15'/4 ' 101 19 27- ? 11%V<J 27 *25 V4 25% 27% 27% -25. 28 " 21% 21% 24%, 24% 10 35 35% , 9% "33* 119 115 6% *112% *13 29% 25 Ve 94 V4 *32 : *6 6% : ' 90 95 - « w *145f 39. - 40 ^ 54% " 84% 90 ' 95 , • •; *83%, 85% '."68% 18% : ... - , 46% HI 101 ' - • *37% 13% - 14% 97% 16%' ?: 118% 6 33% •22% 26,200 >'»99%~ 100 , ?- 37% 37V4 700 ;.o , *60 75 *101=% 103% :.:^41%v■•42% .'!94% - 33% 12% 98 6% 11 14% • .,6% v." 165 >•" *39% 55 ; • 85% 70 . 541/4 541/4 2,300 400 f " 500; Oil Jan Sep & Co 6% (F W) • . 101 Jan 112 Dec 113% Sep 118% Den 11 106 Jan 9 3 Deo Jan 13 Va Jan 12 Deo Deo 61 Deo 4% Jan 14% Jun 37% Jun 32% Jan 17 13% Feb 56 Va Jun 14 30 Va Jan 57 % July Apr 24 64 V« Jan 92 101 53% Jan 14? 14 41% Jun 17 24 Va Sep 39% Jan 30 99 Deo 3'/a Jan 16 32'A Jan 20 May Oct 32% 25 39 118% 22% Mar 90% May 14 45 Jan 18 107% Jan 56 26 ya Jan 35 Oct 27 Va July 31 Va Aug 38 Va Deo 27% 31 Jan 11 Jan 18 62% May 29 Oct 64 72 106 45% Jan Deo Deo 105 Va 78 101% Aug 31% Jan • Deo 43 Feb 100 Oct 37'/a May 50% May 37% May 30% July 45% J.Uh 27 Sep 26 Jun 43% Aug , 29 63% Jun > 7 29% Sep JQ Feb 107% Jan 47% Deo 93 V» Sep 27V4Feb 87% Jan 26 44 May 28 21% Jan 31 Va Deo 25 Va Sep por 1 18 44 Jan 26 Va Jan 47% Dec 8% Deo 19 v 107% July 26 12% Sep 24 , ? l?VaSep 16 Va Sep 142 ... Co..—.^___n.10 , Mar ,5 Wright Aeronautical 1^.No par M 72 Wrigley (Wm) Jr (Del).—'..Wo par. • > 68 Wyandotte Worsted Co new.— 5 ?? 14 Sep Deo 26 Va Jun 16 16% Mar 21 July 10 July 26 160 - t 52 10% 7 Jan 128 .62% .May 29 Oct 22 Jan Deo 138% Deo 37 •' 22 Va Jan May 31 Jun 19% Nov 13% Jan Jun 14 > 35 6'/a Mar 21% Feb Feb 26 » 43% Sep 10 "? ' 12 29 101 :? 34 ' 18 94 26% Jan 26 Oct Jan 12% Jan 19 19 103 83% Jap 30 Jan July 11 May 21 36 95% Sep 24 > .10 L_10 105 6% Sep 20 10% Sep 28 23% July 10 ??. 81% Sep 11 x33Va Jan J7 par- —No par Co.,rI._ Iron Jan 35 24 12.50 gfd—lOO Jan 109% 116% Apr > 24 X, . ——5 Co 100% 27% Sep 10 —_—20 Pow 1 6 21 Va July 19 Inc—No par El 30 Aug 117% Aug 7 119% May 16 53 % Jun 10 19 Sep 8 122% Feb 2 :__12%-5$v 35% Sep 20 Co ^Wooiwor^h -7001 3,100; : 37 Nov 113 ya Nov Worthington P & M (Del) No par "• ■ 47 Sep 19 Xi Prior pfd 4%%:series_l i.100 jX?; 84% Sep 30 Prior pfd 4%% conv series.l.100 87% Sep 27 10 .68 :';>I8- 23% Mar Apr 119 4 20% Sep 12% Instrument—. Woodward 600 6,700 • *83J/a 1.8% Corp preferred ..Wisconsin ' 50% :>8Q ,■>■ 85 .*89 & >92' Electric $4.25 preferred Wilson-Jones Col—..— 41 ••' 49%. Wilcox Wilson if 16% 4,65, 10 25 Sep - Willys-Overland ^Motors——_____1 98% •' ♦145X. S, Nov 89% Nov 75 .No par Corp mm *16% Brake preferred. ?i—d>_Wo conv Prior • Air prior pref——.Wo conv $4 0 '14 ' >•14% 98 16% $5 X ^r: 35. Dee 38% Apr 14 No par ! Elec 16% Jan 27 White Dental Mfg (The S S)____20 White Motor Co.—... ' 1 White Sewing Mach 3,100 $ "90 r- —.1— "*7%~DM May 24 5% Sep , 9 84 % 16 100 Jan" 30% 20 89 Va Aug Wheeling & Lake Erie Ry——,100 . -! 63 Aug 20 ? 5 % To. cony preferred —100 -101 Mar 26 Wheeling Steel /. Corp_——.No par '!■&■} 37 'A Sep 10 490 2,000- *31-,. 6% v :? 300 : 26%;.; *82 > 11% *97 95--:v% / 12%, :•,'. ,11% 14% •:• 25% . •13 Va ; 90 • ^-33% 3,500 B Weston 16% Apr 24 100 Deo 33% Deo 43% July 11; 35'A Feb 26 comJNo par 32 . 45 14% Sep A— Deo 21% Nov 30 111y4 Sep —10O iX;, Deo Deo 50 ; 5, 47% Jan 31: 19 1 57 16% 105% Oct Apr 14% Aug 24 Va Jan 20 Mar Fej? 49 29% Sep 3 ;? 14 35% Mar 14 jl9 Deo 14'/a Deo 16 34% 30 13 ; 10 Jfin 91% 29% . 30% Jun Oct Westvaco Chlorine Pr,od___—Wo par :t? $3.75 preferred ...No par S .. . Sep 9% Sep Co.Z—No par Preferred 700 50 Sep 110 Jan 8% Oct 20 Nov 110% Aug 8% 18% July 19 12 78 61% Mar 23% Aug 29 Sep 2nd preferred series Westinghouse Westinghouse 240 471/2? ?? ; .23 Western Union Teleg class A .No par Class 261/4 •-*45% Sep 105 7 107% Feb 114 Supply Co Maryland Ry_ non-cum 20 Va Jun 106 Auto Preferred II,200 25% 34 ;>'5.33% f 100 s 100 ' Mar 26 154% Aug 12 pfd—100 Western Pacific RR Co 2iy2 26% 190 18% 400 6,400 89 - 2,800 29% 50% *83% 4 c'o 28 3A 39% 53% Western Deo Mar 15 ' 100 2,700 21%. . 5 __-,_5. preferred Western 29% 38 Pap Deo 42 Apr 111 100 & 20 Jan 31 ? Sep 20 4%% 1,400 75% 21% Pulp Jan 18% Jan .24 -27 4Sep 11 20 Sep 10, Inc__rr^_—L„_5 Power Sep 13% 30% Sep 24 17% Sep 24 No par Western Air Lines Inc ,,33'A *13 21%: Penn ? West' Va 18 75% Co_ 64 14 29 19 .25 21 54 100 ; Feb 23% Jun , 26 Sep ?/xll% No par Co_L__ —>r Tobacco 4%% 6Va 33 i79;?M Lt Feb 10 5 Cqrp_————_5- 1,600 . 66. *15 Gas Motpr 98 ' - __)00 preferred West 20 114 6V8 17% 6 7c 20 1.90Q 15 V, ,15% .66 . 86 - 19 Sep 3 Apr 12 "-Wesson Oil & Showdriftl._i:—No par 31% Sep 100^ ?X $4 conv preferred No par ' 85% Sep West Indies Sugar Corp—29 3,500 Sep 40 •West Psnn Electric class Az-Nopar 108 Sep 60 7% preferred 100 115% Jan • 40% *113 No par Sep 11 Sep 400 115,$: 40% ii4 75 35 •145 165 113 *114 42% - 118% 113 114 43% ,i 94% -*82 16% . ? W,-^--No par ? -r; Wayne Knitting Mills Wayne ^um^ Cq. Webster 1,300 *110.-c- 110%- $ : 103% 6% 50- 29% 26 ■ v.; 34% 113 45% 46% • *33% '■'.34? $ 34 *31 . ♦68 68%, 18% . 7 90 • *13 • 34% "Waukesha " .1,200" 10 118% *32%' ,33%.; 27 Va 26% 11% *85 ,• 90 42% 94 ■ 39Va • 53 - *96% ♦145 51 ': 11% 13% ^ *101% , 31% •16% 165 49% , »; - ; A 27% *6% *96V*' 98 1'. ♦16% 16% < 95 12% 13 *82 » 90' *30 h 35 . 11% 12% 13% '14% - 7 27? -n- • 43% 21% 21% 37% *61% 105% 42%, *30% 38 ■ 7% »6Va 21% 3027 •v-v*99 *61% "^5 33% *75 37% 46% 13% *3i - 21% *33% 95 vA82 76 25% ♦101 *15 34'A 29% . 6 17%' -s*13Va • -.27 V, 12% 6% • 33% «33% •• 27 ? ... 16 76 75 : 68 , 103% 42'/,? 42% *112% 10 86% 16 47 •61% 114 V 35.1/4 $35 , 32% 67 6% 32x- ♦101 & preferred .Washington' 700 I,100 56 17 34 "i05 v common—-——1 WarrenT Petroleum 8.00 ! 23% ;.,32% 16% :*98%:.i'99%'.;:- • Co " . t'23.?; :•?■ *85% 67% : 46% G Co„—_— Baking 5%% 100 .No par —_100 — Warner Bros,Pictures pew Warren Fdy Pipe 400 28 y8 86% 15% ♦15 32 X 8ptO 25% 33% '4 67% 37 • 41% 34 16% 26 37 . 26 :;>;- -:X.21 ;? . 10% 67 76% 22 21% 30% ".21% 114 35% 15% 33% 32% •' *112% 114 110 118% *111% . 67 , 6%. *75 . 40% 18 ' 33 *111%; 113 *113% 115 41 42% 111% 40% 15% *15 : 112 *113 % 114 34 *85% 33% *118 67% • 33% ...:-*lll . 15% 86% " 112% 40 67 *85 .10% . 118 118 115 ♦112% 34% *111% 110 118 % 39 *33% 33% *110 110 118% 10% ,• 89 33 -111% 111% ♦113 34' ♦85% 33% •lOVa 10 *33 85%:-. 85% ,? 230 *27% 28% 21% 35,: ■ Ward preferred —T—^—.No par Co^ Walworth r 21,700 *25Va •>'25 Va ::: 25 r 24$ 34 102 Va >•18% .U9.W& System ■ 21% 10 5,700 8,200 15% Wabash RR 41/2% 4'U preferred Walker (Hiram) 3,500 '11 % i 102% C 10O 117V4 10% 27 23 34 Walgreen m'..15 .19% . Waldorf 1,000 114 .. . *?. *26 H Va 1,100 37 *106% 107 15% i .15% 1.01% 102% : %■' 18% ""18 107 112% 117 113A ' : 15 *106% 171/4 36% i 100 17 4 63% Nov 40% Jan Aug 43 25 38 Jan 79 100 Apr 79 Jan 109 103 May 10 80 Jan 100 ya Nov 75 Jan 110 Nov 69% Mar 84 Oct 74 > 82% Apr1 4 105 Oct 3 Sep 19 1 Feb -4 25% Jun 53% Deo Nov Nov 6 "" • . LOW Monday f»tarday( Sept. 28 Sept. ?0? 3 f per share AND HIGH BALE Tuesday I per share PEICE8 Wednesday r.,?;' Oct. i .:?;?$$$"■ Dct. 2 «' I per store > ; # per store Thursday ; Oct. 3*; A per share Friday :v: Oct. 4 j I Bales fore the per share -; - xr' Weeki Shares ' >. -; , : - . . , STOCKS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE ' * < % Range for Previous r ■: ' C r;. . ' ;'X fat \ $ per share . 4 Range Sine* January 1 Lowest Highest :■ < 9 pet share , Year 1945 Lowest ?4 | per share Highest i per share i mm. i mmi 8TOCK. ? * 16% 17 ? 17% 18% 61% EXCHANGE CLOSED 40 63% 1 40 ' ■ 19 Yale-tf Tqwne,Mfg Co——*—25 * 36% Oct : 4 rr._ —J : .^,15 \8ep 3 Young Spying & Wire No per t 17 Sep 24 Youngstewn Sheet fy Tube—N? pgr V4: 57'% Sep 24 Youngstown Steel Door—' Wo par ? ? 18 Sep 12 X v 2,800 ( 2,000 •Bid and asked prices; no sales on this day. "Jin receivership, • York. Corp a Deferred delivery,: n Sew Block » > ' "... ♦•■>• V."y,/y •!*'''.'tJ Zenith ' Radio- Cprp.'—Wo Zonite dash sale, a Products Corp Special sales. t par: Ll V> **\ $ \ v21% Sep 19, -v 9 ,wd When distributed. Sep 23 61% Julyt l ' ' 27Va.Jan 31 - 35% Jan 17 'C •* 92% Jan 13% Jan 19V» Jan 39% Jan - 83'/8 May31 31 Jan 29 C-'(• : 20 .-"-f .f •" •42% Jan 15 14% Apr x-Ex-dlTidonda? y ' 18 Mar . •>. .. 34% July 5% Jan Xz-rights. 47% Deo 24% Oct 31 Va Deo 70% Deo • 27% Sep ;j ' ? "■ \ 44% Deo 12% Deo .t »'. "Stocks, Railroad ftumber of " . and Miscel. Bonds ; Week Ended Oct: 4, 1946 Shares ■ Saturday! Monday___ Tuesday-— Wednesday ThUTSday Friday 888,205 — Government Bonds ■ 958,490 4,410,000 919,040 3,750,000 916,830 3,424,000 4,740,681 $20,969,000 $1,301,000 , Saturday 245,560 Stocks—No. of shares. 1946 6,926,460 $99,500 $44,000 $18,189,000 1946. f 1,697,000 63,298,200 964,367,900 1,762,*720,000 Domestic— listed :-.k • on $30,651,500 $1,045,855,100 $1,841,307,310 t i•'• •' Va «i ♦ i f v W a !. *•, • * ' >V 10 ..." 10 •••'" J 20 15 "... <■• Indus- i Date— ' Rail¬ Utill- -. 65 < : ties •• Stocks trials ; i' September 28I__.:» * September 30^",' ; 172.42 October 1_ 47.72 _ 47.46 34.44 47.85 61.86 • 169.80 34.68 V 47.10 34.48 Grade New trials" Rails Exchange • 104.11 -110.98 110.97 89.42 103.86 110.98 el 61.73 103.91 103.83 107.51 110.75 103.00 107.54 ?. >103.02 107.55 89.50 110.93 61.09 • i' 102.96 89.55 \ 107.58 89.46 107.58 100 NOTICE—Prices week, and when "and are ;*-;1 Trust Co * LOW AND Monday Sept. 28 Low ; :* High STOCK ]■ EXCHANGE CLOSED ,1' ' '' v HIGH "Interest Period" indicate r'YY-" • SALE ••'• Y '?'f—' Figures PRICES Tuesday Sept. 30 High > Oct. 2 Low High Low in each Thursday Oct. 3 ; Low High case the v.,/- (Fulton 122 • - 106- • - 40% 46% 19 - 7';v . v 57%- —10 100 1,650 200 —25 Co 1,710 - States ;• 56% 269 263 41% 98% 39% > 43% 94% 25 Trust.— 53 54% 20 100 12% 41% 12 United 17% 1,900 50 25 41 318 ' 16% ——100 1,850 10 Title Guarantee & Trust " - ——100 ' 309 Sterling National 26% : 38 -L—100 210 190 Public NatT Bank & Trust.17% 102 23% inn —— Ait Bid Par Morgan (J P) <Ss Co Inc National City Bank. New York Trust '20%* <■ 97 ■£' * y'.'j Manufacturers Trust . c 41% , 55 . v- t.:-« 39% ; 100 74 £9 . 14% 715 ; ; 16 ,745 > Exchange the ene Friday Sales for Oct. 4 - High:: Low bonds mature. more 32d of a * : 8 '.v'}^^-w"!'^.1/;■ I';.! point. *103.19 103.21 *103.18 103.20 *103.18 103.20 *103.17 106.29 *106.26 106.28 *106.26 106.28 *103.26 106.28 *106.26 106.28 BONDS V. NEW YORK u- :4, ,'v' 103.19 *106.27 GOVERNMENT a the Week Bonds ($) High 103.21 108.30 or ■ Range Since Jan. 1 ; Highest /- Lowest STOCK EXCHANGE p'; Treasury 4%s Treasury 3J/aS 1947-1952 ■ 104.14 July 12 Range for Previous Year 1945 ; :y 104,27 May 16 Lowest Highest 106.13 Nov 109.24 Ma* 111 1949-1952 J~un~28 *108.28 108.30 108.31 *108.29 108.31 *108.31 109.1 1951-1955 110.3 *111.12 111.14 *111.12 111.14 *111.12 111.14 *111.14 111.16 ♦111.18 111.20 Treasury 2%s 1955-1960 112.21 Aug 23 1 02.25 *102.22 102.24 *102.22 102.24 *102.22 102.24 *102.22 102.24 Treasury 2%s 107.15 *107.12 107.14 *107.12 107.14 *107.12 107.14 *107.13 107.15 Treasury 2%s 1951-1954 107.23 *111.18 111.23 *111.20 111.22 *111.22 111.24 *111.23 111.25 *112 112.2 Treasury 2%s 1956-1959 113.12 Aug *112.1 112.3 *112.1 112.3 *112 112.2 *112.2 112.4 *112.10 112.12 Treasury 2%s ..1958-1963 *113.14 113.16 *113.14 113.16 *113.8 113.10 *113.11 113.13' *113.18 113.20 Treasury 2%s 1960-1965 *103.5 103.7 *103.5 103.7 ♦103.5 103.7 *103.5 103.7 *103.5 103.7 Treasury 2%s 1948 *104-25 104.27 *104.26 104.28 *104.26 104.28 *104.26.104.28 ♦104.26 104.28 Treasury 2%s 1949-1953 *105.20 105.22 *105.20 105.22 *105.18 105.20 *105.18 105.20 *105.19 105.21 Treasury 2%s —1950-1952 105.7 *105.5 105.7 Feb"l9 1948-1951 *107.13 *105.4 105.6 *105.4 105.6 *108.29 ♦105.5 Treasury 3s 1U.18 Aug~23 109.22 115.23 Apr 12 2 106 Apr 106.6 Oct 107.15 Apr 2 107.15 Jan 28 106.28 Sep 107.25 Jun *105.5 105.7 Treasury 2%s 1952-1954 106.30 *106.31 107.1 *107 107.1 Treasury 2 %s 1956-1958 108.4 104.11 *104.11 104.13 *104.12 104.14 Treasury 2%s 1962-1967 105.22 May *103.23 103.25 ♦103.24 103.26 ♦203.26 103.28 *103.30 104 *104 104.2 •Treasury 2%s 1963-1968 104.9 Jan 10 *103.10 103.12 *103.11 103.13 ♦103.13 103.15 103.15 103.15 ♦103.17 103.19 Treasury 2%s June 1964-1969 103 Jan 4 *103.9 103.11 *103.11 103.13 ♦103.15 103.17 *103.15 103.17 103.6 *103.6 103.8 *103.11 103.13 *103.13 103.15 103.4 *103.4 103.6. ♦103.8 *102 102 102 102.2 *102.1 102.3 103.10 103.12 102.3 102.3 ♦103.10 *102.5 102.7 .' Treasury 2%s ."Treasury 2%s Treasury 2%s Treasury 2%s ♦105.3 105.5 ♦105.4 105.6 ♦105.5 105.7 *105.10 105.12 *101.31 102.1 *102 102.2 *102.1 102.3 *102.4 102.6 *102.5 102.7 *105.17 105.19 *105.16 105.18 *105.17 105.19 *105.17 105.19 *105.19 105.21 *103.29 103.31 *103.30 104 *103.31 104.1 *104 104.2 *104 104.2 .*106.31 107.1 *106.30 107 *106.30 107 *106.31 107.1 *107.3 41,000 '•105.11 -'v. *104.23 104.25 *104.23 104.25 *104.24 104.26 *104.31 105.1 *101.16 101.18 ♦101.16 101.18 *101.17 101.19 *101.20 101.22 *101.16 101.18 ♦101.17 101.19 *101.21 1 105.13 j Treasury 2%s Treasury 2Y4S Treasury 2Vis Treasury 2%s *105.1 105.3 101.22 Jan 17 108.4 Jun 7 1 107.27 Apr 107.4 Apr 102.22 Jan 107.9 2 16 Apr 9 107.19 Apr 4 6 101.16 Jan 4 . Sept. 1967-1972 106.28 Apr 30 109.15 Feb 18' 100.30 Jan £ 107.28 Dec 101.15 Jan 106.16 Apr 8 100.23 Dec 101.15 Dec 106.15 Aug 12 106.15 Aug 12 106.29 Oct 108.17 Aug 12 108.17 Aug 12 Dec. 1967-1972 1951-1953 . 2 6 . 1954-1956 . 107.14 Apr 3 100.27 2 104.16 Apr 101.4 Jan 4 B 3 100.15 Sep 100.18 Dec 101,12 July 100.27 Deo 102 Apr 29 102.26 Sep 103.28 102.3 Oct 102.9 101.22 Treasury 2%s *101.14 101.16 *101.14 101.16 Treasury 2s *101.10 101.12 *101.10 101.12 *102.16 102.18 *102.15 Treasury 2s March 1948-1950 102.17 ♦102.15 102.17 *102.15 102.17 *102.15 102.17 Treasury 2s Dec. 1948-1950 *102.4 102.6 *102.4 102.6 Tueasury 2s *102.9 102.11 *102.9 102.11 *102.10 102.12 *102.13 102.15 *102.13 102.15 Treasury 2s *102.13 102.15 *102.13 *102.14 102.16 *102.14 102.16 *102.13 102.15 Treasury ♦102.16 102.18 *102.15 102.17 •102.15 102.15 102.17 102.6 , 2s *102.15 102.17 *102.16 102.18 102.25 ♦102.22 102.24 *102.22 102.24 *102.23 102.25 *102.22 102.24 Treasury 2s *102.26 102.28 *102.26 102.28 *102.28 102.30 *102.29 102.31 *102.30 103 102.27 *102.25 102.27 *102.26 102.28 *102.27 102.29 *102.26 Treasury 2s June *102.28 102.30 *102.28 102.30 ♦102.2.8 102.30 *105.8 105.10 *105.6 105.8 *105.7 ' 105.9 *101.1 101.3 ♦101.1 101.3 *101.2 101.4 *100.31 101.1 *101 101.2 *101 101.2 asked price. No sales transacted this day. a *102.30 ' "*105f8 *101.2 ,*101.1- Odd lot 103 *102.29 102.28 102.31 ? 165.10'J*105UO 105.12: . 101.4 *101.2 101.3 *101.1 101.3 Treasury I Dec. 1949-1951 _. transaction. 2s " Apr Apr 29 Jan 104.24 Jan 105.1 Nov Apr July 104.24 Jan 17 102.20 May Oct 102.27 Jun 102.26 103.22 17 Jan Feb~6 101.29 Jan 103.5 Dec 102.21 Jan 103.9 102.26 103.9 103.7 Jan 5 103.8 Nov Dec March 1950-1952 July Oct 102.10 Feb 103.16 1951-1953 102.22 Sep 24 104.14 Jan 28 100.25 Jan 103.30 1951-1955 103.13 May 18 103.13 May 16 103.1 Sep 103.1 Sep 100.17 Jan 104.4 Dec Sept. 1950-1952 __ — _ Treasury 2s 1%iS June 1952-1954 Dec. 1952-1954 Treasury l%s 103.4 104.3 Apr 26 Mar 15 104.26 Feb 103.15 Aug 20 18 i.. 4-1948 1950 Dec 104.29 Feb 21 24 100.13 Jan 104.6 Dec 106.12 102.25 Sep Jan 106.12 Nov 101.31 Mar 9 101.9 101.23 Apr 102.17 iiJar 8 ' < Jan 100.26 Aug 101.19 Dec 1953-1955 __ 'Treasuiry 101.4 1949-1951 104.7 102 Sept. 1949-1951 Treasury 2s *102.25 — Treasury 2s *102.23 Dec. 1959-1962 1947 Treasury 2s 102.15 *102.4 Feb ~ 108.21 Nov 17 101.17 ♦102.13 108.21 Nov 104.22 Sep 101.11 102.10 107.26 Feb Feb July 100.29 Jan *101.15 102.5 101.24 1956-1959 *101.9 *102.8 100.20 Aug June 1959-1962 , 101.17 *102.3 Jan 1952-1955 101.11 *102.12 102.14 July 1966-1971 ♦101.15 102.11 102.7 102.2 102.3 5 12 *101.9 102.5 Jan 100.10 Jan 100.18 Apr 101.18 102.15 100.15 102.17 Aug 102.9 July 107.9 101.11 *102.9 Jan Jan Sep Nov July 107.10 Apr 106.15 Apr 101.17 *102.3 100.18 100.17 105.24 108.15 #103.4 June 1967-1972 Treasury 2%s ♦102.13 Jan 2 *101.16 *101.20 Jun 4 *101.9 101.23 107.1 102.11 Jan ♦101.15 • 105.19 Aug .100.28 102.11 Jan . "Treasury 2%s 1 107.5" *101.20 Treasury 2%s 107.5 7 105.29 Aug 19 Jun 2 1965-1970 . . j -■ Dec. 1964-1969 Oct Dec Nov Apr 106.16 May ♦106.28 *103.2 113.30 106 *104.9 *103.4 113.20 Jan ' 116.16 106.29 103.10 Jan Jan 104.10 103.5 112.10 113.2 *306.27 103.3 110.15 Mar Feb" 19 *104.8 ♦103.8 108.27 Aug 118.23 106.29 *103.3 Dec 106.11 Mar Mar"l2 104.10 *103.1 15 Apr 114.25 118.15 *104.8 3,000 Feb~~6 111.27 112.17 Aug Jun 112.21 115.26 Jan 17 Nov 105.14 *106.27 and ... Irving Trust Kings County Trust Lawyers Trust *102.23 •Bid . Trust YEARLY - month when after decimal point represent "103.19 *108.28 • ' 30 % . Wednesday Oct. 1 ' Low WEEKLY - ... 44%'' ' v. r 20 Fiduciary Trust $64,614,000 $131,877,000 interest"—-except for Income and defaulted bonds. Cash and deferred delivery sales are disregarded In the week's range, unless they are the only transactions of the regular weekly range are shown in a footnote in the week in which they occur. No account is taken of such sales in computing the range for the year. fly- : Saturday ♦ New York Stock «» -26,501,000 936,000 outside of The italic letters in the column headed k <• ~ f, 395 1 • >Grace National 42%' 1 "44% < Guaranty Trust 117 Exchange Bank &Trust_20 Empire Trust 50 '/Federation Bank & Trust 10 ' ■j 9,487,000 402,000 $2,589,000 t. *380 100 Corn 102.90 FRIDAY the .Ask., 28 % ——10 —; ;First National Bank Bond Record Bid 10 ; Continental Bank «fe Trusk—10 ; 102.99 $54,725,000 $104,440,000 6,000 City Banks & Trust Cos. Par York— Commercial National Bank & .»■ ■. $2,310,000 ' - 273,000 • Quotations for Friday, October 4 . t.Chemical Bank & Trust——10. Bondsi ' 89.45 ' 40 • ties Closed •104.06 « Utili¬ ?.. central Hanover Bank dc Trust 2O"102 * ;Chase National Bank 15 ^38% Totalr 10 ^ ..'Grade v Rails v: 62.07 -r 47.70 _ Second 61.56 34.86 _ October 4 First - Indus- . 34.45 - 172.72 J 10 r- Closed 171.47 Oceober 2 October 3 roads Exchange Total ; - Brooklyn Trust ■ ■ 30 *' I of Bankers Trust ','.V ».... > Bank of the Manhattan Co Bank 148,000 18,000 New York !.% Stocks- ■ , 1948 84,632,398 113,960,225 *'i '*• $1,331,000 Stock and Dond Averages are the daily closing averages of representative stocks and bonds the New York Stock Exchange as compiled by Dow, Jones & Co. ■ , .'i Jan. 1 to Oct. 4 1946 3,300,060 $1,165,000 Foreign government Foreign corporate Below ,'u; 263,000 1945 1,420,530 • Total % $1,331,000 Bonds 73,136,060 28,855,000 $22,314,000 . $5,451,250 1,301,000 Total. $18,000 52,000 $148,000 319,000 Week Ended Oct. 4 20,969,000 Railroad & Industrial. 361,000 . $18,000 3,000 • 211,000 Stocks—No. of shares Foreign $251,000 72,000 - $1,165,000 275,506,774 , U. 6. Government .u • 137,000 ' 273,255 1945 ■ 283,355,066 398,000 1,420,530 Total , 289,000 278,010 ' " Jan. 1 to Oct. 4 1945 4,740,681 $22,314,000 $44,000 V" $21,000 137,000 294,200 — Thursday •' Closing • $230,000 Total Corporate * 329,505 . Wednesday—. 4,168,000 Foreign Government' * Tuesday 4,602,000 3,613,000 Week Ended Oct. 4 1946 Exchange Foreign Domestic „.Shares) Monday— 4,716,000 v 4,000 f, • *'■' Saturday $5,215,000 — .1 Week Ended Oct. 4, 1946 . ; Total—-— " •. Bond* (Par Value) of . Sales , 189,000 ; (Number Bond Bonds,^: ' ^ ,192,000 414,000 — / . Stocks Total"*' " United Slates Foreign Saturday Closing $4,888,000 $287,000 $40,000 4,497,000 219,000 ' 1,058,116 H t' , Daily, Weekly and Yearly Daily, Weekly and Yearly ^ ' J, "' Monday, October 7* 1946 Transactions at the New York Curb Transactions at the New York Stock Exchange «<■ ,f'j ;' ** k THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE 101.14 May~17. 101.3 Sep 20 *: Volume XHE COMMERCIAL # FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4531 1£4 new york bond record ■ ft "'A1' TlJ' . •' t ■ „ t* * ; v :**- is; 4*!,: it , RANGE FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 4 TT" BONDS New York , Stock >: Exchange ' Last ■ ~ BONDS ' Bonds Friday Week's Range Interest Last Period Exchange Bale Price or City." low Colombia ——1980 J-D 114% 113% 114% V 64 ; of)r— 3s ——. A-0 Jan 1961 *50 F-A Copenhagen (City) 5s_—.... —.1952 .1953 25-year gold 4%s.— ; *50 J-D .* ; 97% 92 93% 13 22 24 4J3 *103 110 4Vis 1949 F-A *—1977 J-D Foreign Securities loan wks Public a REctor 2-2300 120 New. York Stock Exchange 5 Vis NY 1*1693 *112 *165% 162 170 98 104 •104 A-O *104 J-J ; 6a AGtd sink fund 6s— Akershus (King of Norway) SAAntiquia M-S 4s FrA •72 A-O •72 1968 M-S ; J-J A-O t 7s series B—1945 J-J •27 i A External s f 7s series C .1945 J-J. •27 1945 § A External AExterial f 7s series D_ s JrJ A rO A-0 •22 AExternal sec s f 7s 3rd - series^.1957 1 A Antwerp (City) external 5s. ..1958 Argentine (National Government)-!- f S f external 0 f 4%s 101V* Apr 1972 Australia (Commonw'lth) 5s of '25.1955 37%' Irish Free State extl • 37%' 30% . --28% 99% 100 > 109% 110% 38 106% 16 FtA ioi y# 102 % 23, 400% 101% 91 M-S 106 106 s' 1 6s .1955 J-J 110 111 a i 7s .1955 AExternal : J-Q yu 112% * 1 - 100"%103%* 100% 101 y4 ;;7 J-D 71 71 1978 J-D .62 62 A-Q 78 ,78 T 76% /c:;60 f 2 62% 11979, A-0 ^ A-0 t68% ;76% , —, . . 70 78 6 - L9 8 . i. A-0 No. "... 62% 3%s 83- -Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 2.125%>* 'New South Wales (State)—- 1 ■7. tv io y 60% 60% 60% 59% 60% 59% Series No. 5. Series No. 6. 59% 60%:; Series V-;.- V. 3%s No. 7. —. *60 1i-- ,.X , ; 84 No. 9__ 3%s Series No. 10. ^ lf" 61 68 y« 77 78 82 11. No. 12. No. 13.... " ■■Me. 3%s-*£e?ies No, .14. 3%s Series No. 15. •56- & 59 57% $ —• .47% -p". •./ 57 % 57 Ya 57% 57YS ;vt: Mi i 58' * Series No, 16. 3%& Series No. 17. 3%s Series No. 18. .*••* -'BV-.ri* ; 2 : V -'■ 59 65 y2 •56 65%: 57% 56 65y4 3%s Series No. 21. - •56 59 ■' ■;'V—:: •56 59 ;3%s Series No. 22. 3 %a 57 y8 65 64% j 65 3%s •56 25..... *58 *56 3%s Series No. 65 3%s Series No, Series No. 30. 29. 65% 57% 65 56 100% .1950 J-D 1961 M-S .1977 MS 1976 F-A —1976 A-O (Province of)— Refunding s f 4%-4%s External readj 4%-4%s—... External 3% a .— f 4%-4%s— external s ■ ■ M-N -.1975 f $ bonds J-J 1984 . 65 57 58% • .u^ . " , :rtV;J~- :V 5 100% 101 ;; 4 " •98 ' 96% 97 t>: "**• f - 22 64% 19 18% 132 loan extl s f 6s 2d ser. —1961 A-0 18 17 18% 159 lAPoland (Rep of) gold 6s——...—.1940 A4%s assented—.. .—1958 A Stabilization loan s f 7k——-1947 A-0 A-O ——1968 A-O A4%s > 21 sec 6%s ——.1953 Stamped pursuant to> Plan A (Int reduced to 2%) Rio Grande do Sul -V A 8s extl loan of 2012, (State of)— 1921————*.1946 112% 108% 114% 100y4 102y4 57 47 AExtl sinking A6s assented ARy external 6s__—Feb 1961 fund ,—1966 1926;—*. (Int reduced to 2.25%). k7s municipal loan—..... Stamped pursuant to Plan s .Feb 1961 F-A f (5s——.—Jan 1961 > ___Jan 1961 : AExtl sinking fund 6s—Sep 1961 a 6s assented..., ..._.J3ep 1961 AExternal sinking fund 6s 1962 A6s assented———1962 AExternal sinking- fund 6s_., A6s assented A Sinking A6%s 30 y« 17 21% 39 *78% — F-A 10115 10115 A-0 •— 44 40 A-0 ♦37 45 37y8 60 37 37 37 48 35 45 2 21% 3oy4 ...21% 2 20% :,i 10015 37 F-A 36% *30 F-A 16 21; 21 21% 21% 21% _7 assented—.— .1961 J-D — 39% 37 f; 33% :■. 43 «. X-r. ; 37 , 33% ■ ■x,'; .. 47 44 *.;1:;/: 35% ai 40% 38% 46 Ya 39 42 .., • 1-2004 42 VXV _ . : A 6s assented : A Chilean Cons Munio 7s— 19% :1961 A-O ^19% A-O *19% 1962 23% assented—1960 MS Fax (Hukuang' Ry) footnotes see 5s* page 1745. *1951 J-D 29 - ,19% 19% 19 >16; 19 21 - - ' f^abl marks & to- inc. > 29 28% 19% 29 ,19% ,18% 27 28 specialists foreign securities ; 29y4 19% 23%, . . 28% 19% MS A Chinese 28% — M-N M-N 28% 22 markets 30% 19%. 22 firm trading 30% 19% i J-D 1960 - 21 *19%. 23% ' SEC URITIES ; 21% 16 37 50 Broad sl, New York 4. , l ■ •> " 7; - > c tTelephone 45 1;; j 34 % 33%: J-D FOREIGN ^ 29% , 1 :: M-N 1.2004 ,—1967 40 •36 * 50 37% * 30% 24 y4 .1961 assented >30% 21 1 103% 52% 4211 52 47 A-0 For Financial Institutions 24 y« •21- 85 75 —,'' 30% 21% 21 J-D 1961. AGuaranteed sink fund 8s——1962 A 7s 21 y4 22 J-D .1957 AGuaranteed sink fund 6s— A 68 M-N ..1957 | fund 6%s_._. 30% M-N 1963 AChlle Mortgage Bank 6%8. A6Vis assented 21 A-0 A-0 1963 : 14 21% MS .,43 41 •31% M-N 30%» 21% 21% 21% 45 j-j 30% 21 J-J J-J 47 42 "4QV', 30% 22^ M-S 35% 24 48 30 21 21 - 24,- ■ : , 63% 22% 21% 21 21% F-A ........ assented.... A6s A-O * 41 30 20% 1 30 A-O 1960 - 12 ■ 45 3-D 15 4 23 14 rpp 12% 39 Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 2%)——2012 ,7s external loan of 108% rr 32% 12 i 12% 46 *— J-D Stamped pursuant to Plan A ■y- - 34 V«, 21% 12% —^ v 31 •*Ka' - - J : 22 M-N 30% ' A 6s assented , 30% 17 *15*20 \ J-J Stamped pursuant to Plan A V.'V'l3 * M-N AExternal sinking fund 6S......1960 46 3 33 ' . 94 100%, 12% J-D 101 •40-- —2006 to 2.25%) Greater) 7%s—1952 Queensland (State) extl 6s.—.1947 A Rio de Janeiro. (City of) 8s——.1946 Stamped pursuant ta Plan A (Int reduced to 2.375%) 2001 101 J-J1 . 18 •13% 20 *21 f-.:r: J-J —1968 74% J-J — 101 90% 1942, assented. 87 , 88% 1954 > 16% •>, k A-O -1999 1 A Carlsbad 3" 37 18 16% 101 y4 V V', AChlle 39 17% _ ■ 106% 44 , 40 — * 19 86% : 93% 100 % 43 42 _ 18% 98% 99% 108% 108% 105l. J-D (Rep of) ,103% 100% 102 98% 100 " 5 99"": 105% MS " 104 99 . •-. M-S 7s. ' 99 •104 MS AExternal 103% ♦90y8 J-J ..1942 'f 64% 99% V" 108% 108% assented— 60% 99 ii 1 MS 1947 of) (State 107% 99y« ♦100y8 104" * J-D 95% 97 •95% 99% ref 3%s series B—— ...1967 - * K 99% 103 8 : 98 97 1 - M-N sec 100 » 107 y* 99% 103 : - VR 107% *99% 104 M-N APrague (City of ■■ 100 , A-0 A 7s •: • 58% «...3 66 " A-O 2 99% *..• (Rep) extl s f 5s ser A.1963 (Int reduced : . ' v" A -OW-s r •'. 99% 99% Stamped pursuant to Plan. A 65 i •- F-A AExternal loan 7%8—.——1966 65 60 y8 ■' 105 J-D Alegre (City, of) 8s.——1961 Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 2.375%)—.2001 65% Canada (Dom of) 30-yr 4s 1960 25-year 3 %s—— ........ *1961 2%s Jan 15 1948 (City) 8s——(Rep) External s f 7s 101 65% *• 59% 100% 100% --It i .v 56 t 100 F-A .1957 A6s stamped. — External s f 4%-4%s——* 12 , 65 99% 100 ' MS ....1958 , ■ . 60% —— •58' •56 (City) s f 5s__— Sinking fund gold 5s Sinking fund gold 6s f ■[ y.'i- ;.'1 Brisbane 105 % A Porto i 75 *56 -e. 3%s 101 100 — u 66 ♦56 27 6 7 66 3%s Series. No. 28. Buenos Aires t,;'" 57% • 24. NO. '26—,. Beries 8 AExternal sink lund gold 8s——1950 A4%s assented .1963 j 65 60% 'V. . 87% 57 57 ti •• ,. 57% Series No. 3%s Series- No, 3%s Series No. 100 3 F-A external 7s— —1959 > 57% - 59 >v'.' 19. ; 3%a Series No. 20.. .101 1 104% 104% 58—....—..——.1957 f ■ k 60% ' '"42 100 y» 100% APeru $ 59 V; ,/ 46 •; 35 ■*;*: > > 65%' 64% •••: 57% : •56 *56 38 .104% 104 y4 A Nat • Series No, 2008 \lJ r/ 40 ♦35 42%,' 35% 39 ANat loan extl s f 6s 1st ser*. —I960 y. ' 1 .■ 82 57% .'5:- t'1" ■*.",.13 .. :: , 3%s 3%s *35% ' Wv>a3V' ;; ri'jj'.vVv-. 82 :46 1 -38 .M-S Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 2.125 %)—. ...2008 'i 84 59 4 57% "A-'"' m*m * 77% 19 V8 i •56 il*-•,'?,!• 3%s Series Vti'V-■ — : • 104% APernambuco . 77 ; 15 1UMW n-1— • *17%"-* 18%. -• 14 *14 - 104% Ext 63 o, •80 •:*; -w—1. 3%s . A Stamped assented 5s—- .—1963 Stamp mod 3y4s ext to— ..*1994 68 ; tVtvJ .18 - • 14 *24% • 10% r 11% ' 1 .... •18%- -*: .1 J-J 43% v12% " A-O AFanama t i 84 •78 ' 68% -".I>c27 -,t. "'£• 59% *60 * 70 : fc*65:-:-t;*atvv'..v; No. 8. 68%. 59% 40 :;u •• M-S s Oslo (City) sink fund 4%s——1955 68% 60% 22 63 60 • ■•11 10% 10% J-J i'5i ■.. 22 ^15%-16% •**--• •12% J-D Municipal Bank extl s f 5s.—1970 " „ Series 77 " '"i t >■' Series 'Vewidp* *1 ,1 ' •21%- .1956 External (Plan B)—, No. .4. 3%s Series No. 59 59 & Series •21 Va External sink fund 4y48————1965 k Norway (Kingdom of) 4%s 75." 60% 3%s 84 58 ;76 "T** :'t 3%s 76% 65 * "A-0 3%s it: 1 —* •10% Q-J Q-J Stamped, pursuant to Plan A' 1 (Int reduced* to 2.125%) —2008 A See external s f 6%s*.——1959 76% ' 58 1 .. , ^ ^ HV'a •13 %- •16% 17%< 32% ' M-N 4s sink fund extl loan———..1963 3%s Series No. 3. Series 73 *62 2. 3%s :/i: .68% 1*4 1 No. Series . 73 ^ J-D Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 3.375%)—11979 3%s ;68% J-D ;; 24 3Q< 30 - - - : Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 3.5%).———1978 6% funding bonds of 1931 due_.1951 10 12 y* 30 : • —1957 ,100 r: ASec. external r *.1 v (Int reduced, to 3375% )——1979 A7s (Central Ry)_ 195R 3%8 Series (State)—• y ^ s f 6%S———.1958 > 85 Stamped pursuant to Plan A External $ bonds of 1944 5, 1942, agree AAssenting 4s of 1904.*———1954 AAssented to Nov. 5, 1942,, agree AAssenting: 4s of 1910— . ,,1945: AAssented to Nov. 5, 1942," agree f A Treasury 8s of 1913 assent:—1933 AAssented to Nov. G, 1942, agree 12% ' to Nov. AAssented Minas Geraes :v./"a:'. ,19% .108 95% 101 y8 1021 104% 11 . v. 82%J c:,lW64% •- Stamped pursuant to Plan A * (Int reduced to 3.375%) AExternal s 1 8%a of 1927 no%r 105 115 111% 118 19 /^r.ii5%- —1957 f 6%s of 1926 s (State Mtge Bk) 78—1957 (Colombia) 6%s_—^ 1954 — .1949 s External Stamped pursuant ta Plan A (Int reduced to 3.5%)„,„., :: J-D i! External 22 11% 3 12 11 •103% A-O ' 101% J104 100% 100% M-N Irrigation—^ A4%s stamped assented—,———1943 1 AAssented to Nov. 5, 1942, agree AMexico (US) extl 5s of 1899 £ 1945 A Assenting 5s of 1899.—' .:—.1945 102% 106% - .... *101 ye A-O f 5s——1960 s 12 .; 11.. 12 1..' A Jugoslavia 104%* 96%. 102 110, 104% 104% 105 . *. A-O AMedellin 99% 104 17 : .1 *105% A 68 100 •-2 M-N 10-year 3%s_.t_„—.—.1956" fee • 50% HI ' 104 » 50 J-D Haiti 33 V *131% 100 26 >0911-99(1 M-S External g 4%s of 1928.-'.1956 IA Brazil (U 8 of > external 8s " """ 33 30% 29 100% 100% J-J. , -.i 50 A 7s m V 103 100 •101% M-S ——-1949 34 - ' 38 3911 AtO 1927.;——1957 Belgium external 6%s 7s..———1967 •28 30% 101% 102% M -N 8 f exttconv loan 4s External 5s of .100%.103 •101% J-J part paid— — —1964 part paid————.—L—1968 (Republic) s f 6s series A—1952 Helsingfors (City) ext 6%s——.1960 38 35 --30 = (Republic of) unstamped 101% 101 *11 Greek Government-^ 104% 34% f -31. •22 3-D M-N .iflvi - — rl / • — il01%.101%,. . Mexican. .1948 1 loan 4y2S__ conv AtO , 97% 30% •22 f 7s 2d series... 1957 s 7s 85 * 34 30% • •27 f -7s 1st series—1957 s sec series.. 101 *100% 101% V'Vv 98 28 *. 101 A-0 1969 2d French Republio 7s stamped--——1949 85 ■V; 77 •27 s AExternal. 7T 90v - ♦103y2 103% 1945 J AExternal - •101% A-O —1969 1st series——. 102 104% ,90% 104% 101 ,102% 99% 99 Vs 100 A-O AEstonia 1948 (Dept) coll 7s A 98% 99% 96 26 " \ .1947 — 97% v 113 98% 105 *„.■ 99% • A-O MS 5%s — 99% 97% F.-A 1940 sink fund 5%s 115.. J-J A-O 5%s AGtd sink fund 104 111% 111% (Rep of) 8s ser A-1951 §A2d series 111 108% ,106 — 110 109 Customs Admin 5%s 2d series^—1964 Foreign Govt. & Municipal Agricultural Mtge Bank (Colombia)— Vi J-D ,——1945 — *103 111% ASinking fund 8s series B——1952 j A Denmark 20-year extl 6s.. 1942 External gold SVaS—,— —.1955 External gold 4%s———....1962 S ADominlcan Rep Cust Ad 5'/a3—1942 SAlst series 5Vis of 1926——1940 Teletype Broadway/ New' York M-S .1953 Sinking fund 5%a A Czechoslovakia Members .... . 58 91 100 88% 99 V* 22 39 2 96% 92 23 4%s external debt— 59% 51% M-N (Rep of) 90% 70 56 * 5iya 38 M-N Rica External Telephone 58% 51% 811/2 .*• 7s.___ —.1951 1949 Cuba (Republic of) 5s of 1914 Wertheim & Co. d 90 59% 58% *50. . M-N fund 7s of 1926_. —1946 ASinking fund 7s of 1927. —..1947 A Costa High Low, 8iyat*91>% •80 A-0 A-O A Sinking ' No^. •80 J-J s f $ bonds_^_. .—.1970 —1947 Mtge Bank 6% a, external A Colombia January Sold < ; Since 1 Range Bonds High , Oct 1961 1927 of AGs 113% 1257a v (Republio A 6s Of 1928 '•/' Corporate Stock Friday's Bid A Asked .tlT'1'-' Transit Unification Issue-- 39# New York Stock Range Since > . Government .'New York Interest » , Week's Range or Friday's ? Period-' Sale Price Bid & Asked Sold • Jannaryl '.XXv Xv.'X Low High : No, Low ■ High f:*"*■ : \ v*'1; I; , Friday ' HAnover 2-0050 i, . s t, n. y. - Teletype N. Y. 1-971 > •"(^fk, the commercial & financial chronicle 1742 Monday, October 7, 1946 • NEW YORK BOND RECORD - " range for week ending october 4 BONDS New York Stock Friday s Exchange Interest Week's Range Last * Period or Sale Price Friday's Buffalo Rochester & Pgh Ry— Stamped modified (interest at 3% to May 1, 1947) due 1957 t Burlington Cedar Rbp & Nor—<• Railroad Reorganization Securities $Alst & Coll 5s— i M-N ■1 • a-o Certificates of deposit: Bush Terminal 1st 48^, -.-..«.f952 v 61 Members York New Stock Exchange Broadway Telephone—DIgby Consolidated i,- •' • 5s_______: ..I960 r- 4-4933 " > ' BONDS I • , Interest Exchange Last or Sale Price Rid reduced to AO Vis extl secured 1952 1957 M-N 39 J-J ,.1999 Stamped pursuant to Plan J-J J > 2.25%).*_J2004 J-J .1968 J-J .2012 A7s Vur-Ai.k-. A4Vis ,• '* i: assented i f- 74% M-N 4-4^4-4^28 3 Vis extl AWarsaw 9 - 61 / J-D - *10 M-N M-N im% ioi%Toi% I- 98 M-N 97 M-N loo" J-D 92 11978 A 1984 ■ J-J 123 5 • 87 t .1967 Am & Foreign Pow deb ■» 1947 m-s J-D 86 ; ' F-A 105 103% 109% .78% 103% 103% : 103% :■ J-D 32 78% v'y •73 -78 F-A 1 *85 29 91 105% 103% 74 /- " 96 1 91 ■ 109 102'/a 107 11 ,• 121 78% . 103% 103% rv 116 % 107% 105% *103 , 124 ' 123% 111% 112% 112% .*"105% P-A < 119 118% 5 *118% 119 A-O - t 86% 108 '49'/* 50% 81 47% 87% 13% 13'/* 13% 17 10% 337/a A-O 13 21 .>10% 33% B registered- A4s *47% feyfey. i^r A-O J-J w "Vv'fe- i '28% 28% *27% •v ' v F-A i.- •'/. 105 105'A ' 43% ^ *102% 98 .w«J- ; 60'/# 23 ■ 105 56 -* 52 my* 105 V. ww - 35'/* 5 5 , ' 61%' 24 •• 'mlZ"- ' 106% 26 29 • 109% 108 1 126 . Ref 8c 99 y* 83 91 18 ^ 21% 13% 14 18 r 10 J-J 102 % v A-0 ■ ••■'• 43%" 50 I' ' 104% 106% 109% ... 114 • r- - : - 114 114 12 A-O 105% 106% 66 - 116% 104 > ^ >. 97 M-S 101% • 1st & ref 4%s series 1st & ref mtge 3y«s 1st & ref mtge 27/«s 140'A .Jk M-N F-A •'< —.—.1958 102 106 136 .151%- 103%- V 139% 140'/* 105% 106'/* 19 106 :.JCJ ; 106% J-J 9 46 106% AGen inc J-J *122 A-O v 36y» ±11 J-J 1977 1985 1970 mtge 4%s no 105 * / i-' v3r ^'64%" 122 36% 'J. 112 111 - 135'/* 128 124 "35 Vi " 107 y* 104% 107%' : *126'A - • 22 F-A v '—fe F-A 100 110% 110% 109% 3 Jan 12038 109 119% 119% ' F "A 100 197% 100 15 97% 98'/a J-J 41% 41%'• M-N : 43 99% / 63 90 — *• M-N 90 103% 88/ 104% 94% *140* J-J 106'/* 96.' 39% •■U"6 140 -90 90'/a 16 86 46 47% 38 144 Vi ;.-■:/ 43 > J-J 99% 83 ■ American Telephone & Telegraph Co.— 3s conv debentures 1956 2%8 debentures 1980 2%s debentures Anglo-Chilean 132 132 334% 84 130% 159% 101% 101% 101% 79 101 107% A-O 1986 J-J .1962 101 % 98 Vi 103% A-O 99% 104%. o 45 . 100% f 104Vil04% ; 85 102% Chic deb___ 1967 Jan ' — Ann Arbor 1st gold 4s 1995 Q-J *__ r 92% 101% 104 4s 1995 A-O 128 : 128 .July 11995 Nov 114,';":' 115/7, 114 July 11995 Atl Knox & Nor 1st gold 5s Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line General unified 4Vis A Atlantic & Danville Ry 1st Second Atlantic M-N 1946 1st mortgage 3%s Atlantic Coast 1st cons 4s Paul Pac inc conv J-J J-J 2nd : mtge 1st mtge inc conv ' 61% " . 36% •_ v-1 105 --y: RR— 105 133/ ': 62% 37 Vi •■■ 80 31 / •58: 107% noy* 104% 105 • 61 43 > 104% 105% 74% 25 107% A Jan 1 2019 Apr 84 81% ■86% 207 :/ Jan ser 1 2044 Apr 52% 52 457 ;:/'■ 481: B ser 62 37 • J-J 1950 .-..—1994 & 4s ser A 4!/2S inc 128% 6:7 115 115 / 126% 141 1 /114 114 57 96% s. 4%s__Jan 11999 3s ser B <—..—1089 Railways 1st 5s stpd « partial redemption—_._.l927 25% 124Vi 2 V' > fChicago Rock Island & Pacific Ry— AGeneral 114Vi. 131% > J-D Ry—' 1963 M-N July 1952 M-S ..._.1964 104% 104% 104% 104% J-D 4s 1948 7 J-J 1966 .39% Apr 70% 68% »..,, J-J 72 185 100% - 60 • 98'/* 102% r 107 of deposit—. 101% : 103 33 ^ 102 1 101% 102 . 113 49 • 30 53% 61% 67% 67% 73 a~-o 44% 48 ;•> 53'/a >:71-'" ; 64 438 68 69 > 48 /' -■ 64 '; •16 43% 1,104 106 Va 92 Va 38'/* S" 72% • ■ 1952 4%s -i960 i M-S 23% yv / 43 287 54% / 27 v-• 81 19% 530 106 39% 105 y2 110 100% J-D ——1951 49 52' 25 M-N 1951 103 100 106 100 107% J-D • *95 a.« ^ ■ . Gold 3%s ' Memphis Div 1st gold 4s 1951 J-D . 6 103 *92 " . • 38% '101 22 gold 60 i— —1934 Chicago St L & New Orleans 5s 118%7 38. : T 30 107 F-A J-J J 1988 —. Certificates AConv 104% 9 39% v&i>.vY,VS0 J-J ) 4 102% 103% 'I. J-J .1948 debs... A 4s § A Refunding gold 4s § A Secured 4V2S series A ... mortgage 4s Refining 2%s St J-J 2003 t§AChicago .. Adjustment gold 4s Stamped 4s—.. .-.>.1983 Chicago & North Western Ry— Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe— General ~ A™3. ser 4y2s 99% 96 • A ser inc Gen mtge " Nitrate Milw 1st mtge 1057/a 103% 107% ■ mtge 4s inc mtge 4% v Chicago Ind & Sou 50-year 4s_. 107%/, 98% 163 103% 104% A 2d 101% 45 101% 102% 98% A-O 1969 Alst M-S F-A 1975 2%s debentures Amer Tobacco Co deb 3s 3s debentures A tChlcago.Ind & Louisville Ry— 105 Vi "V'S i* ;.-v. ' '* ..-v. Chicago Terre Haute & S'eastern Ry 1st & ref M 2%-4%s ■ .—1994 J-J 1st mtge 3%s series P 1963 1st mtge 2%s ser G .1963 Chic & West Indiana conv 4s 195? 1st & ref 4%s series D ——i962 J-J 98% J-J 1994 Income 2%-4'As ♦79% 83 95 100 Chicago Union Station— b Baltimore & Ohio RR— 1st mtge gold 4s July 1948 Stamped modified bonds— 1st mtge gold (int at 4% ' Oct 1 A-O ' v AConv due™.. : Feb 11960 .1951 s-west div 1st m dnt at 3%% to Jan 1 1947) due 1950 Toledo Cln Dlv ref 4s A 1959 97% 97 99 J-D 66% 66 67% 49 ,-*• J-D '75 75% • M-S 66- 77% •/■ ■ ;65; 67 M-S 65% 65% F-A 47% >46% M-N 96 J-J 94 67 103 337 96 *97% - L, A 105% 104 108 112% 105 107% 29 1943 A-O •: A-O *43% 45 •65 73% 44 ,45 ' " io 108% 106% 30 ■:?, -'5 Cine Gas & Elec 5s_—-1952 cons 1st mtge 2%S——1975 Cincinnati Union Terminal— 1st mtge gtd 3%s series E. 1909 r—1974 ... 98% 1st mtge 2%s ser G City Ice & Fuel 2%s_debs— 1966 City Investing Co 4s debs—L_....1901 58 96% Cleve 88 Vi 70% 103 '/ - 96 31 . Cin Chic & St Louis General 94 22 S3 104% 94 12 92 104 5s 8c series Elec Ulum J-J 97 97 4 97 97 5 127% 128 15 ; 104% 97 / 42% 63 M-N J-J 98% 101% 98% 127% 133% 98% 4 97 98% 101% 101% 50 101 105% J-D ——_.1970 3s Pittsburgh RR . 105% .__.1960 J-J 88% 88% 89 46 87 July 1970 M-N 53% 53% 55 53 49 F-A *__ 49% M-N Bklyn Union Gas 6s series A——..1947 4s s X debentures 1969 *106%.' M-S 60 *103% 104% F-A .1970 1745. M-N 3'As gtd. 1948 D 3%s gtd- —1950 99% 100 102% 102% 1027/s 83 99% 108'A ; 75% 108% 121 ■ -af*** . 76'A 78'A 151 75% > 77% 7 106 108% '' 105 - 108% 108 '/z 74 75% " • 10 100 Vi' 110% 93 107% 110 %■ 103 *103% 104% M-N 106% •'F-A A-O gtd 4%S-.! 1961 gtd 5VAs_ 1972 ——1973 1st s f 5s series B gtd 1st s f 4%8 series C 85 105% 1st mtge 3s series L Conn Ry & L 1st & ref Conn River Powr s f 106% Consolidated Cigar' 106 Vi Consolidated Edison 107% 3'/2s debentures.: 100 3%S debentures—-. 106% 3%s debentures— 99% 102% A-O A-O 106%' __ 104% 107% 27 104% 116'A 110 f 105% 19 104 108% 104% 105% 48 104% 31 45% 104% 106% :' 104 • 108'A ; ; 50% 52 84% Commonwealth Edison Co— 84% 106% 4 1977 .. Colorado & Southern Ry— 4%s (stamped modified) 105% 13 *107% 109 A-O Cleve Union Term 102% 102% 102% J-J M-N 103% *106 99 % 50 — C Series Columbus & Tol 1st extl 4s 109 100 1st mtge 2%s_1975 J-J 106% 107% 107 — *119 76% 'M-N 104 105 *95 1955 J-J, 106% *100 M-N *95 84% ' J-J 1980 Columbus & H V 1st extl gold 4s_.1948 Columbus & Sou Ohio El 3yiS—L1970 1955 A-O 113 y* 102% 107% . 108 J-D M-N M-S 1961 83% 84% 107% 112 99 J-D 100 102% 34 ' 103% 103% F-A 63 '65 /• 32 102 7/a 103% *111% J-D Cleve Short Line 1st 127% 42% ."• 105 Vi A-O A-O 97 103 / F-A _1993 .... .il977 Cin Wab & M Div 1st 4s .—1991 St L Div 1st coll tr gold 4s 1990 & S —J—1993 B— impt 4'/2JT series E Cleveland •67.' ■' Ry—v; gold 4s—. Ref 103 94 1966 page - 99 ..1967 mtge . 105% 105 7/b 42% ; 756 J-J .I960 4s 104% 104% / 106% 106% 58 78 49% 1050 see .. 93% J-J -1951 Bklyn Edison cons M 3Vis Bkiyn Union El 1st gold 5s footnotes s i 1970 1st gold 4%s series JJ 1st mtge 4s series RR.. For ' '\ii 59 : 1961 Boston & Maine 1st 5s A C_ 1st M 5s series n ' J-J M-S Series Beneficial Indus Loan 2Vis Bethlehem Steel Corp— v Cons mtge 2%s ser I Buffalo Niagara El tAChofctaw Ok & GUlf 105 ■' .1951 Beech Creek Extension 1st 3Vis.. Ben Telephone of Pa 5s series C. Gen 97 157 .1951 stamped— J-J 1957 J§AChilds Co deb 5s part paid ^Debentures 5s part paid—.: A-O Cleveland Bahgor & Aroostook RR— Con ref 4s Alnc mtge 4 Vis ser A t ABoston & N Y Air L 1st 96% 107% 85 General Pgh L E & W Va System— Ref gold 4s extended to 4s 38% ' /■'•: 2 105% 105% • Dec 1 1946) due 1995 Ref 8c gen ser C (int at iy»% to Dec 1 1946) due .. 1996 Ref & gen ser D (int at 1% to Sep 1 1946) due 2000 Ref 8s gen ser F (int at 1% to Sep 1 1946) due 1996 " /' ,96% to 1946) due July 1948 Ref & gen ser A (int at 1% to „ 96% i A-O *104% 105 106% M-S *109% 108% 111% ;—1955 F-A *115% 116 116 .1977 F-A 107% 108 107% 110 110 110 110 111 105% 107 4'/2S_.-._.195l 3%s Corp of 50% A-..- 1961 3'As—.1965 New J-J 110 F-A *106% 108 A-O *104% 103% 105% A-O 101'/a 101'A 23 101 103 A-O 101% 102% 36 J-J 104% 1047/a 17 101% 104% 104% 106% —• York ...-—.1948 ...—1956 1958 4 /:: ' B A Gen mtge inc (conv) 1997 ' 1st mtge 3%s ser -B 1985 Chicago & Erie 1st gold 5s ,1982 Chicago Gt West 1st '4s series A__il988 105% • 108 M-S - Chicago &'Eastern 111 RR— 103% *102% -105 -V'V,__ ■: *107 / i 105% 104% 102% 104% *__ 'i_>v ' > General 4s. V . '' ^ INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES v.7, ;'; impt mtge :3%aDC_—_.i_^1996 t A Chicago 8* Alton,RR ret, 3s_i.t il949 Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR^' AND ^1992 » Vt HO ...;ic6%,m,;- 43 % • J-J---"]* 1 -fe '• 105 *105% - ■' -:•/•'145 105% 105 y* f*a. stamp -(partial redemption) l.1943 ■ 29% A-O gtd gold 4s.l949 * • 31 ' 85 44y*' 37 ■*. ■ - 27'A J-J —1987 —..-—1974 - 109 <_.•:•■, 94% ' 27'A / 67'A i.—/; 109 IjZ -i /v/: ' ',-34/';'/ '/'I . .J-J ;'"'"• —..1987 registered^ ">13 —14% J-D <..—1987 4s ' J-J.:. gold 4s 1989 ■ 2d consul gold 4s_ ul—2989 / 20 r-..:*ioo, M-N .2030 v. 112% F-A Ref 8c impfc. M;3%s series Ej^c—1996 R &. A Div 1st cons 99% 90 99 * 5s 119 M-S Champion Paper & Fibre deb 3s_—1965 Chesapeake & Ohiff Ry— •> v i r 100P 86 *— ' * 3 Vis "" (4Vi% to Aug 1 1949).—..—.1974 5 A Central RR & Banking Co— " ft Alabama Power 1st mtge 3Vis_.__l972 Albany & Susquehanna RR 4%s_1975 Alleghany & West 1st gtd 4s .1998 115% 49% A 5$ 99% 86% ' *; 7 *13 ■"ili;iv F-A.:. 42 97% 93 85% ''>>> F-A RAILROAD Alabama 2 1981 . 123 ioo ;x i *96% .1948 11S% 115% 119% 119% , 1979 Adams Express coll tr gold 4s. Cbll trust 4s of 1907 ...i. 118 115% A-O , 20 123 113% 1965 t A Cent New Vi 104% i2o : 125% 2 M-N 5a Jit*' 125 113% 113% F-A Nov ld45 53 Central Pacific 1st 1st & fef Series A ' 108 114 113% J-J i960 General gold 4y2s .1978 readjustment 2 " 105% 105 9 119% A-O 1965 104% 5 4 1951 Central N Y Power 3s 25 16 X •lis :Vi *115 '/:» .. Great Southern ,1 114% 114 119% 119% H956 gen 5%s series 20% 16 105% 1959 & 21 8 , ..".'J *•' i5% 1964 extl readjustment 109 119% ..1955 4%s Light 3%s .-__1966 Eng 1st gtd 4s™.._1961 t A Central of N J geh gold 5s 1987 v A *120 .i960 conv 104 J-D Central Illinois ■fr'V-r 64 ■1 «u '25 F-A 6s__.. conversion 106 7 J-J gold 5s_l_>.__1946 rl 85 9Vi *"*"'9 *17% F-A (City) external 7s_*<A_._1958 assented 1958 A4Vis rs 14% 1946 ,,3%s-4-4%% ($ bonds of 1937)— External readjustment 1079 External 60 f 71% ... 74% *s% J-D 1958 37/(j-4'/& 4fts extl fe ' 54 59% __195§ 8s_.^ 6s 87 105% ,194s '•> j[g62 ARkternal sink ftmd 9 gen 5s series C__ 1959 AOhatt Div pur money gold 4$__1951 § A Mobile Div 1st . 64 ' .1958 .Agxternal sink fund T 30'/* 56% 104 107% 6 92 J-J I970 gold A Ref 61% 64% 87 Vi i: I' ['!» .0 92% 58 104% 104% 105% 105% A-O Oct 1969 gold 4%s gold 4%s ? - A General 'extl. M-N ARef & *_.- M-N 5s § Alst mtge 5s §'A Con sol gold 69% ...v 55 , A-O ^1978 extl 7s sec 62 31 9 Ry— .v' •: •>--/ J-J .1962 it Sydney (City) s f 5Vis Atfttwuay (Republic) extl i ■ series B • 60 55 *54 ' A-O 1940 < r, Sefbs Croats 8c Slovenes (KIn'gdoto)— Asflesia (Prov of) / 89% ; J-D 1902 Cent Branch U P 1st gold 4s..__1948> tCentral of Georgia to Plan A secured external High J 1974 Cah f»ae Ry 4% deb stk perpetual Carolina Clinch & Ohio 4s Cart & Adir 1st gtd gold 4s \ ■s A ' Celanese Corp 3s debs Celotex Corp 3 Vis debs 71 67 Stamped pursuant to Plan A h -j 71 56. 56 ; • (Int reduced to 3.5%) 38 .38 48% 105 A 60 M-S (Int reduced to a 8s :;s 71 65 70 '<l*^'' ■ J-J 1956 AOs extl dollar loan ; 43 67 *66 • 1999 (Int reduced to 2%)^.-_ 5 A Secured s f 7s 89% A-O _1976 5s_ Guaranteed 45 37% *66 J-J 1950 Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 2.5%)-a.. A7S extl water loan a : 5 39 1 39 40 1936 A 88 external Stamped pursuant 48 ;••:•:■ gold gold Guaranteed ///;" 54 45 A (Int reduced to 2.5%) 36% 105% 105% J-J National'gold 4%s_.____1957 Guaranteed Guaranteed Guaranteed , 48 45 .2012 (State) 8s Stamped pursuant to Plan ■"« y High A 5 A San Paulo ■ Low ^.//•:: 2001 f Stamped pursuant to Plan (Int reduced to 2%)— * Sold No. A 2.375%) s :fefe M-N High Canadian Range Since January 1 Bond# - & Asked Low ./■/•;:.•/,. JASan Paulo Friday's ' 1st M3s Calif Oregon Power 3%s Canada Southern cons gtd 5s A Week's Range Friday Period (Int 67 L01O tHett Teletype—NY 1-310 ; s (City) 8s Stamped pursuant to Plan January 1 No. New York 6 California Elec Power New York Slock 66 V.i 36% a"-o 1955 BIdgs 5s gtd.: Bush Term 66 1- Range Since Sold High tC. 1934 A PFLUGFELDER, BAMPTON & RUST Bond# Bid & Asked Low ' ,Volume 'g FINANCIAL CHRONICLE ,THE COMMERCIAL & "Number 4531 164 1743 ' NEW YORK BOND RECORD FOR RANGE Friday Last New York Sale Price Bid & Asked Interest Stock Exchange Period :*r 1tf> ' , tAConsol Ry A Debenture ADebenture ; Consumers mtge J-J 1955 3s f debs s 1st 572s receipts +»Jf J-D 106 2 102Vi 104. 55% 60 46 J-J ——1952 - ADeposit receipts— A7y2s ser A.deposit rets -1946 A 6s ser B deposit rets——.1946 : — * ■ ~'' • 847a *817a ' 80 *41 • J-D ' ;.. — ■ ' 40 43 1067a 105 A-O 107 J-J 65 647a 667a 49 A-O 207a 20% 21% 112 1st gold 4s___ 15 43 AAdjustment 6s series A—July 1952 A 1st 5s series B 1956 A 1st 5374 53 ' ikW / 95 105 *95 48% 20 ' 1 ■ '7 457a 45 '• 'Si " .'427a-.. ...' 45 7a-••• '■'•I—" :V" Y.rr45 9 3 J-D 86" 133 51%'" 493/4 ■■ J-D - 587a .*.587a 50% » - High ; 96 105 51% v 103 LOW 95 96 J-J 1970 1950 A ^International Great Northern RR— A 1st 6s series A —1952 10174 ■ Range Since January 1 ; No. Indianapolis Union Ry Co— Ref & imp 27as ser Ci._^_-__„__l986 Inland Steel 1st mtge 3s-series F_.1961 108 Vi 10 10272 Sold High 106 , 1037a 56 Bends Friday's J-J Ind 111 & Iowa 76 75 36 3 Illinois Terminal Ry 4s ser 76 3474 1 36 103 " "'■'/■ '' I., ? or Bid & Asked High Low 35 4 '36 *102 ,, J-D -1942 Sale Price Low ' ACuba RR 1st 5S gold : 36 . Last Period January 1 No. 1037a 104 7a 1047a J-J 7 38 36 J-J M-S ,„_1965 1955 debs Week's Rsnge Friday Interest Exchange Stock York New Range Since Bonds Sold High 36 38 J-J 19"56 1st tACuba Northern Ry a Deposit Low 2y8s„1975 4s OCTOBER 4 ,.i. . 4s__—.1954 4s , Power Continental Baking Crucible Steel 3 Vis : deb non-conv ENDING WEEK BONDS Week's Range or Friday's BONDS gold A-O 97 59 5474-: 50 92 5 50 ' j, ii; 92 101% ©3% 88 ;< 100% M-N J-J 71 101 Vi 10274 10274 103% i 100 J-J ■ / 16 3/4 II 9574 | 98 32 55% • J-J 6sj. 1944 Internat Paper 5s series A & B—1947 Int Rys Cent Amer 1st 5s. B—-—,--1972 Int Telep & Teleg deb gold 47aS-»1952 9774 107% • 56 94Vi *102 7a 56 537a 55% J-J 1956 series Ci 5s SAlnternat Hydro El deb 967a 1057* 987a 107 105 7 100% 104% J1 D ' Dayton Pr & Lt 1st mtge 2%s Dayton Union Ry 3 Vis series B 1975 A-O 1965 J-D Deere & Co. 2%s debs 1965 A-O Delaware & Hudson 4s extended 1963 *103% M-N Delaware, Lack & N Y Lack 1st A & & ref Income Morris West Delaware RR 5s 92 1067a James Frankl & Clear C 1973 M-N 1993 due l Power §Alst consol § AConsol M-N *__ 99% 067a *_, 49 May 1 2042 & -1973 1 507a !; .-487a. 50 ■r':^£^Ck .1978 A-O ; J-D • J-J *107 ———1961 J-J *112 ,——1961 .J-J *105 5472 7;' 5 48 -8 % 8 V4 49 8 2974 874 87a 142 7% 29% Kansas 46 48 V4 199 76 10874 7a 80 I . ; ti 7';7. 44 H'i ft 'Plain 109 57 45Vi *45 537a JAKreuger & Toll 5s " M-N 114 1147s -ijL.:.;. ' & Ironton RR 2% ser B—1976 Dul Miss & Iron Range Ry 3 Vis 1962 ADul Sou Shore & Atl gold 5s,_1937 M-S Duquesne Light 1st M 3s J-J 91% A-O i. J-J 1965 0 34 ;V. 34 7a 34 1053/4 V ; ,>>.v•• 1995 J-J Electric 1950 J-D Auto-Lite Joliet & & S 2Vis. debs East W 3V4S____„1970 A-O —1965 A-O 5s » Erie Railroad Co—•>' • 2015 2s Ohio Div H ser 1st •'••• • 157 w155 L„,v. 102% 102 1067a *105 7a 105 " V' 1127a 112 7a [ffylc't-. v:'■ "iiilvv';/ . Y ti f 111 5 7.7 "115 A-O 1990 1971 mtge 3 Vis 77V4 " \ M-S 9774 " * - „ 124 Vi 977a 1959 A Certificates of J-D —1974 69V4 deposit- xvu >4'..:i; 617a '« 5s | ioey4 :/-<; 100 4s , registered "79 70 88 — 4%s registered 6s—I 1956 > M-N " *10374106 — ; - 1017a y2 Gas & A4s conv inc debs Little Miami gen 4s series A Co 1st mtge Grays Point Term 1st gtd - 2%sll965 5s General 4 Vis series 1973* Gen mtge 2%s Gen mtge 2Vis ser I 115% 13274 R 1357a Gulf Mobile & Ohio 4s series Gen mtge inc 5s series A 1st & ref 3 ViS series D J -J 107'/a 107% 107 A J-J J-J 99% 993/4 30 J-J' 95% 957a 2 J-J 867a 87 20 86 97% 97% 10 9774 99% 75 Feb *65 Feb 1959 9% J-J 1969 5 20 102 Il976 102 M-N 101 101 101V4 16 139,Vi 139%" 139 72 2 + SAHousatonic Ry cons gold 5s, Household Finance Corp 2%s Hudson Coal 1st s f 5s series A- Hudson Co Gas 1st gold 5s__. Hudson <fc Manhattan 1st 5s A A Ad J Income 5s 1999 1937 M-N *88 1970 J-J 10074 10072 1962 J-D .—1949 M-N 1957 77' F-A 63 A-O Feb 1957 26% 100 757a 64% 80- 2774 94 62 • 60 45 74 39 40 483/4 5074 A-O 7872 78% M~N 62 357a 69 • 10 357a 6274' v 71 4074 737a 78% " • A-O 128 115 1207a *118 26 Nashville & RR— • 7 118% ref M 33/8s & ref Louis 2d Div 1047a 114 A-O 104 MS, . 10774 1077a 1077a 114 114 "l 114 120 104 10472 12 103% 10674 8 1047a 1077a ' V • i.980 98 98 *104 7a MS / M-N " 11374 107% *107% 110 A-O Cine Div 4s——1955 13 1053/4 1067a A-O gold 3s 1047a 104V4 *104 7a 105 7a F-A 2003 27as ser G M 105V4 1047a 104% jwr-s Jtf-S JW-S ,2003 series F_! & 1st Central RR 472s ser A , 1960 105 98 10 102 V4 *11174 114 106 11174 — 7572 J-D 77 . 14 10172 101 119 —1954 Corp 1st mtge 3s 1966 1047a Metropolitan Edison 1st mtge 27aS_1974. Metrop Wat Sew & Drain 57as—1950 l§AMet West" Side El (Chic) 4s„1938. Michigan 91 19 IOOV/4 1017/a 21% 23 103 101 87»/4 96 75 75 10374 104 10574 108% 17 9974 103% 35 19 *104 7a 107 M-N / A-O F-A - ' 89% 74% 2 917a 103% 103% mtge & coll 4s ser B 287a Central— Jack Lans & Sag 37>s 1940 *_,■ 102 108 105 1087a *— 1037a 103 107 1097a 1097a 109 72 113 97 64 63•% A-O /; 1003/4 1003/4 100% M-S M-N J-J M-S 1951 :• 1st gold 372S 1952 Ref & impt 472s series C 1979 Michigan Cons Gas 1st mtge 372s_1969 Minn St Paul & Sault Ste Marie— 150 1st mtge 4%s inc ser A——Jan 1971. mtge: 4s inc ser A Jan 1991 94 1st 4s Missouri-Kansas-Texas 113Vi Prior ,80 Vi '% 45 lien 40-year Prior series 5s 897a :> 2 1067a 897a J-J 1990 - 477a 47 51 103 47 J-D 82 81% 827a 69 81 101 101V4 , 84 RR— 1962 adjust 5s series A 82 29 79 J-J 71 71 717a 11 70 J-J 71 % 71% 73 7a 12 717a A-O 7672 73 78 69 69 1147a F-A 1975' V M-S 4%s J-J 1962 —1978 A series B series D 4s lien 897a J-J ^ A Gen Mo Kansas & Texas ACum 7574 7574 77 61 277a 297a 312 687a 23% 1027a 28 7% 747a 7774 565 65% 103 77 159 68 305 Jan 1967 80 80 967a 987a ^Missouri Pacific RR Co— A 1st & ref Illinois Bell Telep 2 Vis series A—_1981 Illinois Central-RR— ; J-J J-J • 1959 3s——I95ir Louisville Div & Term gold 3%s_1953 Omaha Div 1st gold 3s 195i St Louis Div & Term gold 3s Gold 3Vis , *99 " A-O "9474 see page J04.%ao4% v 22 90 "-V 97% 9774 89 "rt; 92 M-N 80 M-N 77. 3 947a 76 „ :4o 94 94 F- A 10 '•> ; 777a 106 IF *107 J-J 1> J-J '*■" 102 98% J-J *99 1 A Conv Alst & „_1978 747a M-N A-O 2174 75% 20 22 75V4 777a 109 667a 103 F-A 75% 74% 777a 227 65% 1023/4 . ,,,,1981 r 4s__11991' - 107 Moh'k & Malone 1st. gtd bold 106 Monongahela Ry 3%s series B 1047a Montreal Tramways 5s ext,. Morrell (John) & Co 3s debs— . 7a 94 1087a 73 ""97% 106 .102 7a 106 103 Morris & Essex Constr M 5s 1966 1951, _1958: 1st gtd 372s—,,^,2000 series A Constr M 4%s series B: „1955 . ' 1955' Mountain States Tel & Tel 2%s,.._1986 Mutual Fuel Gas 1st gtd 5s 1947' * , *78 86 85 M-S F-A J-J M-N J-D 6074 59% 6174 87 M-N 687a 67% 69 40 63 47 102% 1025/a 6272 M-N 613/a 103 M-N 100 1007a *— 100 M-S 46% 94 106 16 110 108 102% 103% 577a 74s/a 4 16 106% 100 *1053/4 103 103 667a 8974 5874 „ 83 V4 997a 1037a 103% 103% 102% 98 10674 104 1057a 1047a 105% N 106% *98 7a 101 J-D 87% 85% 88 154 J-D 81 81 82 Vi .14 763/a 70% 70Vi 1 70 Vi J-D 14% 108 101 99 767a — 89 • 99V4 947a ; M-N 1949 gold 5s series H—.,1980 gold 5%Sc ref ;M-S 76 Va *97 F-A 917a 90 103 100 *91% 1951 ,, 64 y4 —1977 JaCref 5s series G— 9774 102 ! 997s F-A 1951 V103%. 1047a 106 • *98 J-J 1745. : 95% 90 7 J-J' Registered footnotes *_1965 5s series A 4s Alst & ref 5S series I,-,; J-J HI Cent and Chic St L N O— Joint 1st ref 5s series A —1963 1st & ref 4 Vis series C 1963 1st ref mtge 4s ser D 1963 For 1007a '^ 1951 Springfield Div 1st gold 3Vis Western Lines 1st gold 4s < M-N J-D • ' *68 —1951 __ A General llITl04%-"108% A 1st •;*99. M-S trust gold 4s ^.--^1952 > Refunding ids.;. -.^—.—1955 Purchased lines 3 Vis— '_ 1952 7 Collateral trust gold. 48——-1953 < Refunding 5s_ —1955 * 40-year 4Vis —1966 Cairo Bridge gold 4s Litchfield Div 1st gold I ♦104 A-O :•" Collateral • 104% ;r. 104% 104%.' Alst & ref 5s series F_ -gold 4s_, i.1951 lst-gold3%8 ——1951"~ *W»nded 1st gold 3 Jis—1951 :1st gold /3s sterling——.—1951 "■ • J-J 79 f :947a -136% *115 7a 116 M-N * *12772 A-O *63 7a 100 -104 % 11074 63 31 38 437a J-D 1007i ,10474 2 -26 65 8 38 Mead 104 • 5 • 437a 17Vi 1017a 77 7a 75% 33 4174 1963 ; 1st 1st 104 11074 11074 110% M-N Manati 10474 1397a "i 9674;. 337 3874 1966 5s 107% - 101 997a - 87 V* 83 797a 1949 1951 t§AMidland of N J 1st ext 5s„ M-S J-J 1st 4y2s Louisville > Maine H Hackensack Water 1st mtge 2%s„1976 737a! 17 75 J-D M-N M-N 99Vi Hpck ng Valley Ry 99 Sugar 4s sink fund—Feb 1 1957. A Manila RR (Southern Lines) 4s 1959 98 .*99% 100 73% 96 927a M 100 5/a 987a 15 74 3a % 107' 7Vi 847a 99% 100 98% 99% 93 79 103 102 102 93% 95 M-N 107 % 957a 15 *75 1007a J 110 & 99 9% A-O 1st M 2%s * 103 % 103 74 J-J 2015 1077a 100 7 78 8% A-O bZIIi!75 4 100 Co deb (P) debentures Atl Knox & 9178; J-J 100 1 lOOts 134% 121 121 4s stamped " Louisville Gas & Elec 3%s_ St 140Vi 121 121 ? "~2010 _~1961 - i 122% J-J ig82 — AGreen Bay & West deb ctfs A A Debentures ctfs B Greyhound Corp 3s debs Gulf States Util 1 102Vi 1990 Q ser *131 89 ".; 1057a; 102 Vi 115% 117 J- J 76% 10174 29 1977 P ser 81 "2000 4 Vis series E Gen mtge 3 Vis ser N_I Gen mtge 3 Vis ser O Gen mtge 2 Vis 79 ? 1007a 103 J-J IIIIIIl976*' General 7 76% 101% 102. J-D. 1952 D 77% M-N 1947 Great Northern Ry Co— General 5 Vis series B General 5s series C_, ■i: 100% — , 937a J-J 1949 1949 3s M-S 108. 95% F-A 1962 Lorillard J-D 1959 102 108 4s Elec of Berg Co cons 5s 1949 General Realty & Utilities Corp— 66 11 927a modified Long Island unified 4s Guaranteed ref gold Francisco J3ugar coll trust 13 — F-A —2003 ,—2003 —2003 I—2003 * modified stamped 1007a ^88 —1954 modified stamped 88 757a 102 74 —1974 2003 Lehigh Valley Terminal Ry ext 58-1951 Lex & Eastman 1st 50-yr 5s gtd 1965 Liggett & Myers Tobacco 5s 1951 .90 * —;—1974 — 1157e 11574 99 99 99 F-A ~V950 / '53 otamped -104 - 59... * ♦100% ——1964 f ,j 153 Vi 1067a 5 5% 104 F-A 1954 Leh Val Harbor Term gtd 5s _ 99 1954 stamped ? 472s "52 70 10T 17a 27a ^ 1964 stamped-,— 1st & ref sink fund 5s '• 00 .1023/8 1023/8 — M-S • stamped 4s k 188 1047a 105 *2 7a J-D —1970 5s : \0wJU 4%s series A .75% A-O 108% 180 102 mtge 372S ser A F " A 1st & ref 5s Dec 1st & ref sink fund 5s J * 106 106 *1053/4 i*', 106 92 7 1,; PirP«tauo-.Ti^ 1975 mtge income reg 5s 10374 103::: io63/aj- .• '."V; ■V. ■: J-D 372s 101 : v S 106 Vi T"75 51 .. *93 M-S 1997 —1997 72 657a 109 105 MS 107 V4 123% 108 *17 A-O 105 0978 71 *61 J-J A-O Lehigh Valley Coal Co—1st & ref sink fund 5s_——: 5 J-J 1953 ' 69 Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co— 127.3/4 ... 1247a — *99 J-J 2000 - 77 77% J-J 1964 E ser --.1st eons nrtge 3Vis ser F_— v 1st cons mtge 3%s ser G 1st cons — I • • Gen-mtge inc 4Vis series A mtge ,3 Vis *1537' '*10174 102 ,, M-S -.1965 Ry 1st 5s- stamped- A 1st 12274 12074 *119 10074 1003 a —,1964 1959 ctfs Lake Sh & Mich Sou gold M-N 1007a 1997 3%s registered Lautaro Nitrate Co Ltd— E 1956 83741 10774 703/4 54 # / 7\i7:v:''v;7 V East Tenn Va & Ga Div 1st 5s Ed El 111 (NY) 1st cons gold 5s 105% 41 1067a 10474 19 857a 70% 24 75 987a 34 8 ' 105% 106 717a 10 1057a 106 * 107Vi 105 H'J.' " • 12074 9174 1 91% >:r'.« *105 ■ —, Kings County EI L & P 6s Koppers Co 1st mtge 3S 75 .106 A-O 4s ser A unguaranteed-— 4%s 107V4 11074 1 - 60 60 ,';r. 3 -v.:/ 1077a 1077a 1077a Kansas City 107% 109 y8 — 723/a 703/4 75 — 1st mtge lOfr 1067a 18 *105 A-O Kentucky • J-D Det Tol v 122 547a 1067a J-D .. 1047a *121 46 M-S 1970 cons *102 J-J 70 46 A-O series F———1965 1966 1st A-O 5474 107 ' : F-A Gen & ref mtge 3Vis series G Gen & ref 3s series H Paso City Terminal Ry 274s—1974 Central gold 4s ——1987 Kentucky & Ind Term 472s— ,1961 Stamped —1961 1 79Vi 52% — F-A 1955 Detroit & Mackinac 1st lien gold 4s_1995 A Second gold 4s ; 1995 Detroit Term & Tunnel 4Vis 1961 Elgin Southern Ry 1st 3s_«-1950 —,1975 A-O 1047a K Kanawha & Mich." 1st gtd gold 110% 8% J-J - ARef & impt 5s series B El A-O 73Vi 108 Vi 87a J-J 1936 4%s,i Detroit Edison 4s 10574 4s—1990 Kansas City FOrt Scott & Mem Ry— * § A Refunding gtd 4s — 1936 A Certificates of deposit J-J 677a 48 69 . 1057a A-O 1936 f 5s s A Assented 105 1047a 1047a 103% r 104 50 -- IDenver & Rio Grande Western RR— A General 85 Va 1023/4 857a MS Jersey ' 4s gold 1023/4 857a *102 Vi 10374 J-D 1st 4s——1959 Central Pow & St 27aS 1976 Jones & Laughlin Steel 3V48—:—-1961 9174 "107 7a 19 933/a . Co— Light 3s IDenver & Rio Grande RR— ... 93 div ser mtge 13 102% 103 Essex division & Coll tr 4-0s V 107 Vi 102 „ • Western M 1027a 6 1027a 103 103 1067a 102 9674 Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis— 1st mtge 3s ser B —1986 National Dairy Products 2%s debs_1970 National Steel 1st mtge 3s fANaugatuck RR 1st gold 4s,i ,_1965 .,1954 F-A J-D A-O M-N 100 103V4 102% 103 99 102 1057a 105 3A 1067a 10 103% 106% 106 110 *— 1027a 99V4 ^ . BOND RECORD NEW YORK RANGE Interest Last Period Neif York Stock Exchange Sale Priee Friday's or Consol Gas StANeW England RR t A Consol gtd 4s N J Junction RR gtd 98 95 109% 109% 109% 103% 109% 114% *123 125 125% 127% *-.- 115 118 *:'i M-3 *,-.'. 108 107% A-O Apr 1990 Peoria & Pekin Union Ry 5%s 1974 Pere Marquette Ry 3%s ser D 1980 102 102 102 105% 105% 11 105% 108% 1953 J-J 104 19 103 General 111% 104 y 1 104 Va 1st A Certificates A 1st A 5s 5s A 1st A & Ref & 90 91% 92% 30 91% 90% 90% 6 90% 106 89 104 . 911/2 A-O coll gold 3Vis 3Vis registered 91 % -1998 107 Va 99% 72% 156 77V4 229 72 98V4 82'/2 264 82 102% 93 91 1141/b iy 7 y 93 87 95 731/2 971/2 80 80 93 V4 w - 22 74 Chicago & St Louis— mtge 3 Vis ser E— --—1980;; / 1st mtge 3s Ser F— 1986 A-O *— 98% 1975 A-O 101 -1951 F-A 100% A-O 103% 98% Connecting RR 2%s N Y Dock B ser 1st gold 4s— N Y Edison 3 Vis series D ; 1965 1st lien & ref 3 Vis series E N Y Gas El Lt H & Fow gold 5s Purchase money gold 4s N Y & Harlem gold 3 Vis Mtge 4s series 4Vis series - 100% 103 28 103% 2000 115% J-J 111% A—-1973 series Af-N 1973 Af-N 91 ___ ANon-conv deb 3Vis ANon-conv . , deb 4s trust ADebenture 4s 32 78 32 "34% 37% 108 31 J-J 44% 43% 47% 291 39% 104 If* D/%II 1958 1959 1960 1948 A-O 1962 1974 J-D 1977 70 71% 38 67% Chester— 70 A-O ' y 132 M-N 22 20% 42 41% 45% ; 14%, 17 37 J-D gen 5s gen 5s 4%s * 12% 5% 1964 1977 gold 5s___——1943 Af-S : " 74 JAProvidence Terminal 4s 1956 1968 mtge 4Vis series A 1998 -2014;;' Norfolk & Western Ry 1st gold 4s_1996 North Central gen & ref 5s___ __1974 _ mtge 5s conv inc_» 46 45 35 & ref mtge -1974 j Northern Pacific Ry prior lien 4s._1997 & ref mtge Ref & impt 5s 2047 2047 2047 2047 series C 1975 - 41% X38 v 39 ref & mtge .(Wise) 1 2%s 1st mtge 1974 1975 1964 2%s mtge 1st 3%s mtge JOgdensburg & Lake Champlain Ry— A 1st guaranteed 4s 1948 Ohio Edison 1st mtge 3s 1974 Af-S Q-J -r V 49 91% 96 ' 107 103% ; 143% i 133% .. • t 93 7 122% 96 97 ' 90 V4 Saguenay Power 3s ser ' YY . 97 M-S y ;• ■ 96 Y- 112 26 961/2 130 ! 112 97 8 99% 106% *— F-A 102- A-O *108'/a Af-S ~ *14% J-J M-S A-O 104% 105 7 lien A Prior r 1st 106 1st 105 25 104% 107% 108% 108% 108% 1st & ref M 3s series L—____1974 105% 105% 106% 12 105% 110 Va 1st & ref M 3s series M 1979 3-D 106% 106% 107 Va 41 106% 111% 1977 3-D 106% 106 Va 107 % V 19 106% 101% 101 111 107% *104 *107% }' 101 52 107 . . 107 108% 107 — 111 Pennsylvania Gtd V Co— series E 4s .. 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A__, & ? 108 — deposit of Ref & 102 1935 D Ref N Y Cent 110 102 Marquette Ry 3%s ser D Phila Bait & Wash 1st gold 4s— 118 107% Apr 1990 1974 Pere 127% 118 108 deposit of ACertificates 125% us 1954 series Central A C_ ACertificates Y deposit 4%s series A 1st N series B ACertificates 114% 105% 105% — 104 Peoria & Pekin Union Ry 5%s Mexico Ry— 5s ACertificates A 1st 109 % Week'* Run or Friday's ■ 1960 4s A Income 125 102 V 103% • ~ >_ J-J 105% 95 M-S -1947 & Eastern 4s ext Peoria 1st and ref 2%s & of ACertificates A 1st imp 4%s gtd 4s 1st Texas JANon-cum A Peoples Gas L & C ref 5s •— ' "123 __ vk 1974 High 110% 98 109% 109% j-j N O & Low 107 % No. High 5s England RR gtd 5s Newark * - y ' - 132 Chester— • * „ JAN Y Ont &.West ref '"v«!*ta.l954 4s -..1933" N Y Power & Light 1st mtge 23/4S_1975 N Y & Putnam 1st cons gtd 4s—-.1993 N Y Queens El Lt & Pow 37aS—1965 N Y Steam Corp 1st 37as 1963 J§AN Y Susq & W 1st ref 5s„ § A2d Revere 15% 106 3A 6 105% 63/a - 57a 73 5s——— 1st "903/4 ttwWnr Falls .1940 gold 5s 37as Power mtge 472s series A A Gen Gas _19T/ rr m-a i.1967 133% 143 138% 143% -.1969 128/ ^1974 Northern Pacific Ry prior lien 4s__1997 registered 3s —1997 gold 3s .Jan 2047 727a 133% St. Lawr & Adir ■ 707a 73%, 68 2047 93 2047 96 series C Ref & Impt 5s series D 5s Coll trust 4728 - - • •107% MS M-a 108% 108% — 108% 109% 1103/4 k 45 J-J J-J .-r 50 127a 42 74 ' / 107* 20% ;• 11% 1374 *9 ..1941 1971 -2047 1975 —r—: < 943/4 90 97: k 96 97 if 96% 112 98 99% of ACertificates lien A Prior 5s 10 34 ACons 4728 M of deposit series A ACertificates of — 107 10274 103% 1037a 103 7/a •1007a 10074 ,1; ,94% 98 10074 87 * 9974 102% 1950 i—' 1950 v 1978 : deposit series B-__ ACertificates 106% 97 1996 1955 tSt Louis San Francisco Ry— A Prior lien 4s ser A 112 967a 1st gold 5s 2d 110 " ;1947 ' 1996 gold 6s St L Rocky Mt & P 5S stpd 9074 72 71" 91 impt & , 109^08^ •108%-L-' .-1949. 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"• & 6%s 1st gold 5s Louis Div 1st gold 4s gen Mem Div , : & Devel gold 4s stpd dollar 114% 63% 35 44 10574 100% 129% 132% 977a 1013/4 — , 1293/41293/4 90 % 56 25% 15% 97 - 977» ; 101 97 80 56 10074 977a 105 1007a 129 128 St debs—1985 Sunray.Oil Corp 27/bS debs— Swift & Co 2%s debs-.— 1077a 1073/4 1047a 102 3/4 *—- - 9974 947a 102 % 108 102 -= 9074 94 843/4 9274 1960 —U961 - 105 74 1053/4 1017a 1027a 48 116 : 987a 145 109% 11074 -128 ' ; 101%'1073/4 104 7* , f 1357* 105% 1097a 46 48 ?/ 123%.' 1227a 124- 10478.105 97 107 1137a 112 *— 997» 108 - •' 93% 91 .120 3% 987a 107 107 105 88 3,4 119 -J- 1063/4 907e 10274 877a *9174 ''10874 9272 1107a ' 1063/4 106 / 93 98 74 957a / f 114% 987a 97- 95 107% 112% 1961 1st mtge 2%s ser G jy- 1033/4 1043/4 1965 * 937a 1986 —1996 27aS ser E 23/4s series P 1033/4 1033/4" 1047a General Getl 1950 Co— 17 : sinking fund 1977 1969 1981 104% RR— sterl General 113% L 1st 4s RR Southern Ry 122 Cons 1077a 1027a 10 • 1975 : debentures f 1st mtge 94 & Light Co— Pennsylvania Power 1st mtge 38 3s Pacific 1st mtge Pennsylvania Glass Sand Pennsylvania 907a A J. San Fran Term Southern 1960 Co— (Oregon Lines) 4%s ky Gold 4%s Co— series 4s debs_ inc conv Pacific -—.—-—1979 —1985 1st mtge 1994 4%s Gold Pennsylvania-Central Airlines— 3V2s ' Southern Indiana Ry 1st 107 Tel & Tel Co— debentures 23A debentures Southern 10l3/4 — Bell Southern | "I" 1053/4 1970 —1971 39 *10674 . 10572 1057a 1st As ref mtge 3s series J 1st & ref M 3s series K / 105 114% *112 \ 93 62 73 6974 "Seaboard Air Line RR Co— 1st mtge 4s ser A 1996 A Gen mtge 4V2s ser A 2016 J A Seaboard All Pla 6s A ctfs 1935 Seagram (Jos E) & Sons 27aS debs 1966 Shell Union Oil 27as debs 1971 t§ASilesian-Am Corp coll tr 7s_—1941 Skelly Oil 23/4s debs 1965 Socony-Vacuum Oil 27as 1976 South & Nor Ala RR gtd 5s 1963 106 101 101 gtd 4s 65 V 1087a 10174 10174 * & Electric Co— Gas & ref 1st 105 1975 1975 1 ' Oklahoma Gas & Electric Pacific 29 15 20 1974 Ohio Edison 1st mtge 3s. 1st *14 7a 1941 1971 1989 120 87j/4 100 Nov 1989 bond inc 4s 1989 r certificates-: ctfs bond 4s 97% ' 1 67% : 107% ' - 09%'ij 1027* 106 .Volume 164 ;.;K *:.'MM: Number 4531 THE COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL CHRONICLE & M'/' '.': 1745 " ^ ' RANGE . BONDS York Stock New Friday Exchange Interest Terminal RR Assn of St Loui*— j Hef & Imp M 4s Low ■1 ref M 3 Vis ser 1st <fe ref M 3%s ser C Pacific Gen & ref M 1st E ser 95'A 1985 Pac Tenn RR of New Orl 3%s__1974 Third Ave Ry 1st ref 4s AAdj income 5s 98 Tol & Ohio Cent ref & impt 33/4S__1960 Trenton Gas & Elec 1st gold 5s 1949 Tri-Continental Corp mtge 4s inc ser A Co Mo 104 110% 5%s Co debs 109% 112% 102% 107 104% 105% 102 59% 68 Va 102% 102% 104% 104 114 117'A Ltg 5s stpd gtd mtge C 3 Vis Pacific 96 94% 102% 102% 2% inc 104 99 ♦101% 103 104'A Acme A D Wire Co F Co— Aero -10 Mfg common Air Associates Inc 2361 Air Investors common Convertible Aireon 60c 20Va 5% 21% 12 — . 5 . . 13% ; 50c- 6% 6% .7 10% 10% 5% 11 —.3 Alabama Great -50 — — Alabama Power 100 — 4.20% pfd Inc_ 6% Co pfd. —5 conv Goods Aluminum Industries • Ltd Mfg 37 —• —• B Oct a 2%s 1976 100% 102% 3%s 1971 100 110 delivery in the sale not range, year's n included in the year's range, d Ex-interest, Under-the-rule sale not included in the year's y Ex-coupon. range, of bonds. Accrued interest York Curb ; Fork & Hoe Gas & • 23% Feb 38 Aug 9% Jan common 1 .■ General ' Corp common Natural class common; A Ashland Oil Associated non-voting • Range sale not Cash sale of $4.8484. .....v Sale* for Week - Low High ; M- 7% 8'A ■>./ 4 4 14 ■ U 13% & Refining Co™ 1 Sep 4 Sep 10,400 4 2,500 " Y 10 14% 1,800 10%:-; 1,500 Sep 110% . dep rects regi £1 Associated Laundries of America™. • Associated Tel Tel & class 9% 9% 8 Sep 9% 157A Sep 9% 8% Apr 11 .115% Sep . 27% Jan 4 - - Feb : Oct 12% : Jun Jun 14% May Jan Y : " c.'.aY.U High 7 2,500 10% -110% 110% Low 2,100 - 4% 10 10'A — Range Sine* Jannary 1 - 4% .c :V/ 4 2.50 - Electric Industries— A —' Atlanta Birm & Coast RR Co 10% Jan 1% Sep Sep . - 12% May 3% Feb pfd—100 5 Y,: 11% Jan . 17% 20 18 — 600 400 1,700 500 Atlas Plywood Corp'>——————v-t Automatic Products 1 9 Sep Automatic Voting • 6% Sep 10% Jan 5 11'/a Oct 22% Jan 25 Ve Feb 28 Apr 26% Jan 41 May Jan Sep Sep 29 May Avery 15 Mar 6% preferred Ayrshire Collieries ' 18% Sep 17 Sep 116% 12 . 90% May (BF) 26 114% May 1 Babcock & Wilcox Co————.i—• Oct 7% Oct Oct Banco Locomotive— Baldwin 11'A Sep preferred Barium 47% 5 Jan Basic Corp Beau-Brummel 37% Sep Beck (L) Beaunit Jun / Sep Sep 34 Ties 5 1 1 com Inc — — , Shoe Corp Aircraft - common 1 1—100 Sep Convertible ' common preferred • — Berkey & Gay Furniture-i.-;——J——1 25 25 26'/a Sep Birdsboro 14% Sep Blauner's common Sep Blue Ridge Maracaibo American Meter Co_< 19% 1 — Co 2% • American Potash & Cliem class A- 35 • Class B Seal-Kap common Superpower Corp com preferred— series American Thread American Writing Paper 5% Inc common 5 For footnotes see page 100 25 Sep Borne, Scrymser Co Bourjois Inc Sep Brazilian Jan Breeze 1st Co Traction * Lgt & Corp common Brewster Aeronautical Sep Sep Sep Bridgeport Oil Co Brillo Mfg Co common OlftSS 7% 041/2' .7% 111% 113% Pwr—*—• 1 Bridgeport Gas Light Co Oct 16% July 4 • common— 8% ' 100 preferred Sep (H C) ♦ 5% __£i 1749, Bohack Co & 7 Anglo-Iranian Oil Co Ltd— 1 ♦ Sep (S) 7% • 1 1 1% 1 Am dep rets ord reg_> Angostura-Wupperman Corp common-— optional convertible preferred Blumenthal 43 2 Apex-Elec Mfg Co new common Appalachian Elec Pwr 4%% pfd! • 5% 2 common $3 Co com_' Sep 7% 10c Products Sep 1 common Steel Fdy & Mach 127/a —♦ preferred-—; Bickford's Inc 31% 10 American - Sep 33 • Republics 1 2.50 1 - Canada— Hedges & 25 American 7 . Inc Benson Jun 16% • ■ , common common Bell Tel of Feb 51% & Co Mills (AS) Bellanca 47 A Refractories Bauman L „ convertible Oct 109% 1 common shares Sep 16 Co Andes— Steel $1.20 41% Sep 3 los Barlow & Seelig Mfg— Sep 1% _30 Rubber de American M 1 »25 i Corp Y Jan 107% Oct 52'/a 25 common 207% Aug Baldwin 20 Machine & Sons 4 Oct 67/a Sep 111% Oct 21 67/a 9% May Feb Sep 116% Aug A '0 j American Am'dep AiYt #4av> nf/l * • • * Co Tobacco— rects1 ord bearer.. vrfC :—1 «* —— —t— British-American Oil Eritish 7% 59 5% 25% Feb Jan 2% 1 50 —s Feb 121 4 .' 1 Co warrants 16 Sep 167. 107% 107% Corp 48 Sep 17% Atlas Feb 60 156 111 Fisheries 40 X112 19% -I 162 Coast Coast Line American Mfg Co common Co r reorganized under Beotion 77 of of Prices.Share* 4'A * American American Light & Trac common 6 % preferred Post rate or Week'e '■■M : Gas 16 f 500 10c American Hard Rubber Co American Laundry Mach Anchor Odd-lot Atlantic J-Yj:i convertible preferred $2.50 convertible preferred Angerman exchange 7% 1 Equipment Corp; _100 a $2 $0 the Last Par : Common ,110 preferred •VM-'.TM'i.. : e range, - 133% Jan 5% Sep 100 * 5.800 10 Electric Amer at Friday Exchange Inc 10% Sep 1.700 1 68% Foreign Power warrants- American American - tThe price represented IS the dollar quotation per 20O- payable e% preferred * 10 Arkansas Power & Light $7 preferred-' Aro 51 Power , Arkansas • 87% 56 29 Service Aug May Jun 62% -25 common. American . Apr 17-% Jan 22% Jan , Sep 114% 115% 67% 115% 1 & ; 65 22'A 1936 .. Jan 5% Feb Sep 500 1 — American 4%% ' 4% Aug 89 — 19% 100 Mfg Cyanamid Co American deposit 'Friday's bid and asked prices; no sales being transacted during current week, A Bonds selling flat. ' . Argus Feb 13% Jan 7% Feb 21 Sep 1,000 10% — 1 Co Central American M 6 , -l common American Cities Power & Light— M Class A Class of , 90 58 Sale Price MJun 30% Sep 6% 10% 18": — i common ,100 Book __ —♦ common Beverage American 22 .•/ 12'/a Sep 4% Sep .. 11 American. Bantam Car Co American 123 —.1949 * 108% 10% — 18% «• preferred American . 100 Aluminum 6% 5% 0 3% Sep 11% Sep 1,900 common common preferred Aluminium 9 10,600 - — 5% 10% —• common.. (Mich) Altorfer Bros Co 5% —1 Investing $3 Products Aluminum , -- —1 Alles & Fisher common i 106 117% Atlantic Southern Airlines Allied 108 102% High 4% Aug -- Allied Int'l 105'/a STOCKS 11% 20ys Oct .1,000 1,100 ; 400 » . -10 , Sep Sep 300 ; __ Air-Way Electric Appliance Alaska 1970 series the year's New 210 4 12% 13 300 >-2,300 A;, 6 3% -10 preferred C__ 1st mortgage 3s_—1958 B 1st 4s 1960 Public unit 91 109% 104 Range Since January 1 Low '0 5% ' —2 Corp common Mfg convertible series 64 99 % ;;\M; ;.\YmY v.M' Shares 10% 13'A .1 i High 9% - 102 Sales 9% 3% —1 preferred 2%s 94% 65 106% 1992 Deferred -.-for Week mM'-M 5 -> —5 (N J) Low 20'/a —1 Range 5 .: —5 —, 105% 105% of Prices \ —1 : 116% 1960 fCompanies reported as being in bankruptcy, receivership, the Bankruptcy Act, or securities assumed by such companies. a*- ■' 102 Week's 'M Last > Supply Mfg class B_ Alnsworth ' *100% 105% Friday common 96% A included pound 102% 102% MM-M- Alloys— 100% 1951 Wisconsin Electric 115 Par Aluminum 102 C:- Sale Price Acme 97 ^Negotiability impaired by maturity. 102 v ACF-Brill Motors warrants 100% 107% 1951 §ASu & Du div & term 1st 4s ACertific'ates of deposit^— not Virginia Electric & Power Co— 1st & ref mtge 2%s ser E__ 1975 Va Iron Coal & Coke 1st gold 5s__1949 Va & Southwest 1st gtd 5s 2003 1st cons 5s 1958 Virginian Ry 3s ser B I1995 Exchange 111 1971 A Certificates ...; 1957 STOCE8 104% 1950 t§AWisconsin Central 1st 4s 101% 100% M Co Included in New York Curb 105% Winston-Salem S 1955 f 4s series B s 105 guaranteed 1st 4s ref & a Cons 109 105% debentures Wisconsin A 106 2014 A ser 105% 107% 108 V« 2%sJ. Wheeling Steel 3'A 99% 101% 99% 100 _ series 115 105% 106 108% 1952 1st 4s 4Vis 114 1966 series I Registered : >———2361 Wheeling & Lake Erie RR 4s___ 1949 Gen 101 aV 104% 102 107'% 103 95% Universal Pictures 3%s debs__ g 4s >_1950 1967 3 V2S Power Maryland Wilson <fc 101II 102 3*2 102 cons 1970 gtd gold 3'/as__2000 West Shore < 34 34 103 U Vandalla RR 99 * .-> 1st ref Union Telegraph Co— Funding & real estate 4Vis 25-year gold 5s 30-year 5s 3%s United Biscuit 2%s debs S Rubber 2%s debs 102 92 Western debentures series s 103 Baking Western 1st & land grant 4s 2Vis High 107'A conv Western . mtge Low 96 Gen 5s Union Oil of Calif 3s debs.. 2%s debentures Union Pacific RR— Ref Jannary 1 . debentures 3'As_1976 West Penn (Chic) 2%s Range 8inoo Sold No. 106'A Westchester 54% i 1st mtge & coll tr 2%s t§AUnion Elev Ry i: / Bonds High Washington Central Ry 1st 4s 1948 Washington Terminal 2%s ser A__1970 99% 27/as debs___1961 of Friday's or Bid & Asked 97 (subsordinated) • Electric Week's Range Last 83% Westinghouse El & Mfg Union Friday Sale Price 1971 Warren RR 100 *— -MM Jan 1981 mtge 3'As ser B Ward 95% 52% / 1st 102% 102% >1960 Jan 1960 ' Co— RR AGen 133 99% Texas Pacific-Missouri— ; Interest AGen mtge inc 4%s ser B—Jan 1991 104'A '."132 . Exchange Low 100% lOOVi 1990 2000 Stock High 106'A 106'/2 1970 gold 5s 3%s Low York Walworth Co B Texas & No. High "*103 1955 & 4 Period New Range Since January 1 Sold 129 Vi 129 Va ~1985 1st OCTOBER Wabash 2019 imp 27/8s series D Corp 3s deb Texas & New Orleans RR— • Bonds f: C ser Ref & . Texas ENDING BONDS or Friday's Bid & Asked ^ ; WEEK Week's Range ■>.. Last •, Sale Price Period FOR TP® •, ; :—£1 24 Sep Sep 16 % v-i Jan 91 Jan Sep MY;. 13% Apr Jan MM 38% Maq 18% Jan FINANCIAL CHRONICLE THE COMMERCIAL & EXCHANGE NEW YORK CURB British Celanese Ltd— v e 1 common Detroit Devoe 102% Steel & Products- Raynolds Sep common- 11 Bunker Hill & Sullivan 2.50 17 % 17 Burma Corp Am dep rcts_ 1,400 Sep • ,< 6,900 1% Sep •* 7 2,600 6 Sep 13 1,300 7% Mar;,1 1% l5/8 Co Butler Corp (PH) 12'/ac . 6% 13 —25c common Dominion Bridge Dominion Steel Tar Textile 4: ; & American dep rets 5% pfd —£1 Calamba Sugar Estate California Electric Power Callite Tungsten 4/4 -- -4 —5 B non 10 9% Sep 11% Sep f — 15% 16% Carman & Co class A 14% "2% "3% 2% 47% ■•48 44 July Jan 68 25 116 Oct 122 Sep 700 14% >• 94% West Utilities— 141/4 Sep 10% ; Sep 4 Co common V 34 y8 July 61% V 19% 4/ 444 125 ■ 166% Oct —5 20% 10 y8 22 May 12 Jun 17% 6V2 15 Va 17% 7 15% 16 3% 3% 15% . . Chicago Rivet E * 3% ... 100 63 89% Sep 4442% ■ */.; — Chief Consolidated Mining SChllds Co preferred Cities Service common $6 12 % "*1% "l% —1 .100 4 ! Electric Oct 60 60 150 60 Sep 98% May 43 4oy* 43% 1,000 40 Sep 56% Sep 15% May a%. 70 69 69% $ .j—_ 1 : 2,400 ' 300 4% 4% 16% 409 19 19 ' 4y» 19% 1. _ ' 19% 20 16% 17% ■/. 1,050 16'A pfd— .100 .'Vr: -109 Co * common 5 0' • 1 Oc _ "9% "t' 2,800 10 200 : 14,800 2% 2% Colonial Mills —. 1 Inc——_— 7.50 Colorado Fuel & Iron warrants Arms 25 & Southern warrants— Community Public Service : Community Water Service—— Compo Shoe Machinery— V t c ext to Oct 15% May Sep 32 'Jan 6 Aug 4% Sep 3% Oct 9 10% Oct 20 Apr 10% 25 61 'V, 60 10% 10% 700 12 200 . * Mar *r 38 50 42 60 Jan ^4% i: 4% 4 f; 18% 4- 18 33 29 1,600 27% 4 2,300 5% 25% 27% : 29 6,000 34% 4% 15 4 32 34% 2% 13,300 fff 34% r 4: '/a 30 Sep 800 11 Sep. 22 150 28 Sep 34% Jun life 10% 11% 22 22 45 10% 900 • common 4Vz 99 100 4% Amer Fox 44 75 77% 116% 118 $3 4% Feb 9 Feb 5 Jan Jan 121 . July 91 :■ Jun 25 July Sep 3,900 7% Sep Consolidated Mining & Smelt Ltd- —5 1,925 71% Jan 1,100 Sep 95% July 6% Jan Jan 47 8% 8% (Geo Consol Textile -10 5,000 30 Cooper Brewing Co_. Copper Range Co IS 9% 600 6% j 9% 900 8% Amer 5% 1% 2,100 'if 15% 4,600 J: 91 preferred—! 31/2 -50 37 {ord reg) _£1 7 37% 4 10 x90 Sep 36 Sep 100 7 3% . 7% 110 Ji Croft Brewing Co Crosley Motors*. Inc— Crowley Milner & Co -5 29% -1 — >2% .13% (Md) Alloys -2% " 5,500 13 1,600 14 2% Oct 1,600 300 17 6% 4,300 267/a 275 $6 Jan : preferred-14.:—-—25 Crystal Oil Refining common——* 26% 26% 27 10 5 •V 23% 100 105% common-. ■.{■15% ,'22% . Plywood new 27 40 237/a 7,400 105% 105% 50 15 y2 17 150 2.50 5 com„2.50 Davidson Brothers Inc—1— 1 Dayton Rubber Mfg class A conv—39 Delay Stores For common footnotes see 50c page 1749. 19% 21 — , ?. v . Sep 10% Jun r 25 Sep 36 Jun ■; Sep Sep 400 25 22 > Sep Sep:,.. 13'/a Sep 7% Sep 105% 11 Oct 31 9% 31 10% 31 9% 35 11 Oct Oct Sep Sep Sep Sep- 31%-Apr 5% Bep .8% Jan » .19% Bep 20 Sep 29% Jan 35 Jan ! 3% Sep 7% Mar 4 — 1,000 - . it'k "8% ~8% ? ; 27% 44% 400 15% 16 800 26 27% 600 51 Aug 30Va May Jan 25 , 9% Jan 4 A 7% Mar 200 44 15% ; 26% 4; 14%.Sep 81 81 20 108 70 , 105 40 July 110 July July t 22 Jun 18% July : Sep Sep Oct :, 80 105 105 ; < 150 May 6% Apr ; > 60 Apr./* 36% Feb J1'"; 108 *:■ May 38% Jan 13% Feb 20 Feb 39 20% 14 • G Yellowknife (A C) Preferred 1 M — • ~* 4 - — • $4.50 prior Goldfield i. r Goodman *" Aug Jun Lamp Hamilton Co Bridge Hammermill Paper Ltd 54 'i4 •——- 17% Feb 10% Apr Feb 12% *31% Apr : 109 Jan 18 Jun : I 140 6% "Apr 4? 110 May 115 111% Sep 18 6% »4 20 13% . 13% 4 52 53 % 10% 20% 8% 4 51* 8 , Feb ;! i Oct 29 7/a Apr 39 Jun Sep 28 Jun >; Sep 13% Sep 24% 4100 103 " i:. Feb f| 87/a 69 • 44 Feb 107 Aug Jan 22% .71\ 47 V\ Jan' 1 14% May 12% Sep Oct 15 Sep i 93% Sep : • '23% j -, Jun 's 1 I ' i' ' " 99 138 39% 2,500 18.; 16% • - t : 138 • 37% Febii *'r ' 750 99% 1, 40 % - .4 ,150 400 , 134 Apr Sep 46 j "July 147 Mar 37 135 ( % Aug ; , " 18% 19% 16% 17 3,000 16% Sep .500 13% Jan 23% Jan ' •; 113% 113% 50 *111% May 28% May 116 16 V4 Jan 12% — I Jan Sep t X8 . Sep 17% i i Apr.; 48% r : > i -Jun?' 53 Sep ' Feb »| •"4* SepA-Jan.1.. 10% Mar •-100 1,400 l i 24% Jan .4 26 % Jun ,.!%*Sep •<•. , w ;l;Z00 12%. 12% i Jan : * - 18 50 400 55 Feb 4 4% Sep V 57 ■ Sep ,1,450 *; • 18 46 •. 43% Sep . 16,400 1% i 18 3,800 4,100 * j 27 !■ 500 2,200 > 59 1 26% " ( • 6% -Oct Oct 52%. Sep 100 ~ 20 // 19 % - ;•. 15 .• 6% 20 — t ; i Jan Jan 1 — ' a Apr f? 23% - Jan 600 54 • — -- -9% i. — U Sep 600 22% 21% 21% 1 6% 6% — Sep 100 300 8% Sep 17% Feb 6 % Sep «"* 11% Feb 900 31 Va Oct 52% May • T Co Feb Jan — Inc class. A_—_————.—T : Gorhant^MJ|(> bbflitnonl— —10 x 52 ; Graham-Paige*Motors $5 conv pfd—25 4 19'/2 Grand - Rapids Varnish. 18 % Gray Mfg Co..—: ! —5 ' 12 Va Grayson-Robinson Stores;—1 11 167/a Great Atlantic Sc Pacific Teh— tr : I Non-voting common stock * 99 7% 1st preferred 1 .100 138 * Great Northern Paper: —25 .4 ,40 Greenfield Tap & Die : *" 18 % Grocery Stores Products common—25c Gulf States Utilities $4.40 pfd 100 : — Hall 18% 110 :—;!—50 Mfg* Co—. i Sep 96 >• 54 v Jan 111% * preferred: Jan 3% Sep Sep 3% 96 2.50 s' /— L* 4 '18% —5:. 14'A Consolidated -Min6s^^___.—1 9% 104% 19% Glen Alden Coal-— L— 18 y8 GlobenUnion Inc.—^,— .13% Gobel (Adolf) Inc common— —1 4 6% / 5^Godchaux Sugars class Ai.——-1—t "59 i 59 " Class B —* 4 26%" . 26% ' - 14% liy8 15% —* common — Co 5% v I Sep Sep 8 Sep 8% Sep 3% Sep 20 Sep 104% Sep 9 preferred—" -* —• 107% July ' f 5% 15 Corp Com—-—1 preferred Jan 3% 5'/2 3% : Jan 07 __ Aug 16% July 39 10% Jan 13 -12% -12% " '—1 Corp Gypsum Lime & Alabastine Davenport Hosiery Mills III [rmtm g'fi? -100 Public Service $6 convertible Gilchrist 10% May 51/4 2% 45 Oct 18% Oct * pfd- Gladding McBean & Co__ Gleaner Harvester Corp. ! 24 * common Gilbert Apr 4 May Fireproofing : f Oct / Sep : 70% Feb. Sep-- 200 5% — — Giant Jan : 23y« : t ■ 11 series A *4 . , Sep Teh 700 20 21 1 10 Finance Georgia Power $6 preferred— $5 preferred May 1 5% Feb-.4 21% Apr Sep ; Gorbam convertible^ Lighting Inc common Curtis Mfg Co (Mo) 2% 9 29 41 £1 rets ord reg_ Corp common dep General Shareholdings 38 12% Sep ," 17% 61/4 5% Curtis 6% :: 500 Oct- 4 24% Mar 6 17 •6 V2 — 2,800 13% 25c $0 preferred 29% 28% . 100 -—1 * Co preferred General 2 ."-61/4 Cuban Atlantic Sugar— 599 preferred ; 11% :— Crows Cork, International ACrown Drug Co common-™—: 7 Jan • common, General Outdoor Adv Q% 6% Jan 44% Aug ? - Feb Co Power General Feb 26% July Sep 3 100 .• 5% common—————5 Corp '# Feb July 7% Sep 14% Feb Sep 100 91! 31/4 preferred— 1 44 Sep Sep 2,500 41/4 41/4 ¥ III 1% 13% >—— Warrants ; Sep 1% Apr Feb.1 17% Jan 59 1.25 1 1 • 100 Co Gellman Mfg Co common. - Sep 14% III *- American dep receipts Creole* Petroleum : Cuban Tobacco 7 - 550 1 preferred 5% General 33 Sep ;; * — 799 24% ._5c Corroon & Reynolds $6 preferred A—— Cosden Petroleum common--— Crown Cent Petrol 100 ;■ A) convertible General 17% May 14% 31 6% Cornucopia Gold Mines Coro Inc common-— convertible 9% Sep Sep 3,900 Cook Paint & Varnish Co 5% 34 1,200 — Co—_— Continental Fdy & Machine Co— Courtaulds Ltd—• 2% 40% 44 ll7/a 1,600 - stock conv General Royalty Oil—— Consolidated Steel Corp— Feb Jan 25 Gen Electric Co Ltd— 12% Jan Consolidated ; 112% Aug ■>: 8% Sep 7,200 ; (Peter) Garrett 26% Aug Sep 17 5,050 13% 1' Feb 17% 26% - Jan Apr 4 8% 40 i8% 13 Sep Sep Apr 49 70% 100 Feb f % Jan 16% Feb 600 17y* 13% rets bearer dep f; 115 118 . ' of France— ? 1071/4 1 Motor Ford Gatineau 300 18 107% 107% 77'A 100 series B preferred preferred series C Consolidated Gas Utilities Class - | 1% Sep 17% 18 # Sep-: 4% 20% ■ ■ Fuller 42 44% 17% 4; 7,200, ' ■ non-voting-—.J* B voting * Jan Sep 20y4 Sep 200 . 5 4% 4% 20 Jan 43 48 Sep Sep Jan 3.450 £1, rets-ord reg dep Brewing Franklin Stores, 2% Sep 1,900 2% 2% ; 100 Jan 121/4 1 pfd 50% July 12% Jan Sep ' Apr 4% ' 29 Class A ' 6% • Sep Sep 25% 2,700 • 5 16 9y4 Sep 2% Sep4 50% Ford Motor nf Canada—- 17% Apr Sep 3% Sep 7,400 19 * 1 Am 25% Apr 7% Jan 12 Apr (M H) Co— Fort Pitt Brewing Co : 12 112 28% Ford Motor Co Ltd—- Jun 105 9% 42 Feb Apr 11% 48% "5(5 to $1 Stores- f Mar '§ 50 Fishman Feb 9'/2 * Co Consol G E L P Bait July ' 21% Jun 4: 10% Metallurgical div- cum $2 156 700 ; 1 — Biscuit : 16 50 Apr 39% 29 Fedders-Quigan Corp. X,; Federal Compress,Ac Warehouse Co—25 Fire Associatiom. (Rhila), .—10 First York Corp common 10c 'ki " 1956—. Conn Gas & Coke Secur common $3 preferred Consolidated July • 15% Jun 300 60 A 166 Sep 12 100 4- Sep.. Sep 11% Sep 116 Sep ;• 30% 53 V2 *12%' 1 -L.10 k Engine & • Airplane Fansteel ?. Feb 11,700 • 25 1 17% ' 41%' Jun~-1- 37/a 5 Colt's Patent Fire 10% 17% 1,200 4 ' 184% May : 4% Sep 66 1 1 * •4% * ordinary— Airlines—..— 12% r Jan V Jan Apr 27 Sep 5% Equipment™— 4 & 127/a Sep common. Jan 166% July r v Sep 45 preferred Derrick 77% Mar 3% Sep 17% Sep —50 16% —10 1 Sep 125" »•» **•" 78% Sep Jun4 26% 5 250 6% 5'/a 5% 19 ■ Falstaff "Brewing- 3% 9% • 14,600 Sep Sep Sep Sep 1,100 116 115 116 13% 68 68% 100 45,300 " 700 Jan ' • common— Corp 15% 68% " 69% - National Watch Co common —15 Co 14% 68% - * 7% 700 9 8% 14% —5 Falrchild Camera & Inst Co Sep Jan Jun 63 ^5. 1 Fairchild .Jun 4:4 4% 3% 100 12 10% '*'t Colonial Commonwealth 44 1% 20% 5 200 * 88 :,May > Sep 140 . 4; 1,250 -A.' — ■ ■; 10% Illuminating Products .'..4 •4^4 *4^.V4/ Clinchfield Coal Corp Cockshutt Plow Co Colon Development «*-* —- 12 Mfg Co Claude Neon lights Inc Clayton & Lambert Mfg Cleveland 24% 4135 %4 ' — Clarostat Club Alum 23 132% preferred B $6 preferred BB City Auto Stamping City & Suburban Homes_ Clark Controller Co_;— 240 132 23% -10 preferred 60c 4,800 1517/a 140 142 42% Jan 104 68 —— common May 63 v ■ /■'. x--' • : .'4 600 2% 2% * 92 35Sep 1% Sep • * Jan 104% May Sep 54 Va 96% 57% 8 3% Sep 2,500 1,275 95 60% 19 651/4 Sep 75 68% —4 10% Feb 20 Apr Feb ■■ 467% >"67% ^.10 common- & Mach 24% Mar Sep 13% Sep ' Chesebrough Mfg Apr' Feb 6 Jun §e.P ...... r>' Feb 98% 110 Jan 29 ...20 Sep 65 95 Sep Oct Feb 5 Sep 16% Jan ■ 96 30 ' __25 $3 convertible preferred. Esquire Inc Eureka Pipe Line common 52% May .225 21% Sep 45 — -95% Iron warrants Emsco 53% May Sep 11 4 July 70% 45 95 — — 4. .100 Corp™ & Share Equity Apr 18 100 13% May 22% Sep 9% Mar • " , — — Empire District Electric May 100 17 13% Apr Feb May 107 pfd 5 % 151/4 May Sep / 11% Mar 14% Jan 4 pfd Elliott 52% May Oct 18 5,000 5% 5 17 0 10 —5 Corp common. Cherry-Burred common 55 120 18 106 Oct 171/4 780 58% 18 18 5 —1 America 1,600 • % Jun Apr • preferred Elgin ey4 Sep 9,200 18 ! Electromaster Inc 97% Aug Jan 100 18% 19% 'i.—. 100 Charis 50 ' iooy4 7% 59% 100 100 1929—— of 38 % - Electrographic Corp 231/4 July Sep 12 200 17 V* States Option Apr 18 7% • ^ formerly $5 formerly $6— Electric Power & Light 2d pfd A_ Sep 51 93 17 % 100 Malleable $4.20 Apr Jan 10 22% 21%. 100 100 y4 50c preferred— 4 21% 44' •' 11;.'"44^ , . $3.50 Apr Jun 7% 4,100 15% 94% 14% 1 Electric Bond 33% Aug Sep Co— Conv pfd opt div ser_„ Conv pfd opt div ser Co "*7% "7% ~7% — Chamberlin 4 38 Feb 46 34 ya §Cent States Elec 6% 799 preferred Cessna Aircraft Sep Sep ——* - Easy- Washing-Machine B Jun 9 116 116 ;4r: — Corp of America South 45 410 - : prior preferred! preferred $5 Jan 20 3.5099 preferred .100 Central Ohio Steel Products—. —1 Central Pow & Lt 499 100 pfd Central & 4% Sep 32% ■ Co Power 3% Eastern Sugar Associates— 164% May Sep 28 300 —— Maine 3,900 — 1 $7 preferred series A $6 preferred series B__v. 34,800 30 30 47% Carolina P & L $5 pfd Carter (J W) Co com Casco Products new common Cent 3% - 4J/2%* Eastern — Catalin 22% Aug Feb Eastern — & 3% 28% 22% 8% 41% 21 % 83% * • 1,300 30 common— (A M) Sep 22% —10 4-V 4 164% May —— Castle 24% Feb Oct 10% * East Gas Js Fuel Assoc common— —.* 500 14 !5% ;44 ~3% 1— Capital City Products Co Sep 16% 400 -1 • —— Sulphur 251/2 Aug 6% — B - Ltd— Ltd Co- Jan 5 15 — —— Class B Chem'Co Co 18 2,500 — - voting £•- Canadian Industries Ltd— 7 % preferred ' Canadian Marconi Carnation ——* ' > 25' ; Corp common Duval Texas 17% July 13% July Jan 20 800 ..'.;V;4*':; ,v''*y**mmmm . Jan 5 13% Sep 8% Sep 11% 17% Test 23% Sep 17% : Power;Co_— 121/4 May Oct 71/4 Sep 1,500 5% 5% — 6% May • % Aug, 7% 200 : •: Oct 17% May 39% May 11% Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd— Am dep rets ord reg £1 Durham Hosiery class B common—" Jun 7 3% Sep common— 6% % preferred Canadian Industrial Alcohol— / Class A voting ,i Class "7% "7% —1 Insurance Fire Canada Bread Co Ltd.. Canada Cement Co Ltd 31/2 300 443%: 3 >; ~9% -10 200 3% 3% 3% —1 _ Corp— Camden 3% 3% Wireless— 7% Feb , 16Va — Duro Cable Electric Products common—. _50c Voting trust certificates! .50c Cables C Duke Harris Aug / 37 3% * u 1 com.— Ltd Draper Corp—— Driver Sep 11% -16V4 1 Coal & Sep 7% j .5 .— 1 Co & Jan 3 ■ 1,700 400 12 —£l- - Domestic Industries class A Dominion Biscuit 28 common Dominion Burry 27% Corp -common Dobeckmun >23% "2,300 8% 50c j Am dep. rets ord reg.* Divco 153/a .Jan 26% Jun 4 Feb 12 >/4 Jan 19 % May Sep 15 Va July 30 Mar Ltd Buckeye Pipe Line 27% ; 3% Jun May 13% May Sep 44 / Ltd— 'Co 12 , 21 180 9% 1,100 * Diana Stores Corp com Distillers 11%' ——10 145 ; 3% 3% IIV2 Sep Feb 10% — ; 1 High Low 1,700 — 1 Class B 14 " 5 Range Since January 1 Shares ; 12 V4 4— 9% 10 9s/a. —1 — for Week High 11..;, » — ,-8 Co common—. 50 Brown Rubber Co Bruce (EL) Co* Mills Jan 341/4 new preferred Silk Detroit Mich Stove May 4% * prior Bruck 17 33 B Derby Oil Co common— Detroit Gasket & Mfg_ Detroit Gray Iron Foundry 31 • '11; 100 -,V Sales of Prices : i1";;;;-''- Low common-^-—5 debenture 8% 7% J 10s Sale Prioo Par High ; v.; Last -v Dennison Mfg class,A Class A preferred Brown Forman Distillers $5 , 4 -Week'a Range Friday ' , , , 1 dep rets ord reg British Columbia Power class A Brown Fence & Wire 4 / New York Curb Exchango Range Since January 1 Shares Low Amer Class fer Week •f Prlees Sals Pries . Sales Range Last New York Curb Exchange OCTOBER ■STOCKS Week's Friday STOCKS ENDING WEEK FOR RANGE Monday, October 7, 1946 v : ' 31% ' 9% 6% 7% 31% 33%-x Jun , .Volume 164 Number 4531 iTHE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL! CHRONICLE NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE BANGE FOB WEEK ENDING OCTOBER STOCKS PpP Now York Curb Exchange 4 STOCKS WhI'i 8»1m B*n$® m for Week rridsy New York Curb Excheng# - Ltit Bate PriM - of Prices Lou Share* Bang* Since January 1 High Low High Manati Sugar optional Warrants—— Mangel Stores commoHi.^— 1 • i Mahlschewltz (The B) Co.*— Mapes Consolidated Mfg Co—f i Mafconi Iftfernat Marino' * Communication Co Ltd——-£1 i Marion I Mass Utilities Association t Massey Harris Power Shovel 1 McWilliams t Mead Johnson .% Memphis ' I Gas 47 Apr 24 Mar X mXMtiUeUm -»— 87% Apr common-**!.—5 8% ** 1 8% Apr Merritt »«—-* 26% Jan Mfg Co**— Chapman & Scott Warrants -*•—U3W A *• im Am 6y2% A preferred-—-— ; Messabi . — — i. Metal Iron •»«.«••* mm — — 12% ..... mm —100 Co_—. 112 -—*.-15 Michigan Steel Tube **t* Michigan Sugar Co——— I Preferred ' -1' 9% 14% May *.*—10 24% 1 r>A * -f. Middle States Petroleum class A v t c*l J'*'' Class B v t C— «CU -X— «•1 < — West Corp 20% Apr 6 «... i Midland Oil Corp $2 conv preferred—* -1•' $1 conv pfd new*_*——u»j,i.— Midland 'H • $2 Steel 5% »cohv 2- preferred,.---!-—— Dividend arrear.ctfs Zinc Co—— Illinois » ,$60 #QQ44*:453% Sep —50 ,800 300- » Imperial Chemical Industries— ':J. «Am dep rets regis-——£1 ; Imperial Oil (Can) coupon— Registered If: of Imperial Tobacco of Great Britain & 100 •' «• ; Cigar Metal -36^. . >109% Jun Industries A-. 4| Sept- ■: i: L 5% Monogram «—*50c 50 :—- pfd 100 common*—.^-* Corp 20% Feb Pictures 1004 20% Bep 500 43 * — - . •' "33% Jan sep y Apr 15%-Jun. lb Jun 28 :. Sep ', 3iy« May i 1 | 3 44 shs—* :* Utilities City Copper 18 Vi JUtt 210 y* jun Safety Razor B * International Utilities common—*—5 Power Jun 10% Jan 6% 10 Mountain States Tel & Tel ■ * common*, . ——100 Murray Ohio Mfg Co * I? Muskegon Piston Ring— 10 23% Feb 54 y* Feb 10 y2 Jan common——5c Moiintain Producers—MountaW States Power * Muskogee Co ? 32 y3 Apr 160 y2 Apr Jun 36 —2 % f Feb 6 , ■'P Products $7 preferred Royalty-*-— Mountain Jatt 10% common——.—1 Society A 44 Montgomery Ward A—— * Montreal Light Heat & Power • J Moody Investors partie pfd_— "\ 'i Morris Plan Corp at America——_10o International Interstate & Montana Dakota * <3 Investors P Monroe Loan ——* coupon shares >; International P* Minnesota ^Molybdenum l23'i«''''Jun <v''-113'4- Jan ——— Registered i Sep >:^A.-^-f85'.-.'Sep Machine——!—♦ International Petroleum , i 24% Jaw :• 1 Warrants f Miller Wohl Co common—. 4*4»"4%% • conv preferred ,1 Mining Corp of Canada—* 112% Aug International Minerals and Chemicals— : ia% •:' 4i i. 550 •V82 Preferred $3.50 series— ——-_50 International Investing Corp—*.*41 i International ; ; —50 *— * 6% Sep 7% May 11 Va Sep' -vV-; Asy® Jan 11% Sep >15% Jan '107% Sep International Hydro-Electric— f —* *** Abrasive—— i — International t I ^ ' Co common- Mid-West Oct 9 Va shares———* Missouri Public Service —II-———_100: „* , : 23 Apr 'Sep;' -, v.*'38 y Jufy 42% Aaa 3dcr >330 ' Insurance Co of North America^-—10 . dividend Midwest Oil Co—— —10 -V ' . V,:' >4-m. 4444 44 Midwest Piping & Supply com**** ■' f Mid-West Refineries 1 ■-Bi': ■ Apt - £1. pfd-*I_i00 preferred———100 Indiana Service 6% 7% preferred— ; —- ... -- Canada—I-——5 ;r|v' Ireland 1_« Indianapolis Pow & Lt 4% ■ ■ July — -- ,600 —_*i—* o Imperial Tobacco ' 5 ~ : 16% Sep 24 >; 1. Apr • 20 Products^- non-cum Midvale Illinois Power \ Aug 31% May .***—5 common Apr .. 1 Middle Jan 5V2 Jan —— v"..' Feb 17% fj.^-2.50 Micromatic Hone Corp i Jan 14% May 62 Mar 25c i Michigan Bumper Corp--,#.—--------1 v | May 11 Va ——-1 Textile Corp Participating preferred | ; Apr Menasco -1 ; Jan * Co**— Natural Apr 22% * Dredging & Jan 18% * Corp common $2.50 preferred i Jan 4% > * common McCord .1' <5 Mi Mar 19 % -* t c v 21% May Nachman Corp——.———»__—*—• National Bellas Hess common 1 , common Jan 17 ;——* * 1 — Iron Fireman Mfg voting trust ctfs__*' Irving'.. Air. Chute-u-—w—^.-1 Italian Superpower A **• | National Breweries * common 7 c,'o preferred 25 National Fuel Gas—»-**—*————* Jeannette Julian Glass & I National Malllnson Fabrics Co common. National Mfg & i Kokenge Co National f National ! Steel National National Car Kansas Gas Corp 17 ys & Elec 7% Kawneer Co*——— 33 M Key Co common *-*— ;) Kidde (Walter) & Go* : 4 '/a % ■. 15% 5% preferred preferred I Jan Jan ; t • ( Kirby ' t 1. Oct J1 Sep New Englar.d 6% i Jersey f N Y N Y Line Lit Loblaw Class Locke 1 4 ...t preferred- 1 I - ' : ■ ' . 250 12% Sep 105%. Se<) 60 ■{ Sep I: ,****100 825 8% Jan 112 V* Sep *_100 260 100 optional warrants—;**—.— Niagara Share Corp class B com 5 4,000 5 % common 1st preferred.—, 2d preferred ClaSs 1 B —* ** Nineteen Hundred Corp B——*—■ *—1 Nipissing Mines— —11*5 class Electric Noma 1 (1,400 2,300 5,80Q I,,: —I. 2,6001 .,.-13 i Sep Sep 8% Sep 12% Sep 13% Sep 2 Sep 15 May 123% Feb 120 Apr 3% Feb 13% May 26% Feb 20% Apr 5% Feb A .<*—_ North American Class B 35 164 * Rayon class A 63 * common Jan 12% Mar * $6 preferred Chain Apr May 62% May *— Logansport Distilling Co— Gas Corp common Long Island Lighting Co— Common ctfs of dep 1% preferred A ctfs of .dep**— preferred ' 60 $5.10 pfd.100 —»*_100 pfd North Amer Light & Power common—1 North Lone Star Land & of dep Exploration—I* Louisiana Power & Light $6 pfd Northeast - - see page 1749, VI 1 76 — ; — 1 11% • .2 ——*— footnotes American 15% ' ^ 1% 76 71 72% 11% 12 Va 112% 112% 15 y8 16 13,000 250 550 North Texas RR Co Northern Natural Northern States 1,300 Novadel-Agene Northrop Gas Power Aircraft - Jun 2iy8 --50 Northern Indiana Pub Serv 5% 3,800 10* Feb 11 y2 —1 Oil Airlines— Penn 12% :—5 Utility Securities——* Northern Central ctfs B Louisiana For 10 shares.* *— Inc 6% ——*—*—-—I—- Lynch Corp Founders Niles-Bement-Pond 4 —— common-*- B 10 Merchandise, Shipbuilding Corp— .. Co*— Groceterias Steel —— Rosario N Y Water Service 6% l*** — —* common N Y State Electric & Gas I Development G) Inc*' (R (Thas J) Brothers Co Honduras & % 5% common*! ^.**—1 common I: Niagara Hudson Power Corp... Lipton Auction Y 4: Vl 'f; —1 Mining Co—. 4" A. "r •• v 1 p., I preferred Oil ' t ***-. common Material Lionel N ?4 * Tourneau * 20 City Omnibus warrants Y N Y : Prior N Monotype Machine Leonard Park New Process Co Ltd Langerdorf United Bakeries class Le 100 common_-i-.*—**—* Zinc— **—25 Newmont-O'okiep— r New Co Foundry & Machine Lamson Corp of Delaware Lefeourt Realty •" .-"1 v: ;f - f New Mexico & Arizona Land Lakey Lanston im tm — — mm mm — Idea Inc New 'p: B *—*100 * preferred*-— conv New ! Class preferred -... 4. Wells Co « : — I Lane V v.*» „/ preferred———————)*—-* 4J/a% common** Mines ' & Tel New Haven Clock & Watch Co—* I . Shore v Power Associates New England Tel ;■ Kobacker Stores new common. Lake Feb Feb Sep 12 :s M Co Ltd— <D Emil) Co common** Kleinert (I B) Rubber Co*—. Brewing Jan 108% Jan 10% $2 Klrkland Lake G Krueger 4% 14 * Klein Corp 15 Va 1 common 5 r Petroleum.——*—*— :1 Knott Mines Radio—i—i*_—Ii**3 Oo 5 D Products——! x26% May Nelson •| pfd B Sep ——* Ltd (Herman) Corp Neptune Meter common "I — May . 23% Mar Nesle Le Mur Co class A ?f>''m' t. '• \'[ King Seeley Corp**——i I> Kingston 38 37% * * ■1-. Kings Co Lighting 7% .' Feb 29% —— Kimberly-Clark Corp— < Jun 9% 22 y2 July 1 com—2 Nebraska Power 7 % preferred———100 Aug 32% Kennedy's Inc Ken-Rad Tube & Lamp A r Jun & Union Jun 124 y2 pfd— new Transit—**———12.50 National Tunnel (• Kaiser-Frazer ———1 common Cooker Rubber Machinery .•National I Stores Pressure Inc pfd.100 —!—20 class A, —25 1 Corp.—*****—*——.*• Jan 108 V* July ' Apr 59% Jun 111 73% May 15% Apr 40 Apr EXCHANGE NEW YORK CURB • WEEK ENDING FOR RANGE ; v ' * ■' OCTOBER 4 ~ »"v STOCKS STOCKS ' Friday * Curb Exchange New York .v «•.: Last Bale Price - Week's Range of Prices Low High' Salet^ . '•> \7.. for Week Shares New 1 Range Slnoe January common Brass Ohio Power Oklahoma Old Co class 4%% V: 'i^.i?>•: 5*'r£ ■ Steel Scullin Natural Gas Polndexter Omar common. 01/ 6% Overseas J*n 6 Inc ? «. Jan 2 5 $5 5Q v- Allotment y Serrick - ■ Corp Can Co Pacific Gas & Elec 6% Pacific Pacific Power & Public Pacific Jun :6Va July Sep 38 19% Sep■ 38 3A 1st pfd 1st preferred Lighting $5 preferred 5%% „ 11 common Sep 11% Light 1% pfd——- )9 American Pan 4% Paramount Parker Motors Corp Jan 20 Feb i— Sep 24 84 $1 y July yi : Pennroad Gas Penn Cement & Elec Penn Power & class A Water Power & Circle Solar Aircraft Co__ Solar Jan , Pharis ; & Rubber Pierce Sep; V Feb ;; Governor Pinchin Pioneer Gold common Johnson Ltd 14% Oct: 4 Mines — Ltd ; • • v ' • > 2% Sep ;;f r "n* 'v ' '.*,•*•' Sep Pitts Bess 44 E RR — 59 Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Pittsburgh Metallurgical Pleasant Valley Pneumatic Polaris , Wine Scale ;• Mining Co Powdrell & Alexander Power 6% •: r- Premier Gold Prentice-Hall Pressed Metals Producers — Gas >■ r" •;i'' ■ - of Pyle-National xl0% 112 106% Jan 1st Pyrene Co May Jun 111% Feb 122 103% Sep 113% May 8ep Apr Feb 20% May S1 18 common 27 23 Sep 11% Sep Manufacturing ' ;' • / > "> 90% Sep common. preferred 166 Quebec Power Co_ Sunbeam Corp - Sep 114 & Light 189 Concrete Bit Pile common Co Electric — & Engineering Rice Stix Dry Goods Richfield Oil , Corp —. 1 .10 • * 5 ... >•' vtc pfd F Am dep rets for ord regCable Corp common Roosevelt Field Inc 100 5 Corp Ave Ryan Aeronautical Ryan Consolidated Texon Textron ( Thcw Inc v-Tllo Co $2 10 * new Shovel Co common Co Schulte Scovill For i. ■' _1 10% .10 29% 29% — 3 u- 3 -1 -1 -1 4% — • 1,100 1,600 17,400 3% -3% ^8% 100% 10% 11% 1,200 -300 •' 50 30% 3% - v 21 11% ' 8,400 20 2,000 4 ' 4% 1,400 7 7% 400 Amer dep rets ord Amer dep rets def reg. > i Todd Ltd Sep 116% Sep 7% Sep 13% Oct — Edison Toledo 7% 6% Realization warrants United Amer — preferred- Molasses Co Ltd— dep page 1749, Sep 5% Jan 6% Light & Railways— rets ord regis1— — Profit Sharing—i._— 10% preferred—1 Manufacturing see United 9% 20 Corp warrants Elastic Corp- United NJ RR & Canal common— 4% Sep .34 Aug Feb Feb Feb May * Corp participating Sep 2% Union Gas of $3 117 1% Udylite Corp Ulen May 412% May . 4% Nevada I v Trunz Inc f. Tung-Sol Lamp Works 7 80c convertible preferred United common Sep Trans Lux Corp—— Tri-Continental 165 Oct 107% July 112% preferred Tonopah Mining of '■I. preferred— United Milk Products pref__ Corp footnotes Sep 15 % Shipyards Corp— Canada Union Investment Co—T Union Stock Yards of Omaha. United Aircraft Products United Chemicals common—: * comr»on Inc Sep 29 V* regis. (>> I Unexcelled Chemical Corp—... 1 common-- (D A) — 21 10% . —. 1.25 Petroleum— Savoy Oil Co Schiff « Construction. | Tobacco & Allied Stocks | Tobacco Products Exports i Tobacco Security Trust Co Ltd— 1 com common Corp conv Paper United .20 — Salt Dome Oil Co Samson i.1 1,200 2,300 22 31% 32% 4.%; - 4% ——. United Gas Corp common A 32% Roofing Inc United Regis 20 10 8% Tishman Realty & f United Lawrence il : > 1,700 100 7% 2 6% —1 Co Ryerson & Haynes Class 1% 19% common 5 ; Co Royalite Oil Co Ltd St. Sep Oil Corp Oil & Land { > £1 Rotary Electric Steel Co St. 18% 13V« Feb 19% May — Rorison Art Metal Works new common- Fifth 8% — 98% • Rome Russeks 6% m 78 .J* ( Texas Power & Light 1% pfd—. 1 Royce Ltd— Petroleum 6% _• -• ._1 Tampa Electric Co common—l. Technicolor Inc common— 1 Co— Rochester Gas & Elec 4% Roeser & Pendleton Inc Root Jun s i Rolls -* Feb 31% Jen 165 • 98 warrants Grande Valley Gas (Texas Corp) 32% —* Richmond Radiator Rio >Feb 51 •> 10 $3 convertible preferred * Raytheon Manufacturing common—50c Roller May Apr '• Securities Voting common Railway & Utility Investment A Rath Packing Co common • Reed 13% Jun V Jun vvlft>4->jan\ijy'v>--.30 ; May Radio-Keith-Orpheum option warrants- Reliance ' Sep 16 Sun Ray Drug Co Superior Portland Cement, Inc.. Superior Tool & Die Co 1 " - > Raymond 12% July >"> •, , , Taggart Railway 650 ; * — Swan Finch 6% 17% Sterling Brewers Inc ' Oats i- Sterling Engine Co————--~ 1 Sterling Inc > '■ Stetson (J B) Co common — > Stinnes (Hugo) Corp • Stop & Shop Inc Stroock (S) & Co common ;;;„'.•; ', v.* i . Quaker 16% Colorado— preferred 7%' 1st preferred Puget Sound Power & Light— $5 prior preferred Puget Sound Pulp & Timber— 6% ".''preferred . I Public Service 16% >25% Jan 2E i Standard Products Co—^4—— : Standard Tube class B Starrett (The) Corp — ; Steel Co of Canada Stein (A) & Co common — Sterling Aluminum Products—— - May ' 20% Jan 3 Feb 18"% Apr 10% Jan - 13% Mar 8% Sep — , 1 ii> 10 * < '; 95 Sep Sep — -*V •>>£;:• •••' ■ Standard Oil (Ky) -»■ ?> Standard Power & Light Common class B— >>>-» Apr 3V4 Feb Sep - 1% ■ $ r 9% Sep America of Nevada Feb Feb May Jan 60 ' lfi; Sep 73 common ;; Jan Sep-H'• > 28% May ,:vr Sep 15% May J July 108 4 Aug - 35% Sep - 108 550 110 > — 10% Jan 20% Sep 19% Jun 16914 Apr >, 115% Aug 31% May , iw; . : < Jan - Sep Sep 4% Sep 1 Spencer Shoe Corp—— Stahl-Meyer Inc— ———. Standard Brewing Co— —— Standard Cap & Seal common..^ r, s Convertible preferred:—; j Standard Dredging Corp common. $1.60 convertible preferred > Standard Forgings Corp ; •> 10% Sep 7 ? :•}' 78% >15% -' •10 • 27% I'v Prosperity Co class B Providence > - 47 ■ V of Corp 5% 100 Mining Inc Sep 10 common— Lambert Co & 5% 16 common Corp of Canada 1st preferred I 'r * '*■ Pratt > — Sep Sep 15% common- CO— common—: Sep , 8% . Sep 10 115 1 Southland Royalty Co-;— ,>v • 15% Feb 14% Jan Mar L & ;- i-; 6?• Mar * 10 f >>:i, • 6% Sep >19 200 6% ■> i> ; ; y 3014 Jan i'*} • Piper Aircraft Corp com——— Pitney-Bowes Inc., 400 preferrd B__ : .21 5%% preferred series C^ —25 Southern New England Telephone—100 Southern Phosphate Co</v Southern Pipe Line— i | • >>> >— •W-- shs Am 2,100 20% 12.50 Southern California Edison— 5% original preferred 37% May ? 9% — 4% t> 20% — 514 Jan 12% Jun 16% Jan -11% Sep 1 Manufacturing common Southwest Pa Pipe Line ? 11 ,. 100 414 , 11% n% Feb Sep 11% 12 126% 132 111 112% 20% 35% Peb 104% May 111% May 29 Jan 1% Sep 8 11% 11% 4% - Sep Sep Sep Sep 4% Sep 800J — — Jan July IVn Feb —1 —1 South Coast Corp common Apr .->» 15% Philadelphia Co common Phillips Packing Co - — Manufacturing Co South Penn Oil common Sep 20% Jan corn- new Sep 9 ■ Tire Boss . J Aug 63% .7 ■ 86% Jan 51 % .-v. - . 600 y V 2 2% Sen 14 ^ 83 851/3 ..fl3% 7 .30 24% Sep / ' Jun . . A5n° 1,200 9 % Jan 3014 May , 1 Sonotone Corp Jan Co ' 3,900 200 • 3'/4 Sep • Paper Mills Smith (Howard) j 12% May Co 'V 17/8 ■ 4% Sep 211/1 Pe» > 100 preferred 5 9 pfd Pepperell Mfg Co__ Perfect * .17" com—— Light 4%% Penn Traffic -Co— Penn y, Sep 21% warrants : " -f-: , £1 dep rets ord regis Amer Jan 9 Corp common— Penn-Dixie May 31 — -• 514 2 f3. 83 S2 ?2,/ \u Jcw 514 5% .-r 4,400 Y- . Sioux City Gas & Elec Co— 3.90% 56 preferred cum — tnn : May 22 >, '»» Peninsular Telephone common ~lu 100 —• * * 500 c 5,100 , High. >12% Sep 1 100 j Singer Manufacturing Co Ltd— V,', ■ r ' V Jan Jan 3 59% Aug 16 % 39% Parkersburg Rig & Reel Patchogue Plymouth Mills - - Canada Simmons-Boardman Publications— $3 convertible preferred Simplicity Pattern common Singer Manufacturing Co Jan 13 V* Mar Sep July 61% Co Pen 14 Sep 8% common Silex Co common . .13 Power Ltd Breweries Sick's :r u .&$*■> • Pantepec Oil of Venezuela Am shs & 4% preferred Sherwin-Williams of >■ . 31% jun V > : >warrants— Airways r, Sherwin-Williams Apr. i.6% May 28% July „f ■ , ; Feb .7% 11% Jan 26% Jan Service— $1.30 1st preferred Page-Hersey Tubes common >■.>.•:.• 0 .•> Shawinigan Water Sheller Mfg Co,. May 102% July 111% Sep i . , Jo1/4 IV'/s '• .v- 5 * 1 25 Shattuck Denn Mining Pacific 85 • Seton Leather common-. y \ J?1/4 ^ 1 1 class B_ »500.' > . 3 V;j 3% . 1 1 Control Safety .. \v "r certificates Sentry Range Since Jannary 1 Low 14 "k'v'„ 3 /i:. 3 3% 25 y "■/. Semler (R B) Inc 'r"+"•' Sentinel Radio Corp common Securities 3% ; < 1 stock prlQr stock Convertible Apr • Shares _)?,, . 3% • Selby Shoe Co Selected Industries Inc common ** 8V4 May B_. ■Sis/ * ] for Week .13% " General—1 Bros Inc Sales Range Zow * common Week's of Prices 1 1 ?i/ ^an Distillery—.: Oliver United Filters _ '} Segal Lock & Hardware ■ common. preferred Co Securities Corp , 1% Jun B h:'A:yp':r. v:v';:V':"ytV: -i ys;m High Seeman Ohio ^ ^,Last Sale ' / « Corp Friday .•4 .4* York Curb Exchange Price . Ogden Monday, October J,. 1946 FINANCIAL CHRONICLE COMMERCIAL & — 107/s Sep 14% Jan Sep • 17% Jan THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE '* t Week's »Friday New York Curb Exchange r ' " "" Last »;•••'- ; <■,* >•■ STOCKS' • . —jr-r* Par*. Shoe Machinery common„__25 •V Preferred United i. tV Range Since January 1 : V Low 743/s 1,850 48% 320 46 13 300" 12 Sep 69% New U S Foil class B Co 1 ,, Graphite common U and 8 < $5 1st U S 5 International Securities preferred Radiator U S Rubber 18'/a >.— s-'-v • • 3,000 500 314 v 16% 84% 3Va -3% l33/4 Interstate 49 % July 24% Apr 4% 4% 4% 7'1: I 3% 3% Power 5s Sep 30'/3 Feb 1952 Kansas ■ Superpower 6s 50c Stores common. Universal Oil Jan Kansas Sep Feb Aug 20% May 700 4% Feb 8% May 3 Sep 2% Utah-Idaho 2,300 Sep; Co 7% 100 5 r Gas Electric 6s__—— -i •■■» . 28 Sep Feb 900 "4,400 4% Sep 20 y4 20% 21% 3,100 19% Sep 25'/a Nebraska 34% Aug 7'/a Jan Sep . 6s , V Venezuela Syndicate Inc!.——I "7%;. 6% : 5,800 8% <;i 5% Light 4V2s 4%s__. 2% 11% N Sep 200 Sep deb 5s Waitt Bond class A & 13 2,600 36% 37 300 • — Class B ' -• . 5% >■'6 . > Waltham • Ward Watch Co. —1 Baking Co warrants—' 10% Warner Aircraft Corp 2 ~ 1 Wentworth Manufacturing _1.25 West Texas Utilities $6 preferred „• .6%. . 2% 23/4 8%" , 9>/4 5,100 .. . '.V- 800 m - 2% Y & . Westmoreland Coal , 35 10 20 — Weyenberg Shoe Mfg. ' Williams (R C) & 353/4 100 400 .; /■ .1 35 363/4 14% 143/8 300 .. 300 Willson Products Wilson 5% Inc Brothers 1 l, Elec Vt ,* Gas & Portland • 3%s Cement 10 'J Wtoodall Industries Inc Woodley >, (F W) a .. '.,• ji'' 6% . ' ... Jun inc California Gas j-d 33 $104., j-d Jun Jun %::,/ 13 1,700 109 20 6% 200 . 9% 11 11 100 20 v: 10 May 112 Jun <17% Sep July 5;, Apr ll7/a Sep 15 16 A7-4s Jan Toledo Apr •17% Mar :P;': !■■■: Feb "3% • 7 —1952 6% Feb Oct : 106% 106% 105 7/a 105 7/a M-S •124 A-O 106 Exchange Interest Last .1961 .1970 % Electric T deb .2024 .1953 4%s 5%s A 3-D High • Bonds BangeSlne« Sold 105% 106% 99% M-S — .1964 1st M series 5s series C 5s B M-S V i F+A - $108 106 $105% 105% 54 M-A 99 A-O - $94 1 :■ 107 78 i -- ••; ;• 1946 — A-O 34% 35 7 J-J 107 y4 107% /:.. 5 1949 ; 3VjsS 35 J-D 107% 1073/4 ;'f>' 7" v.' 106% 110 v 13 48 {j iu\5. ? 33% 303/4 48 7: 105 ¥2 107V2 / :} *' A-O 1959 /106% <106% 106% •rr> <\ fpifr'.'. " * T ' ; 1033/4 v <-■» $111% 112% — MrN 105 111% 111% 14 —^,1954 % MS 65 66 -//'-j' 39 J-D $108% A-O $107 ——I960 J-D 58% ^ • „ ;/■ ^ v c/'; : -■ 109 126 ! ; F-A 1959 /; __ 110 110% 108 $114 5s , 91% 107 % 122 1964k Traction '-'f 111% 116 Y;> i-i 2030 Penn 109% ' 111% , inoome debs *100'/a 104 .1003% 106% ^ •; •. ... - v . 105% $104 iS© . r'i: ■ ■i'ftc.xy ..... ~i ; 108 110% 115% 103 — 1948 71 1954 — (73 Cities Service 5s 73% 53% —Jan 1966 1 18 76 75 . 60% 105% 106 • Foreign Governments & Municipalities 120 108% Oonv deb 5s 1950 102% 103% 'BONDS, 104 105% 45 106% 107% 33 Debenture 5s 1969 : Consol Gas El Lt & Pwr 1st ref mtge 3s ser (Bait)— P 1969 1st ref mtge 2%s ser Q 1st ref 2%s series R Consolidated Gas (Bait City) Gen mtge 4%s —1976 1981 J-D J-J v 7 ■ 1954 A-O $115 , . % -y ' *. *. * •* ; .■' mtge 4s ser A 1st mtge 4s ser 109% 110 105 1083% 104% 106 % Danish 5%s 118, :126 /'"■( 1993 M-S 59% 61 27 % 57 M-S 24% 26 19 „• 24 81% 49% a Extended Finland Residential 1965 J-J 1958 ? M-S 107% 107% 107% 5 105 130 1961 . 78% .#•<« *• 7/ 78 •, 92 ;' • ' v:-.t;' J-D 1950 J-J 1963 J-D 1958 J-J Mountain Power 3%s Guantanamo Si Western 6s— ^ : 104% < series n Indiana 1st Jan 1949 B Service lien & ref Jan 1949 — . A6%s (Dec 1 series A-O F-A 1963 1970 • T M-N • ...,,$62% 60% ' 1 70 109% 105»/4 — : — 1941 coup) E (Aug 1941 ,coupon),— A7s series F—-— ^ A7s (July 1941 coupon) $106 75 — 102% 102% .$1041% ; 106 106 5 , »'.*'• ' . May 2008 1955 1957 33% 1957 33 29% 33% 34% 2 34% 19 3D '34 33% 31 ' 34 34% 33 7 »No g :;k: $- 96 89 37 27 $— 21% — — , k 31% 99% 7 97% 1927) / 32 .. 20% 23% ''A'- •» M-N — $32 7; 35 52 : , 52 , M-N 1947 1947 stamped A-O ;• J-D i v: : . , 80% $20% : 90 45 27% 99% 37% 99 <•• 63 20% *—. 82 80% $52 ■— - 98% J-D 41 - $39 M-S 2008 '[■kk 2012 44 J-J 1919 J-D J-J 1921 par valuer Ex-stock dividend: "4% "4% 4'% 4ya 7 4% 14% 14 47/8 a n Deferred delivery 59% 32 -29: 65 „ 65 i d Ex-interest, sale, Under-the-rule sale.- r Cash sale, no x e Odd-lot Ex-dividend, y sale, f Ex-distribution, Ex-rights. ,; 7, / • sales being transacted during current week. ABonds being traded flat. 65 28% i 92% 104 29 34 1952 1952 40 v i. J-DM-t?.. 1951 .. $Friday's bid and asked prices; $32 26% 99 77 106% 105% 105% 1083/4 1 27 $97 $- — ;'J'v-.Ui'v' -vV-V- '.'v. - Rio de Janeiro stamped (Plan A) Interest reduced to 2% ARussian Government 6V2S 104 — 85 27 it ' 83% ; 110 102% v 105% 105 'wmm' 80 ■ 62% 104 % 104% 70% m*— — $105% — 102% K 1955 A7S 1 (Plan A) Interest reduced to 2%s • A6%s series C , A5yas — J-J 5s 8 International Power Sec— A 7s A-O 5s————1950 Indianapolis P & L 3%s " 1972 " Bfyrade Food 6s ser A . (issue of Parana ' •• $105% — ;! $62 104% 104% High 78% $78 . M-N v/V f-a Range Since January 1 . J-D 1931 ' 1948 4s - A7s (issue of Oct. 1927) Mortgage Bank of Chile 6s A ' AGeneral Rayon Co 6s ser A Grand Trunk West Sold Low — , , 1953 Bonds ; $78 J-J ; Range Friday's High A-O stamped 1952 7::J-J,... (Peru) 6%s stamped 1958 :i:' M-S AMedellln 7s stamped Mortgage Bank of Bogota— 107% 125% -- or Bid A Asked 6V2S Mortgage Bank of Denmark 5s $126 -J Mtge Bank— stamped Green 5s ALima City A7s Eastern Gas & Fuel 3%s Elmira Water Lt & RR 5s Low 1955 : Mararihao stamped (Plan A) Interest reduced to 2V8S —1993 B Sale Price Danzig Port & Waterways— ■1.... Lackawanna of N J Division— 1st 105 . Delaware Lack Si Western RR— Last Period • — AExternal — I • Week's v Interest * _ Agricultural Mortgage Bank (Col)— ; A20-year 7s April 1946 v A 20-year 7s Jan 1947 Bogota (see Mortgage Bank,of) ' ACauca Valley 7s —,1948 1043/4 107 % 7 106 *-■ „ 104% 104% ';7Friday Exchange • Par 101 % — $106% 73 New York Curb / 107% 104 - ■k-.k;: $108% 112 104 3^ 35 1958 110% 50 6 Debenture 5s 67 67 228 i »•{ , 7 V 1 '•'"'k'k- 'i-'i J'i% .-i 7 •Olll--: 115r'7 __ ; . 106 J/a 106 16 7 r, r 103% 106% f; *r% L v.V.. "••-'.'/•• •.^••■i 5 ■>, ^ ' s:' F-A ——1952 & Light Co— ' Debenture 6s-series. A.-^——l—2022^- .^ :'.,V ;v 104 5/s 105 r - r. 106% ' 34% . j 108%; V < 00 J-J Light - A Railways^f Maine-i-i Power • A5%s - "" i \ 107% 108 23 111% 124 993/4 119% $110'/a — .1970 107 106 $117 — .1962 8 A Chicago Rys 5s ctfs (part paid)_1927 . •7 104 > I 'V 104% 7 120 __ 104'A 104'/4 . 106% .1960 8 A Central States Electric 5s . 105 ...... $104- High 109% 121 • . 101% ~ 99% 100% — .1957 —ill Boston Edison 2%s 5s .717:' 108 % 109 Telephone of Canada—i Bickford's Inc 6%s ' 101%. H -a J-J ■} 7> 126 98 105% January 10914 110 $116 — j-j 124 1 31 • Low U3. ., $1007/a „ A-O > ~ J-J .1955 , Atlantic City Electric 8%3,,.. Bell Low . ■ Week's Range * or Friday's Bid A Asked Sale Price Par & 98 3/a 1063A 106 ■■ ■•"> Friday Period Assoc T 4 • , 106 107% 108% 1968 2nd stamped Edison Western Newspaper Union— ) 6s conv s f debentures^ Associated 105% 104% 10/ 124 98% • M-S 1970 — 6s series A West - ; "" A-O - — United Light & Power Co— 1st lien & cons 5V2s Feb "7 2% 13,200; A 5s Elec Power 3%s. Power deb 6s 104 170 West Penn Electric 5s Amer Writing Paper 6s,. 101% 103 170 . Wash Water Power 3%S»l——— Appalachian Appalachian 107 107% J-D' >' WaldOrf-Astoria Hotel— Carta 104 V 105% ~ w *'••• 91 108 109 : ■■■<: (A G) 5s 1989 Corp inc~5s_ 1950 Stimes (Hugo) Corp— - ; A7-4s 3d stamped: ——1946 Stlnnes- (Hugo) Industries— : Utah York 81 105% 106% 106 ' A-O" 3s—,1965 A Starrett 106% j .1951 Spalding 31 •v14 United- ►New 109% 102% 105 103 > M-N 47 109% Apr 15 f8'/a •; < Jan Sep Sep 9% Sep 108% Sep V2-6% Sep 107 y» 103% 105 "? 106 v (Calif)'-* Jstvintge 3s-i:—Li—i—197$ Southwestern Gas & Elec 3y«s...,1970 8 / BONDS 10% • I 3%s 105% 101% 107% 107% 1081/4 108% M-S Southern Counties Gas 19 £1 i , j-d ———1979 Edison 105 106% 102% 102% '.$84: '• 91 j-j - —1949 mtge 3s California Southern , Jan 38 I jj ;, Water 4%s Steel 18 5s Wright Hargreaves Ltd v; Scullin Southern Jan 29 ' 1 ' 108% 100% 108 105 • j-j 1964 i 105 % 101% 102% 108 F-A 1959 San Joaquin Lt & Pwr 6s B : Feb :55 A-O l.11955 ' 4s_ 101% 10% — ———1971 B 97% 102 A-O . Safe Harbor 24tJun •, 4%s 993/4 - .—1968 Light 5s. 101% 1013/a 103 102 $107% 102% j-j './>V ' 1, United Electric N J 4s deposit receipts preference j-j m 1013/4 97 101 7 Af-N ; 97 99 106% 1063/a 103 5%s,,series A^——-m-—-4-.^,.-L1952 Ltd— American 101% Queens^Borough' Gas; St Electric-^- • Mar 24% - ;V; \ 500 6% 1 106% A-O 4s—2004 mtge 3%s -600 2 Petroleum Woolworth 109 M-N 1964 105% 99 97% 99% ' e^ perpetuaj^certificates,^,—« ! Apr 49 Sep " ; 116 97% 7, •' —; V; Public Service of JNew Jersey-*— 4' r* Feb v , 108% 108% 971/4 > 1948 --a—1970 9% 10% 100 125 20 19 Vi • AT-N Utility Corp— redeemed)—1948 Corp ;(Can) 20% 9 25 Winnipeg Elec common B Wisconsin P & L 4%% pfd Wolverine 19% 1 common preferred ww Apr 40% ' V," > v " Apr 16% Sep 34 Apr i 13% Sep 19 Sep • - 115 J, 155 78 105% 104% M-S J-D ' • Public Ser viceCoof* Colorado--^ •/. 19 14 10 Co '■ 105 111 1961 3%s / i 1st > Sep 1172 Sep 28 Sep 27% Sep: 710 20 '■/' 105 104% 104 3/4 1954 1, ril&v Sinking fund deb 7 " May >9 2,600- 1 Whitman (Wm) Si Co, Wichita River Oil Corp , 9% 10% 117 117 —20 Westmoreland Jnc_— v. "• ,:-' 11% July . 65 112% 112% . 5V2S Westchester Ltg Power y. 24% May /' 9% Jun . 104. 65 M-S 1947 Lexington 1st mtge 3s 1964 Pennsylvania Water si Power 3y4S_1964 v. Jun 10% Mar ' Sep May 112 <: West Virginia Coal & Coke; —,5 Western Maryland Ry 1% 1st pfd—100. Western Tablet & Stationery com 19% 114% Aug 46% Aug , 107 102% ; 115% 111% J-J Park 9%. Feb Sep 7 v .A5y2s series A (54% Sep ;4y» Sep . 700 ... ' Sep 10% 1,500 113 109 $106% 108% 1950 England Power Assn 5s__• Y State N Feb 5: 400 io7/s 1^6%, —— " 30 55% 105% 105% 103 • 105 J-D 1948 5s North Continental 4%» Sep 7 11% Sep 111 May' - ' 2022 Gas .Pacific Power-A "123/4 Wagner Baking voting trust ctfs ext—• 1% preferred—— ——: 100 v $57 . ' . 32 104% 107 103 m-s 1081 *■Ohio Power 1st mtge 3'As 1st mtge 3s —— J; 32-' ' $112% 115% 109% 110 F-A 1967 A Debenture N Aircraft, Co—1.^——' .27 29 x, . ■•L. •107 —1948 v • $27 .A-O v 1963 • *7 Waco 101% 98 •$1045/8 j-j ' Sep 14 12% 103% 90 95 j-j > 1956 5s New Sep Sep 1,000 , 2% '■•-2% 7 ■ Manufacturing Vogt . High 98% 100% 1007/a '. % New England Power 3%s 1,900 96 .Petroleum Gas Amsterdam Conv 9% Low • M-S 1969 > New Eng Gas & El Assn 5s , 9 % January I Apr : Valspar Corp common $4 convertible preferred Range fer Sold No. V 95 j-d 2022 to 4% Power series New Venezuelan at Milwaukee j r 21 100'A Bonds High ;• Valley RR— Extended Apr 4 % 24 Range Friday's or Bid & Asked J-J : • ,.——1970 Corp deb 4%s Midland Jan 27 4% * 4% ——• Sugar Utah Power & Light common 23 23 j-j j-j 1960 Power & Light 3%s Kentucky Utilities 4s • 7% Feb 20 10 common " 22 —10 Insurance: Universal Products - 3% 3%s^ Kansas 12% 1(L ; 1963 Electric Power McCord United Universal Consolidated Week's Last Sale Price Jun 17% 1957 i Debenture 6s 88 ; Friday Interest Low 600 ; • * Exchange Apr Mar 15 700 13 % — --1 Reclaiming 19% 13% with warrants—v common 18% 15%" 15% Curb Period A Italian U S York High. : Sep Sep 12% r> ' BONDS Shares High 48 12% WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 4 RANGE 71 % — 1 common Low ■ 71Va •: • -—-—25 — Specialties v > ,..4- • for Week I*—|B 'of Prices xriCO . ^ United r ' '»'■ o-i«* . : NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE ; I {Reported in receivership. *' :* Abbreviations used ''v " '■■^7.'■■ ' .• •-'•"'-• •'! * " *' '•' :-r above—"cod/' certificates of deposit; "cons," consolidated; "cum," cumula¬ 3 32 63 tive; "conv," convertible; "M," mortgage; "n-v," non-voting stock; "vtc," voting trust certificates;* 18 30 60 "wi," when issued; "ww," with warrants: "xw," without warrants. THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL 1750 OTHER STOCK RANGE FOtfc CHRONICLE .Monday,.October 7, 1946 EXCHANGES WBRK. ENDING OCTOBER 4 1 ,v v .; . 8 T U < v E a Friday Baltimore Stock Exchange Sale Price of Priees p*r Shares Corporation Tranbii Bail Preferred v t c vtc Low High High ,V 23% 270 >21% Sep 31% May 107/s 945 4% Feb 13% May Feb 55% May •'.'.37 43 116 116 .837 ;;r:; 28 . . - ^ i vtc—, preferred B__, 4%% Range Since January 1 22% " ''%>vV>. vv 100 Eastern Sugars Assoc com 1 11% Fidelity & Deposit Co 20 • —. Fidelity & Guarantee Fire Corp,——10 40 Rights 15c Consol Gas E L & Power— * Mt Vernon-Woodbury Mills com——20 6.75% cum prior preferred——100 11% , 40 40 15c Amsterdam Casualty—<--«-»•-—2 U S Fidelity & Guar 50 r 44 Jan 58 106 Sep 54 87 Jan 95% 22,000 92 Transit 99 v 99% __ 90 Sep Chicago & Southern Jun July 101 Cities Service Consolidated Consumers Co Exchange Last American & Tel. Woplen —,Tsm. Anaconda Copper 172% Tel Bigelow-Sanford Carpet 6% Albany Boston & Edison Boston Boston Maine KR— Rpston A > stamped 4% —— 23% 23% 300 22 17% 17% 18% 350 17% 31% 1 17% 17% 18 57 53 57 50 45 Jan 57 30% 33 * S2A; 30 Feb 50 May 26 28.,> 20 Jan •32% May 36 Sep 56% May 12 Apr' 45 10% 4% Oct 37 Sep 20% Jan Sep 21 Jan 6% Oct 20 Jan 7J/2 Sep 23 Jan 45 8% Sep preferred "6% v\ 41% Oct 76, 21% Apr 42 Sep 10% 8% 11 preferred Class * Bl (Geo) Co Employers 99 98% Corp V/67" 125 129 130 29% : 115 15 Engineers Public Service———————X National Stores---— * "'24'' 56% 290^ 54% Jajj 33 100 $7 preferred conv Brick x31% International Button Hole Mach CQ—10 Isle Royale Copper—————15 Copper wrr-.—t-wei-.'m——* Corp (Del) 6% preferred—50 Boston Theatres—: 25 Loew's 100 Maine Central RR 5% preferred-—100 Mathieson Alkali Works *.•> Narraganseti Kac'g Assn lnc 1 Nash-Kel vlna tor 1 RR Central Maine National 3% 1 100 2-50 100 Tel 81 Tel Mining New England North Butte (N H) Northern HH Colony RR 15% RR 18% 55c 120% 120% 122% 1 vl'/a 31% 18% •>• Co : 9% 10% 33% —--.*•.-60 25% 25% 27% 5 3% Quincy Mining Co 15% ————^ Machine— Rutland RR 7% preferred. 2 Folding Torrington Co 21% 29% 38 5% 16% 37 41 $8 8% preferred— —4' 45% 45% 47- 11% 11% 7 VA 71% 57% ' 2Va 143 47% 49% 17% 53 % -53% 17% 53%- 25% 26% 16 Sep 47% Sep 6% Feb 17% Jan 19% Sep 46 Jan 52% JTun 53% Aug - Week's Sep 53% 4 Lout Admiral Corp 10% 10% 18% common. 17 18% Advanced Alum Castings Allied Laboratories Allied Products & Armour Asbestos Corp cpmmon Public Service American Co 67/a common Sep Jun Sep 23% 17% 49 Sep 66 Sep 39% -- 24% 6 Jan j 24 Oet 10 common Circle Co Oats Co Jan ^50 . 17% 18% . ' ji 24% • new. _25 j .v.. „1 — , 96 " h.f. 12 300 250 18% 50 10 11% 3% Washer common—. Aviation Corp tDelaware)-,,,,, Automatic 3% 11% common Athey Products capital 11% 5% 12 3% 12 20 y4 -.9 •■• 16 May 127 May 13% Jan Sep 25% May 18% V Oct Works cap (new) 16 8%* 26 15% :tv 14 50 94 8% 27% " V^jOO . ■>>:: 27%"-13 *f'J; 16 % " •>: . 8% ' * Til- ---< 41% 15% 15% 29% 28% 30 24 26% v, v - 32% 32% 23% 22% 24% 50 Vi 70% V-a 26%' <V- 500 ^ * ' com——12% common—, Woodall Industries common capital- Sep 67/» 110 28% May -j 134 Sep Feb Unlisted Alleghany American Mfg Berghoff Binks Mfg Bliss & Borg Co common Brewing Co canital Laughlin Inc (George W) For i footnotes new see 2% io Sep Sep 18% May 3% 7% Feb 10% Sep 20 % Jun 8% Jan Bethlehem 14% Feb Certain-teed Products 10% 5 5% 300 4ya Sep 7% 400 7 Sep - Rolling Steel Corp common 18 18 18% 150 18 Sep 26% Jan Continental Motors 14% 15% 300 12% Mar 17% Feb 17% 18 y4 450 17 Sep 30% July Curtlss-Wright Farnsworth Television 8c Radio- 15% 15% 15% 100 > 14% Sep 18 Aug General 13 13 13% 13 Sep 22 Feb Graham-Paige page 1757. 1,150 29 25% V 29 13% 29 • < Feb 40 Sep May 61J/a May Sep ■t- 66% Sep .; Sep 1 5 28 Sep .48 May 12 Sep 19 Jan 17% Jan ' ,; 25 450 '••• 50-; 8% 41 S^p 49 V 100 ' Jun -/ 10% 8% 21 26'/4 "45 T Jaly 34.y» July 130-, >.; 400 -• 14%. 10% ~8% 450 Electric — 14% ; 37% :>,9% Sep 8% Oct 4 15 34 200- '37% 38 300 - . J,100 97% Feb 39 % Jan 137/8 May 9% 23 Feb Sep ;42 AUg 35% Sep 11% •'6% 9% 9% 38% 39% 6% 6% Feb 110 Jan Jan 106 Jan Sep 25 % 9 Sep 13% May 100 11 Sep 20 y4 Apr 6 Sep 12 yg Feb 100 9 Sep 16 V2 Apr 16% 6% 6% 51% Jan 200 18% 9% 11%. Apr Sep Sep 30% ' 94% 17% .7% 3% 14 Va ■v 104 -1 Zi 700 3% 38% Co. Motors 10 ,—80 100 —• 1 * 1 ^ ■» 14J/a ■<32% 37/s — 1,750 American 14% 1 common Corp • 5 25% 13% ; Stocks— Corp. 2,050 7% 10 Corp * " Radiator & St San com-—* Columbia Gas & Electric Belden ' 31 30Q. Jan 8%. Feb V 49% May Irr 18% Feb -1,350 . 45 V V; 17y4 Mar Oct 32% 69% f : 39%: Apr r Sep > 25 J 59% Aug ' Sep < 15% ... Jan 11% Aug 1 28% 650 - y4- Jan 20% v 100 -■> 7.5 , Jan 20 "i 500 v .: - v:; Apr 37% July ! ~ 30% Sep 3% Sep' . 11 J- 50 % Sep 17% .... Jan Sep r. :.25 May 49% 12% 300 ' 'i 4% v. 200.> >10 Sep 11">'?■>/- 100 v V 37% Feb 41% 15% - Sep a.. :>• 20 4% 37 24% Sep 15% 300 » 400 41% 50 Feb July 33% Jan i. Jan ;. Sep 12% Sep 1,200 10 > 25 ' 150 27%V, :r; 50 .10 ———• Feb > 'Sep;.:"' 36 8 900 ~1 Co "11 V 350 9 ■; common—— ._5 capital 114 ■[' 27% Sep > 150 -.150,- : ' 38% 32 4 i 29% 1 Sep Feb July 9% Sep Sep 25 30% -4% 52 2.00 (18% t 4% v 47% Oct ' 12% ' —5 Sep 1" 45 230 -. 96 27% 27% v i $ 8% —1 Dredge., common— Mill— Anaconda Copper Mining Atch Top & Santa Fe Ry com 500 May ..'V :/• 13 common—— St Louis Nat Stockyards cap — Machine V Sep v ~~20" 100 r>27% . fnc Yates-Amerlcan 65 Sep Jan Oct 10% ■ v v->. 17 300 110% 110% new pfd— common. Mfg Co 7% 18 High Low Feb May Sep ' •- • Wieholdt Stores. Inc common—-—^ Range Since January 1 14 :fllepv/" Feb V >•12/v 38% , 13 Bankshares May , 7 :v; 700 15. ' 26% 26% Wisconsin 32 40 Corp common Sundstrand Machine Tool common. ';•;> v Jan 37 23% Sep; 8% Feb 50 100 4% 15 . 96 27 common- Westinghouse Elec & Mfg ■J-- • 50 ' , 45 >4% 4% — Sunbeam Sales • 36 v ' common '."V May Sep 39% Sep 19% Ma? v 150 'v 27% :;/45.,, 45 common-.-.——,— -1 V May 103 3,600 42% 26% ♦ .50 * 0 S Steel common May 51 Sep 2,100 7% 100% 102 100 119 30 200 AOO 9%. 41 I "7% —8 > 25 ,> 8% U 13 Sep Sep 65% 150 • 31% May ya Aug Jan 42 10 24% ,24% 8% Sep 5% 14 % > 10 40% - 15 18% Oct 157% 'Apr Sep 700 30 .24 24 - '35 >>450 72% 39% v; Jan May 15 Ya Apr 35% May 38% Apr 12% Feb 12,800 ■ 44 30 — ■ 900 70% i 13, t 200 i 41 19 •> jan Sep 11 % Mar 10% 350 23 ,"10%',12% 15% 15% ; . 15% Mar 112 -11% May 1,100 • 23% July Sep Feb 350 > 800": 70% , — Corp - ' 10% 38% 38% Stewart-Warner "7% 25% 37% 44 * Standard Forglngs common Standard Oil pf Ind. capital-, Jun May lo 50 27% Standard - 18% • (The) (The) 9 110 200 - 20% 38 X (The) 10% 20 :v;^. 30 May 21% May 58% May Jan> 20 17 18% . 25% May 26% July • 20 17% i 80 140 110-r- , 12 common. Co > 9 25- - (The) common 2 208 South La Salle Street Corp com—* High 11 Jun v/->-^^ ' Apr 83% - • Car.«)W»M)n----V--20 common-^• Scuth Bend Lathe , 79% Sep — Bancorp Pen Spiegel Apr 46% Shares Jun 10"% ;Jan 0 22 fiignode Steel Strap Co com (new)Sinclaiy Oil CorR--— 4 Society Brand Clothes com 18% May 85 tor Week 44 Sep 13 ?5 Shellmar Prod Corp common-.-— Jun Sep of Pricea 33% Aug ;.Oct 5% Sep >10% 22 10% capltaL Corp Serrlck Corp class B Feb Sep Range '••• -12% Aug 26'/a Aug 15% Sep 8% 25 • Chicago Stock Exchange Last 38 20 >9% Sears Roebuck 8c Co capital, Trane Friday > 400 Swift & Co STOCKS > 500' 24 t . Sangamo Electric Co common——Schwitzer Cummins capital- ; 43% 437 Jan 4 OVt Sep 17% Apr 16% Jan 900 110 Hart. Inc jcpmmon vtc Mfg Quaker 23% Apr 70 285 i Jan 25% i Jun 400 'f*A Rath Packing common-- Jan 3% Feb 4 '10% •*-~5 Api 30% 25% 17% X9% —7 _1 • 10 Pressed Steel Car compii-TrTT„. Feb ; > ~r-*~ —— North American Potter Apr 202 - -42% Feb Sep 17% Sep 19- 22 j W 100' common. Mfg common Perfect APr 47% 38% 85 17 % Jan V West Parker Aug Feb 34 425 Jan' 17 200 - .. - PeabodF Coal CO- class B ,cornpreferred Pennsylvania RR capitaL.— May Sep Apr Oct —* $1 prior, preferred-—— Oak Apr 142 Sep Jan , 71- * -12% Westinghouse Electric Corp. 37% May 1,755 59% • 50 (S D). Co Warren 74% Sep 24% < ^>.10 >7. It' Light &. Chemical com Northwest Jan 13% Sep / 15 Sep v 215 10 U S Smelting Ref & Min—, Waldorf System Inc. > July 2% 10 39 14 May 79T/a Feb 14% Jan 7 18% NationaLBtandard coramonu^,i,----10 ■:• 14% Mar Jan 1% % 218 25% Jun Sep 17 -Jun 22% Feb 56% Sep 14% Mar 200 ' 10 ^■Muskegon .Mot Spec class A—,,i—; Jan ? 50 • U S Rubber . 1% 100 39 5 —25 Unitcd-Rexall Drug Inc United Shoe Mach common 49 25% 100 13% Apr Feb 27 21 17% Montgomery Ward & Co common 4%. Feb : 60% Apr Oct Co 8c Modine s* 25 <126 .36% Co Fruit 2 55 %' 5 — ^ >. Sep 80 3 V May 30% 12 % Jun Sep ■ k~ 150 38 .<9 Marshall Field 8c Co common Miller 2.2% July 31% 1,595 16% Drill Union Twist 136% Sep 750 40 13% :;,13% WeosiAf fnc_.•(*r»mrr*w Stone Si United % •v 3% 16 ■ 8% 1AOO 6% t — - preferred Middle Aug Sep 160 3% 3 32% Shawmut Assn . Aug 5 Jan , 130 15 34 . ti Aug Sep 18 lft%-/» »'-r«50n: '19 -.io capital Power & 7%^ '*>■ 3% 32% w 45 Sep 118- 215 - 2,250 Feb Sep 50 #100; 150 28% *3 Libby McNeil 8c Iibby. common Lincoln Printing. iio„qommon Lindsay 42% Apr . 4 14% 1,200 135 • Recce Corp Reece 1% 135 135 ;? Jun 8% Sep / 9 50 21% Feb 50c 175 - : 17 ; 200 15% 55c Jan 24% 125 19% 15% ■ 51% Mar 28 % 30 27% 41% Apr 18 •; July H i;:-"4% Sep :■ 6 641 7% —_r—100 — Pacific Mills common Pennsylvania : 167/a Sep •8% May 1,100 1,750 >7% Ext TjniT bommob>— Salle ?0% Ijiay r 17% Mar 2% Sep 41 v Sep J! 42 50 32 26% 19% 5 102 18 4% 30 v. 300 42 18 A Old 46% 42 42 112 18 3% 1% . 35 /5;: 45% , common—. Cos Service 18 1,147' 132 18 f Kennejcott Lamson 5 650 m Jan 111 19 / 19%:>'20>--v-250-. Drug Co common. Leath <■' Feb 46 Sep V 82% Jan '' V 10% Feb 761 39% 126 132 ——-——- 32% 3 : * Apr Jan .j 37% 1,267 31% t iv 3% — 39% 34 31% ;*38 .v*. Bathaway Bakeries class. A—--™*-— Class b —— 38% 38% • 8% -7 31% ; s Kellogg Switchboard common-Kentucky Utii e^^iweferredu— - Jun 47 25 Sep 257/a • ~ -* Gillette Safety Razor Co. . 19 54% > • Kata JlVin 145 Jan 27 V 770 257/a 33 First — 120 ' Oct Aug 28 Sep 24% Sep 17 ./ 16% Lines Inc coinmoO—r—^ Group Assoc—.—.— Genera! Electric .91% May 98% 110 29% - > 300 53 -8 common Warrants . 09% 700 1,050 52" : A__. common Indep Pneum Tool (new)—-! Indiana Steel Prod common 104 */« May - -r100 —100 5% pfd adjustment— Eastern SS V ; 16 .IS-.:,..-..:. ...>.20,; > 52 » 19 : Brewing Co G capital— Parts & Illinois Jun Sep 93 75 850 17 Vz 18 *&>■$ Werner Motor Hormel 12% Feb 6% Sep 52....-,- Sep 96 10 101 11% / >9% Hein ' 60% Apr 25 Sep 48% Jan IS'... 8% 10% -19 Auto-!-— -1 Hupp Sep . -«w.~109 preferred series 1st 5 ■«—100 — Eastern Mass Street Ry-*6% on •: 00'/a ——100 36 , 20V4 May 13 Associate#— 4%%- prior1 preferred.! 6% 25'% Jan 3% 20 • Eastern Gas 8c Fuel > . 10% 10% ' 20 Interstate 1 110 .r,., 17 » !,; • „» Heileman Jan i.25; 14 116 5. Hammond Instrument. Co common. Feb Oct 7 24% —10 29% Sep 16% Sep 2,300 150 . 20 17% ^—15 ot, America. Inc— — 100 20 Mills <H W) common— Great Lakes D & D common 225 6%. 247% 101 - Safety Raaop, common— Goldblatt Bros Inc common 371 6% — Gossard Co 6% 15 1 A Gillette 8% 9% 16% 41%; OCt Jan 91" • class 100 >. General Motors Corp common —10 Gibson Refrigerator Co common ..... 1 Jun 6% 10 -41% 32% 31% * General Finance Corp preferred 86% May 8% 1 Calumet & Heplp Cities Sendee1— 55 Sep 25 9 k Providence RR_——rr"7-—100 j Boston Mar 8 9% 41% Jun Sep ' General Candy class Apr July 7% Tfust--***.^—-* Prop Personal 150 Feb' 50 750 .6% u Oct 33 / ' <6% Stamped '.1 _—T_—__100 10% class D 1st pfd stamped 100 Boston 4% 44% 6% Oct 72% 55 40 % 95% May Jan 140 23% -50 pfd Elgin Nat Watch jCo new corn. 37 350 42 -AUo * «•—100" 100 >v *"7% Jun 5 25 Electric Household Util Corp— Jun 25% May Sep 44 991 75% preferred—100 1st C class 7% May 39% .—100 7 %. pfior preferred>5% class A 1st preferred 153' 15 123% Inc (The) Eddy Paper Corp 148% Jan 75 Oct Sep 250 Four-Wheel Drive 39 73 450 Feb 39 Sep 83 100 > 51% 75 14% Jun 65% May 27% May Jan 30 i 3% 10 49' 8% 11% 300 75 90 38% Flour 290 47% 73 89% 14% Jun 227 49 Feb July 28% 69 v 2,300 14 3% 314 • 13 X38% Jun 16% ; stamped Common 152 15% ; 12% :-C:i 500 A , _* 70% 123% 126% 16 •v.*-' • Elevated Ry ——-—100 Herald Traveler Corp V Boston ■:: 152 pfd—...100 —^pptp-ttsct-—' RR 10u ,———y— 25 Bird 8c Son Ipc -64 Corp common new——10 Industries 52% 20.0% 30%" 124% 211 Jan Feb . 10 common vtc .partic Jan 35% Sep 30% 395 37% * „...... .-w—rrr^— Feb Feb 15% May Sep 20 600*^' > 9% 9 * common 38% May 169 % Sep * 1,54 1,652 45 Jan 25 Sep 160 Apr 5% '■ 9m 42% 110% ' 200 50% 113 , Sep Sep Sep 67/e 50 2Q% 63% .5 Common ptirt ebs vtc E.— Domestic Range Since January 1 High 41% 14 162% • 20 12% part sh vtc. A— Dodge Mfg Shares 172% 175% 45 y". 400 Sep 2 Jun 27% 1 Jan v 33% Jan >'1,800 li-.-A 60 114 160 . . Deere & Co common for Week 40% Chemical .Co—^-T—* American Agrl . - Range of Prices - ;; Low American Sales Week's Friday 113 20 Oct- Feb 20% Jan 106 * , May 33% 10% 10U ^ 59% May 66 18 IOO - 8% 8 8 Air Biscuit Co Common Sale Price 14 v (The) Co Inc Commonwealth Edison common STOCKS 14 - Coleman Boston Stock 2 113 " .450 38% 107 — ■ Sep Sep 20 ; 250 2 • Chicago Towel Co common capital Chrysler Corp common--— - 4s._1975 j 1975 Co series A_ 5s 48% .37 5 common ioo 600 106 60c —• lien preferred 36 14 37 » Uill,common. 100 ; 41 18 , JUUW ioo ' ;VvVV Baltimore --- Range Since Janoary 1 ,V> V. 12% 12% _v-10 preferred Chicago Corp common Convertible preferred Apr 415 — common—^—1 Corp Preferred Jan 42 !/8 45 W . Jun 37 ( Secur Cherry Burrell Corp May Sep 26% . Prior r Sep $37,000 44 Ceinrai a Jan 17 c ,; Fub.vSeryr 111 Convertible Aug w' Bharea >,>' 42%, 42% 41 41 20% 20% - " 107 .(A M) common— .ceniraJ .Central Jan '58 Sep 16% < 17 112 27% 91 — 19 % 98 Va Mar 114 100% 100% 26% 5c Castle & Co ;.t Jan 186 Sep V.38 827 Oct • Sep 165 210 16c 40 11% 10 118% Jun 114 100 11% 170 - v 10 170 44 100% 26% New ,-,5 Brach «& Sons (E J) capital ,—4 Brown Fence- & Wire class A pfd-. * Burd Piston Ring common 1 ,Barton-Dixie Corp *10% JV 23 % —* ' v.107/a -,—100 >. 43 —t —r common CO Low v> , Arundel / Borg-Warner Qorp cpmmon_r^ for Week V for Week- High Low ; Range Last Sales Range Sales Week's Fjrfday s t o c k s Week's Last »»»v »->«, «-->-*LPricea l.o 0 1,300 37% 6 July Sep 51%. Feb Sep 131/4 Jun • ( -!■ ; ' - >■*> r"**\ THE COMMERCIAL & Number 4531 f-Volume 164 FINANCIAL CHRONICLE 1751 OTHER STOCK EXCHANGES •>Y-RANGE J'**-: Friday** STOCKS Shares York Co Lj Nash-Kelvlnator New 1 Corp common— Ligh£ (Glenn Packard Pan J. .15.;.? 15 %., B 700 ,,.1,000,15%*; v.;'j5 7«.jil6.78 capital Airways Corp Paramount Pictures Pepsi-Cola — Inc : : Sep 37 Sep v29M»vSep Oil Oil of Co Inc Standard 500 600 10 Sep 1772 100 16 Sep 2874 200 26% Sep., Steel Spring United %) Wilson Co Co & 67 3/4 22% 22% 62% .300 ; •••, Feb 33/4 20 Works * Sheet & Sep Z 900 37a Cincinnati Stock >,<:>Last Fir Low : Cincinnati Tobacco Cincinnati Union Dow i 861/4 Gibson Kahn 21 .100 95/s Oct 12 7a 9% . 17% Aug 65 * 25 Va 1,407 - -Baldwin 115 Feb Bower 20 May May Sep July 30 5 106 Mar Feb 33 10% Apr 15 12% 100 11 Sep 217a 12 100 11 y4 Sep 8 13 Y18% 98; 62% 57 56 ;; 50 13 ' "20 317s Aug 169 44% ..Davidson Detroit , Sep class Randall 25 *. —• 56% *, Preferred i — 4V 50' 5978 ■ Federal 71 Jan Y • 12 123/4" 50 Jan' 100 51 12% 12% 12 Apr May Sep 57 Rolling MilLZ. 28 City Ice & Fuel Gas Columbia - — Motors General Oil Pure * — 97a : 10 — ■ - 250 317a .33 , 97B 517a 527s ■; - 22% 77, U-.-"'Jn-'. Brands Roller 34»/4 10 Sep Wa Sep. ivi •. 507a . 42% 115 .39ya * Oct Week's \'v>t ' !' Akron Brass American Tel & Tel K0 S 50o American Manufacturing (Un)_ Coach & Body 100 57a 57a • Controller — Cliffs 6 ■ Motor • Drug McClanahan item r Jan Sep Sep 20074 12 170 : - Gar-- 4174 413/4 ; 2% 1074 % 4 21 674 H' 50 100;' - 22 240 20 200 14% 14% •; 17 16& ' 274 163/4 May Jan 23 Mar July Jan 874 Jun 7 7V8% Feb Sep 263A Jun 177b Mar 20'% Jun - , 147a Sep 16 3/4 Oct 93/4 Sep 1374 Oct ; 257:":; Feb 28 34 Jan "" 9% I33/4 133/4 ' 22 r 100 • • • ; > Jan 80 6 / 7 1,110 Jun 4 Sep 5 Aug 674 Feb 4%, Mar - 193/4 ) 75 Sep 367a Aug >, 2% Sep 1,100 / 1,300 ^ ^".'974 Sep 16 Mar 100 22 , Sep 11% 738 57a 274 Mar 100 523/4 107a 430" 143/4 ; . ■ !'. Y/ 23/a 214 600 2 ' 365 34 36 3/4 37% ' 674 67a "900 6 6% Y; 260 2 27a' 1,100 2 363/4 May 300 'Y 16% 527b 93/4 Apr 17 23 ' 1,750 :: 2%,/ 103/4 * 6% 1 — ._1 common. 2 Products -lT - Oil 'common — Products 27a" 11,975 i; , •; 147b Sep 253A Jun Jan 4 Sep Sep 7 45 % May : ^ " V r, Chemical Co common f 137a Mar Sep 6 Oct •>-: 17a Sep 50O •> 7.27a ' ,, i> Jan 8 Oct 2 550 V- 2% :.W'< 2% 63/4 6% 19 i, v -2% M ■: tmm ^J —. common Rust-Proof 6% rv~ • ty. Jan 5 3% Jan , - w, Stamping Davis 274 274 1 common—^ -i '■ - Sep. /v 57s 18 3/4 Sep 400 7 2% Sep 370 65/8 Sep ;vo.5% 940 5 Jan 33 Jan 5 May 127b . Feb 77a July Jun 5. 39% 290 28 110 3% 4 350 33/4 Sep 7 Jan 6 MM 40 28 /:■ MM -2%. common Sep 91- Sep ••fir--104 74 July Oct ; 413/4 Oct 413/4 Scotten-Dillon 10 ■ - ■/ Udylite —— h 6% 980 5% Sep 8% Feb 1 9% 79%/ 12 11% 4% 1 — . > . Sep 36 Jan 47% Oct ■ 3374 Aug . 28 47a 47a • 150: : 4 v 1,350 475 11 13% 15 625 6% * Aircraft,common 1 2% 2% 2%: .4 27a 27a 2%., : 137b Jan Jun 97b Jan Sep Sep Mar; Sep 5 12 6% Distributors Shirt 47a v 1974 Mar 10 120 • Oct 9% 200 1,150 4% 117a 674 I common United . .117a 1 Tivoli Jan 974 1 common Superior Tool Brewing 44% May 32 6% Shelter Mfg new. common Standard Tube class B com Jun 16 29 474 57a 527# (.;1 28 Sep 600 12% Feb Sep -Sep 8 32 47# 93/b 23 400 57a • - :, — . River Raisin Paper. 2574 May 27% Sep 127 .. Jan 163/b July Oct Jan 8% - 37 91 "237e V 7 5% 100 1,496 12% » Peninsular Metal Products— ■ ■ 974 Sep — '• High Oct 44 173/4 Motor Parker 57a 38 91i i'i class B common. Screw Masco Parke, 3% - - 200 ;a29% a297a f - Corp Salle Wines Park ?? Feb 23 Sep * Sep 97a : 247a 1 Packard Motor Car 42 1474' Casting ;;6 6 193/4 Nftt.innal Range Sine* January 1 320 a3% 1774 —* pfd— ,*• * Cleveland Elec Illuminating——— « •472% preferred -'<• il73%al74% __ Iron ?J - 137a City-Ice' & Fuel; Cleveland High a3% — : Shares (1 Par' V 1; Alleghany Corp Clark Die Lakey Fdry & Machine Jan for Week 1 765 837a May May Sales Range •f Prices 103/4 55/a Kinsei Cleveland Stock Exchange ; 11 ;V; 16% 10 Michigan Sugar Last Jan 18% 200 12% * r Kresgei (S S);-mmmnh ; Friday 135% 210 117a '/.• King-Seeley .Corp-7///■./ \ Jan ~ ' Sale Price Sep 115 '/ 897b 19 7b- - - , STOCKS Jun 12 ,???• 1 .Le <. ■' 21% 9 Kalser-Fraser Aug 657a . 53 Oct 32 474 class B Brewing Hudson , > 8074 53 : Sep 143/s 24 •'" Hoover Ball & Bearing common-——10 Hoskins Mfg common 272 283/4 May Sep 42% # v ; 3374 2% Michigan Feb 14 • Mar Sep 200 {■v l Motors Goebel 6 * •Gerity Aug May 42 - - Sep 20 -10 40% 42% — ; 22V4 Jan Jan 48 ..••783 9% 24% 53% Mar ' 27% 510* ■ .5374,-; 40 V8 Bearing 2774 " .. Standard Timken — 323/4 303/8 32% i 30% • Feb 19 23/a 97/a ./i:;:: -y..'.;/ Truck- Houdaille-Hershey " 77e 14% 897a .-..——..—2 — Brewing Gemmer Mfg Unlisted— American Motor '.General Jun 13% Sep 11% 1 Friars Ale 'Gar Wood 52% May 837a Apr i Sep 48 19 e > 20 Electromaster, Inc 31 , Sep 32 44 50 10. ——.———, '60 381 67 Ve 433/i • 55% Sep 11% 100 High v. Sep 400 , 48 3% 274 • 117a 10 - common Detroit Steel Corp .25 Y Oct.; Sep 32% Mar 27 Navigation Edison .Frankenmuth 26 150 . 677a Printlng.1^^— Western' Bank—., 47 - Detroit-Michigan Stove 65ya May 24% Jan 64' 26 45 47 146 577s 26 56 A—— — U, S Playing Card—r..-^*«w.10 :.U« S- 25 V* 25 r Cleve & Detroit Mar 56% May •49 Mar Aug Low 100 14% — 14 7g m - , 1274 48* Range 81nee January 1 v.--'>:•;• ' Jan . , ——1 / ,;- 3 3/a ,VY-/" Shares Hiah •Y12'". 12% 5 Sales for Week i 3% 1 Bearing — May 70 Roller Low f Rubber c Range ef Prices Par , Consolidated Paper Continental Motors /. May 37 ' ^ Briggs.• Mfg ■■e. Burroughs Adding Machine— • Chrysler Corp 5 Apr 29 Ye Jan 50 17 46%. 47% V Sep: 24% Mar 7 25% 50% 50 86 Allen Electrin •Sep, • 194 22 Va 62 26 Sep 107% Sep 13 Mi Sep •'Y?i;250'§ '14Tb "33 . , 22 136 98 25% . Lunkenheimer Rapid' ■ Jan Exchange Week's v Sale Price Aug 50% •*, . Jun 7 Friday Last May 20 21% * r -•■/■:/?' Sep 12 % .^-.10 Gamble Sep 57s DETROIT STOCKS May ' & 18 837a May 31 Jan New York-Curb Associate ■. , Mar Jan 13 Kroger.,.,........ Procter 44 Sep Chicago. Stock Exchange July Feb 14 50 -, 43% 33, a .— Jan 1274 13% — Jan 10 97% Art Exchange Detroit Stock 17b 13 Mi 10 13% •—25 r, Sep 57% 22 Building Jan 5 - 18% 97% *■ A Oct 25% al9y8 al9 y8 Members High 46% Sep 49 7e 12 rtnsa ' , ' Yards. 33% 102 • 16 50 Insulation Formica 3% 15 76 : ' Detroit Stock Exchange 207/e July / 6 107% 108 y4 107% Drug Hohnrt 516 • a27% a27Mi a63% a6378 * New York Stock Apr 24 V 24% -itfiioov* „ 3%, 1 ' 6% May [ Sep May 18% I'T-lh Warehouse. 3% Jun WATLING, LERCHEN & CO. 22% May 49 y8 49% •» Motors Eagle-Picher t • 50' Stock Feb 38 % July LOW 6 16 16 - ______ - 34% Range Sine* January 1 ^166/ 21 9% -.2* Telephone Sep . Shares >35% 21 —. Cincinnati Street Crosley x —— Champion Paper & Fibre. Churngold Z Cincinnati Gas Common V Preferred ! Cincinnati —20 I 22 July Telephone: Randolph 5530 High 33% V 6 Burger Brewing Sales ef Prices Products Beau. Bruramell Feb 362 23% '? 22 23% 30 Range Y: for Week Sale Price Participating preferred 97% • common Exchange 'Week's Friday; Machinery. 697a Sep Jun 24% May Jun May .14 3 Mi Sep 66% Jan .12% STOCKS laundry Sep 66 2 Tube Ford American 403/8 14% Sep Apr 18 % Sep 8 common American 207b Mar 185 105 ',"• Jan 7~8~% Sep, 100 1,100 87a. •'r8% 874' 1 .50 common- 278 42'A "53 63 Sep. 40%.July Feb 12% 22% ; 1 3% Rubber * Warren Refining & Chem White Motor Apr Aug 19 • '677a' ' Corp U S Van Dorn Iron 28 u? :i4Va Sep. 1,900 24% 41% 49 Va i .——I 1 Corp e.nmmnn... Oil Corp 1 23 a69% a7074 789 28% May 107a 1474 ,14 7a Feb 15 ■_* common Feb 20 22% 10 m 407s 15 10 common (Un) Youngstown Steel Door (Un) 22% 14% • Sunray Ohio of common 67 2874 15 Studebaker Oil Steel Feb 17% 23 J N S vounsrsrown 10 ,v, *'• Standard Brands common, Standard Standard Thompson Products Inc U 37% July 22% 1 High Sep .. 52 y4- * Sep " Socony Vacuum Rubber 597a ,—•..*« Low 25 126 51 y4 * Jan 38 ,» Rsnge Since January 1 High ' 10% May v Shares a26% a28% 52 32 Sep it 14% (Un). 21V2 • of America common 251/4 Low Bros Selberling i, Jan • Radio-Kelth-Orpheum Republic Steel Corp common iRlchman Apr 35 6% 100 , vf Republic Steel Jan Sep 900 1574 32% 44 , 24% Sep Z j»_33 Mi Pullman Incorporated Pure Oil Co (The) common Radio Corp ,1574 1 Sep Feb 8% May 15 100 327a L;,; 2% com new Co B T 6% ■ . t .13. , "6% 'i 20% ic of Prices Par - .10 Car > Sales for Woek Range Bale Price High 10%. Sep .5% Sep 300 32 7a Corp Motor Low common Central RR Amer Last High 7*',; Week's Friday y Range Sines January 1 ?• >?•''* e North American Cou— 4 for Week LOW Martin OCTOBER STOCKS Range of Prices Iron Laclede Gas ENDING Sales Week's Last Bals Trice Interlake WEEK FOR 6% July 7 8 Jan 17 Jun 237a July 9% Mar — ;j;ji ——————— Cleveland Graphite Bronze Corp Cliffs Natural Consolidated (Un)« 1 Railroad f ■> i • /. ' 6074 •'• 1137a ' 52 Sep 77 Sep 34% Jan 60 Wayne Screw Products new 27a 2 1,140 1,300 Sep 6% May Oct 4 • Apr Feb May 427/a May •41% Oct 75 Sep 23% Jan J,.'-: 83% com Apr 974 ;' Sep 6074 Lii 87 20 Warner Jan / 19 .112 • » 607a' Sep . 193 al07a al03/4 V. • • 383 • M a42.7e a427/a •V, ___ (Un) 22 a463/a a477a- 4 Electric Controller 21 v (Un)__ —15 Eaton Manufacturing Erie 217® 109 .72 a577s a587a " > 3 _. Gas 11 all03/4all0% ■ Apr 71 Feb "' Firestone Tire & Rubber (Un).—* —25 • •. Gabriel (Un) Co General . Rlertrte General Grav Drus Great (M common ^ 1 Industrial Interlake Interlake Iron ^.• & (nn) Tile Y Ohio Oil Patterson Radio • For of 20 27 90 51 36 52% 107 30 Sep ■ r :ry'. Jan 52 7a Sep 105 7a 127a 93/4 60 Listed FACILITIES — Unlisted Issues 11 Direct Private Wiroi to Jun •: ; ALLEN A CO., NEW YORK Aug 51 May 557a May 1097a Jan - * <Un) - Eng 0 5 page 1757. 26 •./" SCHWABACHER A CO., SAN FRANCISCO > 210 Jan West 7th Street—LOS ANGELES 14 —TRinity 4121 .112 3374 Sep i&v 126 11% Sep 10 420 . • _r i V ■ 1,300 TO: 247a alOTt al074 a 15 72 Jan -Y ? , 7a 37a Sep 413/4 May 87b Apr 143/4 Sep 353/4 Jan 327a Sep 41% Jun 19 7b Feb ,. * Sep 7• .7; Bros 472% Corp Feb 19 Jan Broadway 34% Jan Byron Jackson Co 10 Sep . Bolsa Diamond Chica Oil Dept Stores Inc 30% Range Sine# January :\Low High 1 3% 2774 Sep 41 Jun 30 527b Sep 55 July 1.05 1.05 1.10 2,200 3 78 3 7a 300 772 7% 7% 1,385 l 57b 53/4 6 600 51 52 1,659 a23% a237a 50 common..' * Jan 100 300 53 1 67s 37b 2 : Hiah 30% v 53 1 Corp Corp 37b • 50 Berkey & Gay Furniture Co Blue Low l common Barnhart-Morrow Consolidated 47% 15% Shares . for Week Par preferred 29% May 277a Aug 9 '' Bandini Petroleum Co Barker 25 30 Sales Range ef Prices " 2374 Mar Sep Sep Week'* Last 155 . Friday Sale Prlee 40 Tr 197 : STOCKS 53% Jun 22% May Jan Angeles Stock Exchange Apr V 60 2774 15 7a Feb Oct 163/4 59 Los ? Jan 173/4 53 f 27 243 34 247a a - 17% V : 129 4% 2774 > Sep Feb^ 3574 Aug 53% Feb 40 132 18 * Feb 4. 457a Mar 9 Jun f 20% ' 127a al53/4 al6 v -• 54 .. Sep- 100 30 a22 % a22 7/b ♦ —50 Sep Sep 52 34 - 10% 37 "53 167/b m 1 55 42 .. (Un) 75 , 53 * 36 123 a3578 a373/a 127a , 43/8 see <,• '46 "••; 3774 a287/a a287/a footnotes 146 • " m (Un) & 39 Sep 7b 31 40 ' 52%^ 107 all 7a all7a ;•/?; 3774 B Amer Electric v 27 • * (Un) RR 23 54 ' 107 Angeles Stock Exchange 323/4 May t O Sargent Corn Reliance Sep 10 Mfg RR class Pennsylvania 21% 52% • __ & Central Brass 132 BROKERAGE AND ? 77 -/ Apr ' • & Trans Metropolitan Paving Brick. N Sep Sep a41% a42% (A G) class B Medusa Portland Cement Ohio Member Los ,5674 Jun -i 88 7a Apr/ , . 63 5/b 51' vv 27 • McKee National FAIRMAN & CO. ! 25 54 « Laughlin Acme Jan Jun/ 80 -s KelJey Island Lime Lamson & Sessions 363/4 Jan 19 80% % a71Va 23 ,,,, (Un) Steamship National Sep Feb ^ V-'. Jaeger Machine Jones 50 37% 27 B' * pfd * Ravnn 126 * _ cum COMPLETE INVESTMENT 15% May Sep -—•52— Feb Sep '96 a 69 -50'» 47* A) 37% a56% a56 7b 100 (Preferred Hanna • 89 ' ■ a39 7/8 a407a - • _ 10 7a 53 a 39% a39% a40 Towing common Cooperage class A Bros J • Lakes Halle - a52% a53 74 ; ■ Z • common. Stores Grief Bros a38 5 common Goodyear Tire & Rubber 573/4 Sep 91 a6274 v -m.yr 1. 10 F) a62. all 3/4 al2 ) Motors (B ••VC'A-. .. 1 nn General Tire & Rubber common Giidden Co com (Un) Goodrich ; 60c 3 Sep May Sep 1.75 Aug 6 Jan Feb 9% Apr 5ya Mar 774 Jun 6% 48 Jan 70% May 317a Feb 40 Jun / THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE 1752 Monday, October 7, 1946 OTHER STOCK EXCHANGES RANGE Range Central Investment Corp. Products Certaln-teed • 11'A 11% Fuel ——• 38% Iron common & ' 89 , Creameries of America, Farmers clasp Stores Fitzsimmons General General Paint Corp Motors Corp Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co com Hunt Car Motor Hudson Inc Foods : a 18% '•*. 1 ,*■•> V: ■■■:' . - a9% 12% 535 12% al2% J;V-,;50 52% 53 >> 20 20 -> 26 26 *54% *56% a54% 1 33 % Jan. Studebaker Feb Swift 2.70 Jun Texas Jan Texas 385 & Gulf 16% V: Jan Jun Un'on Carbide Pacific Jan 20% Jun 17% J 38% Sep 33 Jan.- 50 15% 27 C . Jun 1.95 1.35 Mar -2s:- 4 Lines United Corporation Steel S V: May : May > { 10% Jun 6% Sep i 85c 20c Feb;. 9% 10 1,480 al57/8 al57/s 35 9% . 10c 1.15 1.50 28% ^"1.20 28% 1 . Jun 42c Oil Company Petroleum Merchants Mt. Oil Diablo 20% Feb 2.30 • Western Union new Co Tel ; National Lines I no Ltd City Nordon Sep 42% Sep Oil 6% W) 10 (F Company y 1 Rice Ranch Oil Company. Oil > Corp 10% 1.15 1,600 1.00 Jan 1.50 • .25 • 55 59 Warrants 15% Roebuck 40 Sep 45% Jan 58 : Sep 65 Aug 1.% S Pub General Penna 21c :— • Southern Calif Edison Co Ltd com 25 Sinclair \ Corp OH r; 5%% 88,700 1.45 10,325 16 ya 715 15% 30 V2 SeD 30% of Co > >V ~ ...T1' Bunray Oil Corp..... 2 Transcon & Western Air Inc h 39% July Feb 2« % Mar 81% .Sep 42 Va 40 Sep 697/a Feb > Jun 42% 1,093 8% 978 13% al4% 90 15 1,751 a31% a33% 59% Aug 7% Feb 14 . May .- 15 25% July Sep 14% 21% May Sep 148 14% 14% a32% - 12% 13%' 20% 1,014 41 % 40% 41% 285 52% 51% 53 Va 41% 41% > 3,332 \.v: 90 40% Fen 70 12% 12% 12% 576 11% Sep 17% 7 Sep 17 1% Sep 5% Sep 9% Jan Sep 24% Sep 27% Jan ——25 • — A Preferred Co Yosemite Portland Cement pfd ■ :•> O*: 107 Mar Sep 27 % Company al5 Sep 33% Mining Co Jun 50 7% 1,064 5% 22 1,853 1,178 27% 4,439 40% 605 38% 4,300 24% *27% Feb ••• 21 Va 25% 25% 38% 38% 27 Va 26 27% • 28% 28 "Va 5%y 29 a- 118% 120 v 20% 198 t 16 Reo Sun 200 62 %C Jun 1.05 Feb 49 Va July 30% May 33% May 121% May 23 Apr 46% Jan 101% Sep 23% 1,075 22% Oct 98% 98% 10 98% Oct common. 18% 19% 270 17% Sep 22 Va 22% 73 22% Sep common. Co Paper 44% 46 Va 73 44% Sep 60 63% 114 6l7/a 78% 200 2 Sep Oct 4% Feb 1 Jan 4% Feb 3% Sep 5% May Oil Mining 1 — Corp common___25 1% 25 Investment Transit 3% Preferred corp 100' 1% 4 . 1,896 3% 3% 300 3% i 47% 1,188 46% 20% 814 19% 34% 152 27 33% Aug Sep - Sep Jan 24c 20 Coal Westmoreland Jan ; July 7 Va Sep 34 33% Feb Sep 19 Va • — r Sep 47% common preferred United Gas Improvement. Feb 25c Sep Jun Jan 56% July 30% Apr 47% Mar Feb 12% Jan 22% 22% 3 100 Motors Scott Jan 47 Va Oct 117% July 20% Oct 31 Jan May 2% Sep 5% 118% 80% Sep 21 'v' 15c : ;Vv Apr 55% Jan — ____10c 1 25c Jan 26% Apr 15 V8 20c 10 Mng Co— Cardinal Gold Mng Company.. Gold Sep -20 30 al5 >> 26 Va Sep Sep 20% Pittsburgh Stock Exchange - Juneau Gold Calumet Gold Mines Zenda 102% 350 62 %c 62 %c 10 '■ - Mining Stocks— Alaska 10 28% May Sep 20% 20% 1 Inc Air Lines Western ■ Sep 19% 40% - • 91% 102% 102% • Universal Cons Oil 10% 210 62% Reading United 1,244 22% 21% 22 10 of California Oil • 1%- & 2Va 1% $3 Union - 7% V V.V —* Wire Corp common 3%% series A pfd Tonopah a 963 • 100 preferred Insulated Jun 310 : 90% ; Jan 37 • 44 4.4% Jan 175 ; 8 al3% 5 Corporation Transaraerica 20% 131 31 55% 8 ♦ 50c Inc Textron Sep 1.80 July 1 Feb 87 • 50 50 • Salt Manufacturing Philadelphia Electric Co common $1 preference common 32 y4 30 % 44. Jun Mar 30% Mar 54% : 8c 19c 1,183 3T.iv 37:' i.. ,♦ Calif . 30% Company Paciuc Oil > a32% a32% . doutnern Standard 29c Sep 593 16 — a32% 25 25 25 preferred class B preferred class C So Calif Gas 6% pfd A 6% 24c 1.20 1.20 Jan 87% • Pennsylvania RR 49% Feb 140% Jun !: 11 50 Light & Power 34% May 65 Jun 38% 20 420 1 Jan Jan '26 Va 80 12'/a 20 Corp Sep 53 V2 Sep v 81% Sep % 21% • 36 Va 148 200% ' 12% common 24% Apr Sep \ Sep 170 Va *,< 10 5 Motors Brothers 228 56 930 11% Pennroad 4% May High 42% May >27% Jan 237 28% 21% National Pr & Lt ex-distribution 20 Va May Sep Low 30% 172% 175% Light Battery Lehigh Valley RR 1.20 May Sep Range Sines January 1 High 11% common Lehigh Coal 8s Navigation j:' IIV2 May Sep Co Power & 100 — 1 Co Calif Signal Petroleum Shares 0 38% — Sierra Trading Corp....—__..^.__.2bc for Week :S 172% Corp cnrysler *25% a25% 30 Security Company : 26% * Electric Storage 200 55 Feb 39Va Jan Jan 60% May . Sep V Feb Sales Range of Prices 13 Co Delaware 1% 38% 51% Oct 25% Sep ' Budd Jun.. 45Va Sep 7% — 21% 770 Week's Friday 29% Locomotive Works ▼ t e Baldwin Apr 14% • Co & 63 Stores Gimbel • Inc.—.—.— Stores, Safeway 155 :; Tel A Tel— American Penna Bears '•< 11 Low 2.70 Feb 52 %c Mar • 300 Last Jan 337 >'■ 1 590 21% Sale Price Aug 40 1 • * > 21 Va Philadelphia Slock Exchange Curtis 40 7% 1 ... common 37c 60 % 40- .i-.:, 19 % 9 533 60% Sep Sep Sep 1.25 Apr 4,950 a39% a41% ! . 16% 13c 125 5,200 1.50 96% Feb 22% Aug Sep ' Jan 1.40 66V* Sep 18% 320 • 26 26% £ X|:'- IIV2 11% a49% - a49% a51Va Apr all% all% — a39% Republic Petroleum Co common.. Richfield Oct 16c 160% Apr 51% Jan 36% Jan 7yB Jan 22 Sep 3V2 Sep :928 * 26% 97V2c July Feb 5% ■16c 19% V' Jan 200 al7 al7% —25 Lighting Corp common 37c 8% Sep 1.10 16c 1 Co 1st preferred—. Pacific 2,800 3% 6 6 1 8s Elec common Gas 75c 19 21% 12% Inc >1.75 Apr 97%c July 57/a ; 1 Northrop Aircraft Inc Oceanic 62 %c 70% >— - • A Motors Jan 1,260 — Corporation, Pacific 4% 37Va July 45 50 a3% 69% ; . — Westinghouse Elec & Mfg Co Willys-Overland Jun 27 300 1.00 4% 160% Apr 90 ; Jun Aug 119V2 Apr Sep 115 a22a22% a3% 92 Jan 1.15 15'A 175 1.00 — 4% 70c .. 1 Co & Dev Mng _ " ^.^Lul' Corp Pictures Monogram Company 4 1 1 Co Manufacturing Menasco -1 — 134 a95 a29% a29% ; STOCKS Mascot 24 Sep >10% Sep Oct 9% - . T14,143 t 287/a •: Aug . 60% 18% f 1.55 Feb Sep 2,300 ; 30c (Del.) 67 75 all7% all9% all7% 5 • J Mar 48'A Sep a94% 10 * 33% Sep .53 85 a50 — 100 Co Inc Corporation Warner Bros. Pictures Woolworth 1,900 25c al9% • Corp • 85c 92 %c Corp 20 50 180 76% May 38 July > 41 July, Apr 235 v. Aircraft U Jun 76 Railroad Air United May Sep Sep 150 16% 30 Sep 25 i 57 Carbon & United Feb' 79% SeD 50 1,300 a6%: *6%. 8 15% Sep Sep 950 57% 49% May Feb 64% 685 52% May Jan • a50 a49% 10 Tide Water Assoc OU -10% I', 66 a30% a31% a30% y Jan 57 38 Jun juiy al9% al9% ♦ Sulphur Company July 47 V2 60 66% 57 % __ 57 37 a21%a23% a32% a32% a21V4 25 >a32% 25 66% . Jan -(July 18'/a '•• - 40 Sep - - 18% 14% 146 a40'/a a40'/a > Sep 25% Sep 305 'v a41% a42% '66%": "10 325 a36% a39Vs _i. a41% 1 Corp Company Co ^ '/.v"'-- > High Low \ 629 al4!A al4% 25 19% 100 150 : ir 1.45 1.40 1 Co (N J) Sep 8% 2,104 25c Lockheed Aircraft Corp Co 20% Sep " s / 90c Co Petroleum Lincoln 350 Oil 28% . Range Since January 1 .. ' ' 10Va 27% - ' 25 Standard 10% - a37% * (lna) Sep May 60c , • v Shares High al4>/4 : Co Union 12% 10c Weils Inc Ou Sep 13% 70 Kaiser-Frazer Corp Lane Co Brands Standard ; f : 18 Railway , < Apr 98% May 18% 30 lOo Jade Oil Co f 90 2 w-• i-u-l Petroleum Corp Intercoast 60 i * ' • a9% * —6% Company common. Hupp Motor Car Corporation Corp Bo»naard a340 * Holly Development Co Southern Feb Apr 512 a • Bocony-Vacuum Oil Co 45 Va a340 _• * 1 Jan 31 5,000 12% common Apr 23% Jan 1.85 S Gladding, McBean & Co 136% Sep Sep 14% al2% 52 % common Sep Steel for Week Low • 10% >' 34% 14 --2 10 Corp of America Republic 21 1.75 —1 A (The) Corporation Garrett Radio—I & Radio 835 " 1.80 1 Bank—100 Nat'l Television Farnsworth al8% Aug 550 V 14 4 Ltd class A Merchants & 40 22 a81% a82% — 50c Industries Electrical Products Corp Exeter Oil Co. '■>* * Douglas Aircraft Company Inc Dresser 39% 21% i Inc May 25 82 777 ^ 33 Sep Sales Range of Prices I:Par Sep • 16% 460 11% • consolidated Steel Corp h 22 125 >310 87% 5 Chrysler Corp Colorado 24 177/a . 17% 17% 87% 1 Last Sale Price High Low 'I; Week'* Friday 4 Range since /aana*" High >>24 100 Corp STOCKS Shares Low 4 OCTOBER ENDING for Week of Prices Last 8alt Frio* STOCKS— WEEK FOR — Sales Week's Friday Last V K 8 Range for Week of Prices Sale Price Shares Range Since January 1 ' :y;; Stocks— Unlisted & Allegheny San Stan Rad Smelting & Refining Co Armour & Atlantic F Ry Aviation 434 173% Sep > 330 35% Sep 295 10% Sep 85 232 110 7% *21% Feb 119 % > 50 Jun May Columbia Jan Mountain 50% Apr National 112% Feb Ohio Sep 52 Aug a42% a42% 75 52% > 52 Aug 54% May Jan Case I J Railway Co 25 Service Cities Gas Commercial a24 a24%- r: 9% 23 205 25 a32 a32 35 3% 3% 544 • Zellerbach 5 Corp, Curtiss-Wright Corp a21% a21% a C... > 11% 1 ; 6 - * General Electric Co • Corp Motors Great Northern Ry Co al6 • -P a43 % 35% * 70 > 32% Sep 23% Apr v* > 12% Sep 50% Feb Sep 60% May preferred • 43 Va 43 Va > 260 17% 17% 50 15% Jan 14% 15% 7% 755 .V * 7% 1% 36% 8 ;• 8% 75 1% 1% 100 23% 23% 'f 20c 11 Va 29 Va 29 Va 30 Va > 25% 25% 27 • 15c Iron ♦ Corp International Nickel Co of Canada "allVa • 30 International Tel & Tel Corp Kennecott Copper Corp Libby. McNeill & Llbby 30 7 • Montgomery Ward & Co, Inc New York Central North American North American Ohio Oil , RR 75 30 195 al7% al7% • Loew's Inc allVs all% • 50 45 Va 46% 250 107/a 10% 200 27% 27% 160 a70% a73% • • 15% 340 •. 29 May 51% 11 Sep 20 Va 30 Oct 42 Company ; 100 27% 343 , Sep 24% : Motop Car Co Paramount Pictures 16% 31% Sep New St. 41% Sep 10 Va Sep 27% Sep 60 Missouri 99% May 11 Phone CEntral Exchange Bell Trade 15% 11% 570 26 297 » a23 a22% a23 65 6% 6% 267 6% Sep 12% t 95 620 29% Sep 36% July a31% a32Vs i ' Pennsylvania Railroad Co. + Phelps Dodge Corp.— For footnotes see s>o 26% ...25 PullmaD Incorporated Pure Oil Co • • page 1757. , , a33% - •' a50 26% a33% a33 7/a a50 \' Sep 24% Sep 19% Feb 22Va' 22% 185 25% Sep •33% Sep 175 a51 » 7600 Teletype SL 503 . Apr 66% Sep 14% Sep Stock Apr 40% 15% a32% Jun Jan Apr 15 Va 25% 1 41% 39% : 1871 Exchange Stock York Louis Chicago Stock Exch. Chicago Board of New York Curb Exchange Associate Feb 11% • Feb 28% May Sep 35% . St. Louis Stock Exchange Jan 16% Jan Sales Week's Friday stocks 36% May Last Range for Week 29 Va July Sale Price of Prices Shares Range Sine# January 1 - Packard Jan 24% Unlisted Securities Established Jan 25% J 60c . Jan';,;. " 4th St., St. Louis 2, 300 North May 396 l Co Feb Edward D. Jones & Co. Feb 10 Aviation Inc Feb 2% 27 Va Aug Sep 5% Jan 14 Va • Sep 12% Jun 2 % May 48% ; May 125 ;•'" Members Interlake Sep ' Oct 22 : 2,050 ■V -.. 13 va * v 1% May ; 306 13% 11 Va : 8 ? Feb July 17% Aug Jan 20 ■; 15c 13% * 22 Mar 32 Va Feb 20% 34% May 6% Jan 170 y; •r— 10% , 100 36% "8 > 1,100 1% i%; St. Louis Listed and /&!•• 157/a Jan 43 ya Oct 782 Sep U 15% 53% May 6% 6% Jan 20% Feb Sep 6% 13% 10 13% > July 34 Feb 33% 118 a43 Va a44% 15 22 VM 13% Jun 29 . Jan 40 ' y27% Sep. 6 Sep: 19 Sep 38% 1 Sep 25 Va Mar 22 Va i::''' 1 5 Jan 24% . Jan 15 Corp V Feb Jan: 5% May Sep 11 655': 39% 2% 80 205 Jan 31 14 ,, Apr 100 g al6 al6% 39% 31 385 6Va al8 al8% Electric Power & Light Corp I.:'* a28 *28% . United States Glass common- Westinghouse Air Brake Westinghouse Electric Corp 100 25% com—12% — 3 26% 25% 13% — Springs Jun 31% May Jan Steel Jan 41 ' 13% , Sep 2% Standard Sep Sep 11 > - * San Toy Mining 17 Va 488 26% —5 1 1 1 • ——i 100 •. 60% May Oct y'1:- mm * Co 78 % May Sep — Mfg ■ High 37% Jan, • 10 >yA- '■ • 5 10 Corp Oil & Gas 51% May 22 Va > 250 Ruud mmm- 10 Fuel Supply ' Mar 30% 30 al2 Sep 9 20 • Feb 22% Sep Sep Sep 23% 250 23 1 1 Foods 18 9% Continental Motors Corp General 59% ♦ . Commonwealth & Southern Corp Cons Vultee Aircraft Corp Graham-Paige 39 135 „ • Corp Corp Commonwealth Edison Co Crown 100 a61% a657/s 10 Electric & 13 a36% a37% • Co Solvents 250 13% 25 Co Caterpillar Tractor Co Columbia 13% 5 Fireproofing 19 3 Av •' mmrnt- . LOW - 200 10 Va 9 Va ———10 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Pitts Screw & Bolt Corp Renner Pacific Canadian Corp 142 10 18% —-—„—10 Harbison Walker Refractories— * Lone Star Gas 10 38% 90% Commercial V 43% 10 10 * * 1 — High 41% mm' Follansbee Steel Sep 122 Electric Duquesne Brewing Sep 135 & Low Par * 100 preferred Co ! Co Gas Continental 34% Feb Gas Devonian Oil 20% 140 a46% a47 % 5 Feb Nat Blaw-Knox 14% a957/s a98% a97% ; i • 'Aug 51 18% May Steel Ludlum Arkansas Sep 7 200 __ &21 15 Corp 34% Apr 198 Oct > 85 315 a36% a37% .j- 68% •; 11% 172% al75% 13 Border Company Borg-Warner a37% —.—5 Bethlehem Steel Corp > Sep 85 100 25 Works vtc 47% Feb 23 14% Sep a37% a37% a a38 a38% 3 Corp.— 105 5 Co___..——. Baldwin Locomotive 847 50 Corporation Aviation 14% : 11% 172% 100 Co Refining Bendix * Copper Mining Co Co (HI) T & S Atch Corp Tel & Tel Co Anaconda 14% ; a49% a50 % • Amer Amer American y\ y 52% Sep 225 20% Feb .-."h* 47 Feb 46% May 52% Par Sep 28% May High Low High Low Feb " American Brown Shoe commoru-- common-^.— Electric Century Coca-Cola Columba Inv Co___ 15 —1—10 1 Bottling common Brewing common " 35 5 25 12 33% 12 _r._r—1 •1, 7%" * 8 27 15 27 15 V*"*1 - 210" • 215 100 50 11 Mar 15% July 45 Jun "33% Sep 7% Sep 10% Feb Sep 35% 26 15 Sep 24 Feb Feb , .Volume 164 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4531 ■» •'•;!/ - •- ' "> ' i t v t "n ! *it 1753 Yy. OTHER STOCK EXCHANGES RANGE STOCKS Friday Week's Sales Range for Week of Prices Shares ■'•Last Sale Friee ' - Emerson Electric General Brew Hussmann-Ligonier Park * ! 53 —■ —4:/, common — Preferred International Shoe 41 22 25 24 -25 3 33 75 38% 2% ' Feb Missouri Apr Jan Oct "U Jan 8 31 Sep 52 y2 38% 363/4 Sep 50 Jan 15 15 50 15 Sep 15 Sep • 49 49 36 20 Feb 63 Aug 120 Serv Pub class A Shoe Knapp Monarch new common common CANADIAN RANGE ' - Last ' Sale Price r Par Abitibi Power $1.50 7 & Paper com '-V • preferred 17'A . Agnew-Surpass Shoe common—.——* Steel 4 Low 35 Secord for Week Lewis Range Sine* January 1 Low High 17% 4.797 . MacKinnon Mar 14 4,605 15% 22% Jun ' Sep 21% Apr Preferred •„ 100 C — -i . Aluminium Ltd Aluminum Co of Argus Corp 4%% > Canada 4%% 39 % 193 37% Sep 53 346 50 Sep 48 % Jun 73% July 26% 85 24 Sep 333/4 July Friday ■ McColl-Frontenac Oil 200 29 Oct 40 May :r;'#4io 16 Sep 26 Feb MoJson's Breweries. 100 305 100 May 103 Jan Montreal Cottons 175 162 130 Jan 227 May 7% Corp 35 26 576 25% 26 10 . 1,000 94 / 15% lS'/a 20 % Sep Sep Beli Power St Paper class A • Telephone 20% 100 - * I Montreal / Montreal 15% Sep 17% Apr 181 Sep 24 Apr f Sep Jun v Rights Brazilian 6% Trac Light British Columbia Products Power Corp A Gold Calgary 3% 3% 29 V* 29 % 7 //■ 2-/4 $'•: 22 > 28 100 . 15% 77 * -7' 77 J Feb 16»/4 Aug 6 25 5 Jan 12 80 80 10 80 Jan. 15 15% 1,845 13% 21% 21% 390 16'A Jan 21 21% Sep Jan July 85 15% : 23 Apr • 26'A May 33 Apr 24 34 195 29 % Feb 12 12 12% 147 12 Oct 15 Jun 40 40 40% 356 40 July 42 July .19% 193A 17% i8y2 .35 .35 250 , y Sep 37% Jun • 19% .• 18% 100 25% Feb May Feb 18% Jun 2,013 770 16 30 Jan 22 56 Sep 5 ■ x . May Drug * enmmnn I preferred r ... 45% 14% • 23 43 r* Jun ; Oct 14% Oct \\ 21% Sep 2^% Mar 2,792 Sep 14% 500 25 1 35 25 • 49% 46% Ogllvie Flour Mills • 28% common Preferred '« V Ottawa Car Jun f Ottawa 35 Sep : Jan 77 25 y2 '• t Sep 100 6 Placer! • Development. River 29J 182 ; Aircraft L H & Power common 100 .Preferred,' __iqq 24'A Feb 75 11,903 28% 5% May Jan 25 49'A 25 * Noranda Mines Ltd.. 29% July 60 14% 25 x 270 45% 14% 45% i : /, 30 y4 Apr | j 52 May 31 t 23% 230 23 Ya Sep 34 Works Steel Car Sep 2% . Jan 14 100 Corp Niagara Wire Weaving v. Jan May 14 360 19% ..100 19 % May 200 15% 77 : 568 30 28 " 273/4 — 5 . ■" 22% Sep 5 y8 Jan 27 100 3 22 • Dredging Power 2-/4 4,275 1,350 ; 7 V& 30 Ve 6 Sep 20% Sep 27/a Sep 13,338 23' • Mills Building Product* class A .. iv 22% 3% • Silk Bulolo 22% • Class B Bruck 6% * • Power * Columbia- Forest 85 105 24 common Locomotive National ' British High . 20 14% - 34 Tramways National 216 178 652 183 Low 20 14% , 18% 370 181 Range Since January 1 High • Montreal Light Heat & Power Cons Feb 35 Apr Jan 102 Sep 6% Low • « Preferred ' V-"1' 20 • (Robert) Rational Breweries Bathurst • Shares Sep: : 12 94 23 ? ' 70 19% 27% 26% July 365 73/8 94 • Ashdown Hardware 263/4 26'% :7% 100 Sales , for Week ( • 165 __ * preferred Week's Range of Prices 100 35 ' May 38% common Massey-Harrls l 49 % 26% -.3 Steel 100 171 7 pfd—25 common conv Asbestos • Struct 183/4 . Sep 51% 14% 35 , 343/4 Aug 6 Candy 18 — 330 Jan 16% 59% May 4 ; Preferred / 46% Oct ■Jan 523A Brothers Hi0h 16% - 35 V* 113% 38% 25 Par Laura £• 16%-17% 183/4 —• common 32 MARKETS OCTOBER Mitchell Algoma 40 100 Last Shares Jun Oct 30 12 « Jun 30 * American I of Prices 17 ' 20 . 35 36% Sep 39 11% Sale Price ' 7 50 30 30 Sep Sep * 10 common Sales Week's Range Friday Jun Mar 20 ¥ Funds Canadian 275 3y Montreal Stock Exchange 1 20 % 1 STOCKS STOCKS 193/4 193A 10 common Motors ENDING 23 28 v'xv . Electric LISTED WEEK FOR 100 27 19 24% Sept 13 135 35 General North 157 21 _* com.. Baer St Fuller common: Unlisted— 15 20 24% 25 com High Lou) 14% 20 Wagner Electric common Jan 38 , , Cement Range Since January 1 High 143/4 25 Dry Goods common— Louis St Btix, Low ft com ___ General Johnson-S-S Shares 20 common Portland Rice-Stix Prod common 32 ! Clay McQuay-Norris y2 * common Steel Jun 30 % Apr 56 313/4 Sep 22 Laclede-Christy Laclede 68 Mar 22 . - 33 • • 50 .. Jun 116 2% 100 * Sep Sep 20 for Week of Prices Par ; . Jun 27% 30% 22 Hydraulic Pressed Brick common___100 Oct 113% 53 Range Sale Price High 10 24 x Last 107 32% 52 * common common Brewing 31% 14% Sales Week's Friday STOCKS Range Since January 1 50 113% 113% 1 4 ': Low 14% OCTOBER ENDING V. ' High 14% t 100 common Grlesedieck-West Hyde U —.... Shoe 4 common..——, Preferred Low Par .v WEEK FOR Sep 72 Jan 26 3/4 Sep 35 Apr ' ■ 175 Jan 182 Jun .} 6 Jun 1,430 5 -- 63 ■•r./ 25 182 '■>a, 45 6 163A 55 16 115 102 ..._i 20 Mar 102 102% Feb 16 3/4 102 14% Apr 103 l/a 1 . Apr 1 Feb 23 14% Oct 28 Sep 10 Sep 17% Jan ' ..^45 Sep 73% Apr , 450 14% : Feb 8% v " Canada Cement $1.30 . —— Forgings Canada • Northern class A 19 3A < : 30% 19 V2 Power Jun 1 Powell 30% Oct T Power Sep 29 y2 Feb i 9 Sep 14»/2May t 303/4 380 26 26 5 9 9% 120 l4»/2 14% 540 14% Oct 473A 48 311 47% Jan 9% • preferred Jan Sep 1,405 30 / • Corp 14% 30 24% 20 -*;X' * Canada Steamship common .5% '/ 100 common preferred Canada .14% . 50 y > 22% . t " •*+ ' - '/* . Canadian Breweries Canadian Bronze ■> .« v» Preferred •; ; Canadian 100 7% preferred J B_ Foreran Investment 41% 25 34% 14% / 1 Prefen-ed . Dominion Steel & Coal class B Dominion Tar & Chemical common 19 13% 800 12% 83% 986 77% Sep 20'A 2,685 32% 34 801 i 16V2 17 ,90 29% "30 15% 4,881 25 26 25 i; 98 Sep 14 37% 51% July Aug 41% • 455 23 X v 205 23% Feb 25 125 24% , 262 90 32% Jan Jun 106 104'A pfd_100 102 155 Feb Jun May 28'A Jun 98 4% A Breweries new & Sons class Canada Standard /a Tuckett A , f: ,|V: / Feb Jun : , < 120 May Aug ■ preferred Corp— • 15 14 15 1,300 13 Feb 19% 20 class A conv 20% 20% 20% 365 20 Sep Sep 22% Aug •' V; Electrolux Corporation Players Canad Famous 15% 30 18 315 15 .18 • 25 50 25 Sep . .1 Feb 34 5% Power • common preferred 5 %% preferred General 17% 100 Bakeries common I Howard Smith Paper common.. Preferred 14% Feb 110 Jan 111 ; • 3% 550 155 15'/2 104 25 6% 435 8 710 " 290 / 7 % Sep 20% Sep 109 Oct 12% Sep 560 14 % 27/28 28 Sep / , Industrial Intercolonial Coal common International Bronze Preferred ' Sep 52% July • 54 37% 1,685 35 Sep 50 13 2,495 12% Sep 17% 13% 13% 3,304 13% Oct 15% Feb 7 '/a 300 28 200 27 Sep 105 359 105 Feb Limited International Petroleum 'Sep 92% Jun J 36 "36 10 131 Jan 46 Sep H '270 165 International Power International ; ... L 38% 39 50 30 32 33 220 8% 2,302 Labatt y ■ Ser (John) Lake of the 8% Jan 40 Oct Oct 47 May 30 50 25 108 10 105 23 ,23 10 133/4 11% 14% 3,963 99 99 99 10 Ltd common 39% 59 Sep 1 For footnotes • ,. ...... common a m see aa a—^ page 26 31% 20 100 Oct 100 • 107% Sep 140 ; 2,930 14% Sep 46 Sep 7,514 ; 15 -46 160 356 , 1757. ^ . "13 26% 36 y2 10'A . ; 21'A May Jan Jan May 1 i Apr 27 Sep 95 ; ? 108>/b May Feb Sep Apr 104 X May 45 60 15 34 25% Sep 29 28 10 27% July 30 . ' Feb Jan 22% . ; Jati 193/4 Jan 24 150 21% Jan 27% Apr 393/4 Apr 70 34 35 850 24 wJ,33L 20 50>;.: 50 $17,000 40% Feb ''4 vs • ' ••• ■.• 23, Feb 16% 466 20 223A • - i 25 , 33'/2 Sep July 25% July Jan ' :V 'J 'r ' Lt Heat & Power Montreal due 3s 7 10% Sep 154 .. - 250 190 12% 25 29 Jan Jan Jan 50 1949 27% I 50 Mar Montreal Curb Market STOCKS 60 Range of Prices . Glove Shares Low Par Acme 8% Works Power Brewers Ltd Distil1 pfd 8% A Class B Company common ; Butterfly Hosier],' 25 20 100 16 1 100 1 f. 26 14 8% 8% 5 4% 70 v -; Apr Sep Sep Jan 16 Va May 13 25 Sep 5 14 Aug 8 Sep - 8 20% 4% 67% Sep . 5 8% Mar 105% Aug ,28% 17 ya Jan Jun 11 i July 8 Sep 596 9 x 175 Jun Feb 7,622 74 9 • 5y8 733A Jan 50 714 8% Mar 18% 25 263/4 14 5 140 565 16 26% • 12 Sep Apr 104 Apr 11% May ' May s Canada St Malting- Co Ltd ' Dominion Canada Northern Canada Packers Canadian Dredge Power & "15 >21 21%. 536 21 Sep 29% Feb 56 56 *56 50 56 Sep 63 Aug 110 110 110 10 109 Jan 1% 40 A Dock Apr 106 21% * pfd—100 pfd Sugar class 108 106 * 100 Calgary Power Co Ltd 6% t Apr 37% Apr 441 175 18% Jan 16% May 'X*: 175 * Preferred :;f 18% *, Brown 6 175 • Packers 6 Xr 1 High Low 8 60 18% Vancouver Ltd„5 of Columbia Range Since January High 100 common Glove & Hosiery 5% & ■•X Paper Co. Ltd B__* 18% May 28% ■» Sales for Week Week'a Friday British Apr 311 31% Aug Sep . •• • May 23% 10, Bathurst Oct 6 26 99 159 22% :/ . Jan 36 28 , 10 Royal < Apr 100 12% — Woods 28 X FeD Jun 20 -27% 36 273A Last Feb .y 44 12 JA 25% 108 23 Sale Price 13% Mar 100 46 25% 108 695. j. Canadian Fund* Jan 42% -12 123 .- Sep 74% 95 83 122 25 Nova Scotia Canada 46 83 116 38% Aug •-,» 106 107% 107 % .5 82% • 13 Ye .. Jan 16 IOO, ; Apr : 182 Jan Jan 25 Belgium : 20 < 8 V* 3,705 20 •' " Jamaica Public *"■ Corp.: 20 X 223/4 Belding-Corticelli common Utilities 1.0 *A 25 34% Mar -i . 182 :10 20 29 y2 Aug 14% 182 22% Oct 14% 182 >' 10 10 Jan _* v 9 10 17% Ltd Jun 73 100% ..10 25 8% Co Jan 106 410 1,240 Commerce 90 . 16 Jan 15 80 Montreal 90 43% Sep 102 ; 25 15 Jan 9% .• < 26 International Paper common.. -$4 preferred 5% preferred 16 • common preferred v-'.t. 25 30% Sep :13% 1,620 79 25 26 • Apr Apr • common. • com 34 •••* 25 100 "_____100 international Nickel of Canada Apr Jan Oct 9% May 8% May Jan 7% 28 105 39 ' 25 18 101% Jan 13% ___25 105 ..Jan 50 - 79 Apr Sep 36% L Hydro . ' Jan 101 British American Oil Co Ltd— International , 15 27%; 18., 18 14% 16 3A 25% f 38 v, 26 • common -27% .. 100 : Banks / 33 Sep 102 .10 -- May 16 14% May July . 25 9% • com / 12% Feb 12"% 7% .105 - 26 y2 Mar ; / 13 £1 com_^. 105 - 10 f Feb 18% Jun 53% r 100 Acceptance Corp Preferred - Jun " y' 16% " Preferred 105 • t 113 July 12 fiViSC' Feb ; Jun Sep 12 225 . - 39 Apr 36% .« r May 53 Imperial Oil Ltd * Imperial Tobacco of Canada common_5 13%. .4 Sep Feb 106 7 % •; v 20 ..J...'* !: .... v'»' May 111 4% 14% 100 Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting 20 Jan 17% 104 • Bridge Jan 17 17% • Hamilton 14% 105% 4% 4% • 10O Gypsum, Lime St Alabastlne 125 llO'A 110V4 • Gei.eral Steel Wares Preferred 111 ,4 17% J09 17% 100 3,146 / (George) XI- Bonds— Gatineau * 22 12% • Apr 22 May 22% July Mar 25 16 • 1 16 18 l Corp Foundation Co of Canada 21-% t . 25% ^..100. Canadienne Eddy Paper 83 1 Apr ; 9% Mar Sep . 24 3A • preferred r 107 ...-1,078 V. 6 2,375 -i./ * Preferred 67o 94 .36 Wilsils Ltd 5rio 93 12% — Preferred Zellers j ..July 109 common common Cotton Weston ; Apr 106 94 • Tobacco Wabasso Jan 103% 25 290 21% * Power Canada United Steel ,104 27 :/-^->i;/-25% • preferred "TonkeBr Others Sep July 105 7'A- ...12% * Walker Gooderham & Worts May 26 B Chemicals 5% Steel Co of 19'% 14 102 26 ,• Press Co Southern 102% July Sep 30 . 105 _* common _____100 Ltd : ;.e% 1 • •Preferred X Simpsons ... :i Apr 36 830 104 27 .; 100 pfd common Southam ( 14 7% * 50 ... (H) 100% 170 X105 100 preferred Shawinigan Water St Power Simon 14 v y. 5,120 v. -101. 103% . _ 805 567/a 100 »/a .1 405 *30 13% 49% . preferredj St Lawrence Paper Mills 6% Sicks' 29 11% . 101 • Corporation common Wmnlpeg Electric Sep 24% m 26 X May 23 12% Mar 24% 5 >> Jun 23 100'. ^..^100 Viau Biscuit common Jan Oct 97 26 July Sep 38 70 38 14"% 15% 'J- 42% 38 __ 1 Jun 27% >10 215 . 42%.S 1 // 45 Vo Power 54 !; May 30 Sep 13% Mar 181 10 Va 10Ve Jan Feb 33% Jun 50 j K 18% Sep 31% V Apr 102% Jan • ♦ 17% Sep 41 May 46 Sep 1/29% 26 common conv 24% 45 . 100 Paper 4%% Dryden Paper Sep 43 ,//43 10% ii ... Donnaconna Jan 14 i:"yi 42% 25 Preferred Dominion Textile 15% 3.940 50 100 VTC 290 I — 100 f. I 4 25% May Sep ' 81 33 * common common :/■> : •• jLiawicnce x/v V T c ;V Jan Sep : £;■ July 26% May 22 V2 . ■ i, Apr 53 Sep s. 30 2S :. 1,800 17'A Dominion Foundries & Steel com.Si Glass July Si 30 19% ir 19% 1' Siy • 32 ; .600 14% 43 , - • common 155 v ! Aug 27 Va 17 81% • /•14 Oct 40 4,865 I 44% Mav July 5% Jan 150 300 . : Jan 78 15% __ • t 2 30 12% • Transport Paper, preferred-.^ Saguenay bi 22% May 26 14 W 14 12% Mining & smelting X/ - S May 20% 14% X 17'A ' :• Dommton Bridge Dominion Coal preferred Dominion 110 Sep Sep • • Provincial ;. 14 •> J2% 27 % 30' 58 10 18 2b Glass iDistillers Seagrams old 150 34 ii...^ Vj';' -V ' preferred f>Rolland Apr Sep 19 50 13% V13% 16"A — Dairies 41V4 16% Davis Leather Co Ltd class A Dominion x 34% Railway .' y 53% July 12% 592 s 105 60 64 150 1 • Canadian Oils—... Consumers 19J/2 62 . • —• Cockshutt Plow •5% \ I 29% Aug Sep 10 • : >'!' ■ % Mar 890 —• Locomotive Con solidated 110 19 V2 __ "X— 100v Ind Alcohol common: Canadian Pacific 25 14.14% . 20 H45 3,886 46 y /•ViX: 46 110 • . 4iy4 100 Canadian. B r 64 25 Converters Canadian Class 14 • common Canadian Fairbanks Preferred Canadian 110 _• 20 ■■. *;/: 25% 25 / i '///, ■ Celanese Canadian ._ 7: I : .1 •••• 25V* • Canadian Car St Foundry common Class A : u. ; . 4 v • common common Jan Jun 53 { Co Corp of Canada Price Bros St Co Ltd common Co Ltd 100 * 113% May 40 40 90 40 Feb 44 May 25 25 25 25 Jan 30 May * Monday, October 7, 1946 .THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE 1754 CANADIAN RANGE , Week's Friday STOCKS FOR ENDING Last Par Canadian Canadian Industries Canadian Inter Canadian Low * 15 Investments Ltd General * common 510 2 2'/a 22 Light & Power Co—--—100 Canadian Marconi Company Canadian Pow High Low 790 20 2% 14% 19 25 Sep Sep 2% 10 V '* '•'. hr ' Feb / July 9 ' ' ' \ • Last V. r ••■.•:. •• ■ Bang* Sines Janoary 1 - Low High High •70C 1 70c 18 64c July 1.49 15c 15c 1,000 13c Aug 42c 2.35 2.55 15c 1 Sullivan Cons Mines Ltd Shares / Low Par - •Standard Gold Mines ■■> •f Prices • 1944 Ltd. ✓ for Week Bangs Sale Frio* ■ •-V--./ ' •'•'• • Sales Week's Friday ' ■ C •_■ Stadacona Mines Feb 18 Sep 2.50 Jan Jan 3.50 Feb Aug 15c Aug lOyaC Aug 32c Mar 1.52 July v>' 12,600 ' 3,548 2% Sep 5ya Jan 100 1.75 Jan 4y4 25 10 Sep 18% Jan r Westville Limited _ l — _ Mines 15c *•; i5c -12c I3%c/r: 14c 15c 500 i/, 7,300 >* Apr * Goldfields Tiblemont Jan .15 Sep 1 Paper Inv common.* & •',/!'• '•..>■•:•■•••'; ■■.■:•■•.': .; Bang* Sine* January 1 "/ High ■20 common..* Trust Inv Share* 15 . STOCKS for Week Bang* •f Prices 4 OCTOBER Sale* • Sal* Frio* MARKETS LISTED WEEK ,, ' 5% preferred • Canadian Silk class Products Canadian Vicfcers Ltd Canadian * A Canadian 150 29 34 145 12% Feb 2% 3 7,150 2% Sep • 49 j 50 Ltd Co - 29 % 32 2 common Westinghouse ;'yl> 29 -• Western number Co 131 • 31 49 ■!' v Jun 43% Sep Feb ■ Claude Neon General Advert common.* Alcohols Ltd 300 40 Mar 100 5 55 Sep • Preferred Commercial 275 common Preferred 5 • Consolidated Paper Corp Ltd Textile preferred—; 7 18 115 .171/4 18% 14,133 18% 18 % 30 7/4 7% 25 -Consolidated Crain 90 Ltd * - r6% / Jan 75 . \ j. Homestead Oil & Gas Ktd i Engineering Works Ltd Dominion Square Dominion V, • Co. Ltd Feb Corp Toronto Stock Feb 23 .Sep 19 Aug July ; Apr 56 : >. 31 •'•, { Abitlbi Power & Paper 22 Kootenay Power 7% pfd Aircraft » Ltd 6% % red Mfg 48 _• preferred and 10 y2 —100 Aircraft Ltd— 'Sreat A 10 Lakes,Paper Hydro-Electric Securities „„ International Paints ' Canadian 5% Lowney Co 4 MacLaren Power & Paper Co Maple Leaf Milling Co Ltd com Melchers Distilleries Ltd Preferred Minnesota ■ Ontario 4%% _io Paper Co ... Athona 1* *:.•//- -Stores • let pfd " . 22 .10 Bagamac ipr ' Southern Canada Power 6% ,pfd Southmount Invest.-Co. -United ■ ,.Jan Corporations.class B_._. Distillers Canada 100 —* Ltd 'M9% of Montreal of Nova 36% July 3 May Products Windsor Hotel Woods Ltd.. Corp % Manufacturing Co... Apr % Ltd Sep 56 'T- .• llli Yailnwknlfe . / Mining Stocks Akaitcho Arno Bertram Yellowknife Alta Mines .85 Aug 30c — Mines Ltd Astoria ll%c Quebec Mines c. Brazil Gold & Diamond M .1 Gold Mines Ltd 15c 1 Mines Ltd 1 Century Mining Corp Ltd i. 13c / ; 1 Mines Dome Mining Mines East Ltd Elder Mines Eldridge Co Fontana Mines f Ltd 3.50 (1945) 15c 2.25 July .00 lie Ltd .1 1 1 v. Mines 15c 16'/2c 70c 1 Mines 60c Sep 8c Sep '500 39c -1,000 10% 107/a 100 35c 17c __ 1 10% 1.45 58c 1:00 • Joliet-Quebec Mines Ltd. 16c '»— • \ • 10c - 65 % c -v69c Lake . Shore Mines. Mines 1 Ltd"..'. Lingside Gold Mines Oct Mines ..1 Ltd Nechl Ltd Cons iDredginff—— Lourve Mines.., ^5 3.10. ; i Pandora Cadallic Gold Mines Ltd Cons Gold Dredging Ltd 3% 1,775 15 14 .15 8% 8% Quebec, Yellowknife Gold Mines Rochette Gold Santiago — Sherritt-Gordon Slscoe Gold Mines Sladen-Malartic Mines Buffalo Canadian Buffalo Red Oct 1.15 Feb July 2.24 Feb ; 2,200 2,000 425. 4,000 3,600 2,200 45C: 19c Oct For footnotes see 42c 20c 1.40 1.57 91,200 95c July 4.15 1,000 21c • - Gold Muxes. 24c 25 35 Sep 21c 2% Sep 55c •v Sep 15c 18,050 • , / } Jan Jun May 72c 1.64 11 . 45c July >: Jan Jan U' Apr Feb 'Jan -1 97 Feb 23% Mar 35 Jun 4%c Jan 9%c May k 1 15 13,900 . Jan 5ya May 3.85 July ; Jun Aug Jun "• Co. • 185 28C 27 %c 28c 12c 43c July 1.00 July 1.00 Sep 10c Aug Campbell 1.76 May •41c 8C 4.60 22 %c 27c 145,600 Lake Red — — . Canada ^ Packers class A i ..Class. B /" Canada Permanent " Mortgage. Canada Steamship . Canada Feb Wire i & Cable Apr Canadian 38c Jan Canadian Breweries Canners 15c 4,350 •57c 57c 100 22c 25c 3,000 HP -* .100 _* common 42c 16c 1,200 ,-56c Jan -2.00 2.15 —6,300 6 300 66 •66 10 - —4.800 ••" - 30 % - 44c July 1.60 2,95 Sep 1.72 Apr Feb Jan 3.60 Sep - s, Jun 9 Vu , Jan 6 Oct ,>66 -Sep •■82 y2 May • ■-14% Jan "25 Yx Jun 1 ■'» >130 30% • 17 Sep -19c 74,150 '20 ; 41% 825 340 ... 30 56 57 50 -53 10 TO .<•50 - .Sep >Mar -10 :. 30% 64 Oct... -50 -39% •••17% 17% 199% -—199 *200 * -14% ,40 y 14% . ^ :• 48 47 % 48 24 -0% -• Aug . -*17% -Oct 14 <44% May 29% . 205 Jan 1178 % Feb Feb Mar 23 Feb •83 Jun 225 '47 Sep Sep 70 24 Mar 30 Jun Sep 12 Feb 325 - •24 9V2 class B_ - ;■•. 1,765 - 14y8 Jan 86 50 .40 -■17% ■••Get • - • „ Jan 3,000 296,460 Mar Sep 5,000 •. M >■ 37c -2,500 65c 44c ^j20p Power____.—.>>>-I.* Northern 12%cJuly 21c 2.25 Sep 1,800 _20 ——a*. _>, Canada <*46c 25c 65c 17c 22c r-50; Aug Sep 20c 2.25 17,450 > 1 —1 —i* -,v New"preferred/Canada, Malting Mar 8.85 Jan 100 18c 20c .1 ^.Canada JDemezrb common 1— Jan 2.22 May ■-•6,400 1.70 16c r 7.50, Jan 75% 1.09 Jan 12c 35c v,1.60 —* -* Flon— Class B Jan 1.70 July 5.10 •7c 13% 25c ,i._, rCarradar^^©read. 00m. ' Oct Oils Calmont 4.25 Sep 2.50 July *•51% 6'/2C •:-■; 12 •• class B Calder Bousquet Gold. Jun 900 1 page 17c 5.700 Lake Mines :*Caliinan.. Flin 26% Feb 313% Sep 1,100 ■■r 1 Soma-Duvernay Gold 11,000 52C 1.50 y Products 10c ,3 Ltd 18c 48c ' Apr Mar 79,625 22c 1 17c y Buffalo Ankerite Gold Mines Apr 18c 41c 50%c Ltd 2% 295 1 65c 1 , Mines Mines;Ltd Jan 3 17c Mines, 11% Aug 28 29% Vz >>17% Juri f; Sep 8 205 29 . 2% Oll- Gold 13% 650 >.200 ; 4.05 29% « Oct .1 Mines , 25 B Dominion 29c 34c 5.10 25c 28 * class A Preferred Pitt Gold Mines 26c -• Class 3,272 1.11 liy2c- Sep Sep •••>, 5 Forest Feb Feb TOO l 16% 15c -.2% Sep Broulan Porcupine 19% 1.45 .1 13 y* Mar 3% Packers j Jan 3% 16 , Jan •25 British Jan 18% 27% 30% Juu 135 Canadian Pato 20V4 1,610 Sep Sep 2,000 1.80 1,745 : 8,000 Jan loy4 3.30 •1.75 65 23% Feb Aug 39'/2c Jan ri 16 Feb Burns & 51% ;T,40 27 .22% ; Bunker Hill 4,300 1 O'Brien Gold: Mines Ltd 10% Sep 26% Aug 11 27 22% . British Columbia Power class:A——>• Jan '51% 16c 2,820 10% • 25 —• Apr 2.95 „• Too .July 20c B 2.05 1.02 r51% .1 1 iNormetal Mining Corp Ltd : ;'2.85 .1 -1 McIntyre-PQrcupine-1 Mines /New Class 1.15 22c '.17c 17 %c- 15,700 > 26% Columbia Sep July .-T4- 14% .1 tLouvlcourt GOldfieids Macdonald 19c _*i 4,244 18c • . Lake Rowan 39c 16c Aug'/ 30c 55c July July 38C /: • 61 July 14c 30c Apr 25 y2 Mines— Oil Calgary & Edmonton. Jack Lake Mines— 55 y4 15, • 14 Sep 4,600 I Feb ■* Jan 19 %C Brit Columbia 49c v 61 10 . 45c 26% British Building 1.20 38c 29c 1 Hudson Rand Gold 70c 9%c 1.20 : 1., Hollinger Consolidated Gold Oct 8%c ' 70c 8%c „ 15c 61 15c 17 %c / 92c July 19 %C Feb 36c 14 .. May 8 47c 16c • Sep Jan : Jan >• TVs 1.45 4% Sep July 200 4,400 15,300 ;,y: 250 > Jun Sep ;70o 5 i July 6V8 1,500 216 • Feb 1.36 Sep July Sep 5,700 < 2.65 May Sep 178 1 American 5 •43c 5 Red 2.11 July July Lake B re wis Brltlsn Buffadison Formaque Gold Mines Ltd Goldvue 1,30 13c 13c j 1.15 >. 1 Found Lake Gold Goldbeam 3 46 1.71 Feb Distillers & Apr Aug 1.85 July . —1 Mines Brewers Jan 22c 50 Brazilian Traction Light & Pwr com.., * 32 Sep — 1 new Gold ;; 1 Mines Mines, Ltd Cordage preferred Brantford •70C 1 Ltd— Jan Feb __* >*. Ltd Mines Sullivan Jan 31 11% 1 Mines Boycon Pershing Gold Mines 45c 5 Mines Duquesne Gold Bonetal 45 , 79c 1 28c /I/I; Exploration — Mines Ltd May 5 ■•■; * common 51 20c 1 —1 — - ]> Jan: • Jan 75c * B„ Preferred 60 %c Mar 1 Cheskirk Donalda Feb Ribbon Bralorne Cartier-Malartic Cournor Blue Jan Central Cadillac Gold Cortez Jan May Corp class Sons Kirkland Gold Bldgond Bob)o Beatrice Red Lake Gold Mines Bonville Gold Mines & Bevcourt Gold May 1.64 July July 39 * T " Vh May . . !57c 1.05 . Sep •51c 763 6% 4 50 - 166,250 1.00 Sep • TO,087 43% 38 . -34,400 ; 53c • Berens River Apr Jan I - 45 I 184 1.00 Rights • July 1 280 24 43c 182 38 Sep 18 181% 47 %C I > .100 "Bell .Telephone afCanada— July • ■' 40 70 66c 43 .. ; Jan > Apr, July ; 7%c Jun :/•: 60c 38 43% Feb >32% Feb 5%: 60c . 24c 175 20 58c 64c &> Radium. 58c 27 33 V2 920 v .5% * ; July .21% Jan 3,200 33 9c 18% - ' B Beaulieu 34% 32% 9C Feb Feb 12% Aug Sep 12c 565 V Sep 7.25 15 Vic July -6,100 25 32% .10 Bros class A Class 12,000 18c 25 -Beattie Goki Mines Ltd •Beatty 22c 25 •I7%c': 17c -10 -Bear Exploration May Grain Westeel - Scotia— 11 v 11 11 Apr 1.55 July 3.80 July 1,255 Jan 1.02 107 Mar 46c 7,100 50 20c 22c >10 Class B .Apr _• ' '»• Consolidated Mines. Bank -1 v/ -g;; , ... Bathurst Power class A_ Jan * Western. 70c July May 55c Sep 36c 101 104% 104% 68c ,72c 4.0Q 4.20 J Base Metals— Fuel Inv A preferred of * . •Bank.of Toronto- iv United A , Bank "May Ltd United class Mines .Rankfield • . 1 1 112 y4 May 109% 109% — 20c <45y2c preferred—,—^..^100 Mines Fabrics Auto Quebec Pulp & Psper .7% <red pfd—100 Quebec Tel and Power Corp A if - Wiborg Gold Aunor ■>• 100 * • 1 Apr 78 Oct 51 1 Mine* Aumaque Gold Mines • v ; of Can 6% & Feb / 87c '•i; 50c Mines Yellowknife Ault common Pauls .Service • Jan Auhelle Mines Ltd Preferred •Power Corp Apr Atlas Steel common..* xPurity Flour Mills Co Ltd Jan —1 Astoria Quebec Mine 5 * * Mines Mining Ashley _* Orange Crush 1 ' Feb [ Ashdown Hardware ■ Enterprises Ltd Jan 85c conv Gold Atlas > : 24 V2C Arjon pfd—100 common Nova Scotia Lt &.Power Co Nuclear 1 Oil Armistice Gold Mount Royal Rice 'Mills. < 1.38 Porcupine Arntfleld ; — & .:•.•;■,. preferred.10 new f 2£% 1;45 / -Argus Corp Ltd com: Ltd vMcColl-Frontenac Oil 4% 165 , 26 V2 ; ; 1 Area-. 1 Teleg & Tel 7% Massey-Harris Co Ltd 5% 100 Apex Uonsolidated Resources preferred__20 Inc Maritime 170% ,• — 100 /Aquarius Alfred common Anglo-Rouyn Mines Corp Intercity Baking Company Ltd Lambert 1.30 19 Anglo-Huronian p . .104 104% 1.39 _100 Ltd Amalgamated Laraer Mines American Yellowknife common preferred 20% 24%c Preferred Anglo Felt Tim 34% • common Aluminum of Can pref preferred Hubbard High -• 17 • common ••*'•'" , 37% Mines Steel Aluminium * Companies 16% 1 Gold Algex Algoma 41/2 17% T.nw 17 * Akaitcho » Foreign Power Sec Corp Ltd common 1 rAgnew Surpass Shoe 48 V4 16% Bang* Sine* January 1 High • common 8hares Low 20 Sugar Preferred .130 4T/2 * Ford Motor Co of Canada class A Fraser 3 for Week 17% • 20 com preferred Acadia-Aclantlc 10 3% 3% 1 Fed Grain Co class "A"__ 30 10% 8 Fanny Farmer Candy Fleet 30 100 Eastern Steel Products Ltd Fairchlld new preferred $2.50 Bang* of Price* Last V.*:•'• V J>;; 8ale Price >•• ,•>> >,'/; >-t: Par >/ /• •••/: ••: /•:•;. $1.50 East Jan Sales Week'a Friday ■:/. v. '• •>' . •■'''J . • Jun Canadian Fonda * Donnacona Paper Co Ltd Jan 25 V* Exchange ' 8 •'.'•■ •" * Sep 25 • • Woollens 15% 15% 1.00 Aug 4.40 11c ;:V •.. Oilcloth & Linoleum May , i' 6% Aug 15 ya 18 •,. 5c 15% __ }■ 80c 2.50 •7C . Sep 600 400 1,800 2.55 7c 80c Aug v / :V ^ 80c 2.50 * Royalite Oil'Company Limited _ 80c • Home Oil Co Ltd / STOCKS Dominion Dom ■>■••/ ' V 1 Gaspe Oil < >• • Jan 8y2 Sep Jan 16% 4% Mar Stocks Oil Jun 3.80 Feb 62 Qct >' 'f 35c 1.07 60c July July Canada Bakeries common— Bank Sep 60c Sep 3.65 Jan Conv July Canadian Commerce common common—. »• 10 • Aug 1.45 Jan 1.15 Jan 36c - • - 23 26 24 Jun 20- Mar 29 Vz Aug 22% 3,515 28 Jan 32% Jun 32 ■19 1,110 25% 21% . 8% 80 25% ■ • 425 Jan 25 Jan v25% 27 400 22 Va Jan 32 Jun 14 15 300 ,12% 20% Jan 19% 785 18% Sep Sep 29 28 1st preferred Jan 37y4c July 10c 7.80 May : ! preferred • 80 • May Aug Class A Car & Fdry common. . . 22% Feb 1757. t ' ***** .>,/i,.*v!vVv> v/A' • ? . ;.\* A .» ,V« V/l'' ., ' » i A . ' • . t-4 •, ' * THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE CANADIAN FOR RANGE a-aa-a-a xA A;A,X.:' ' X i AA./ A-xAA; A A .- ■>' Week's Friday -Ax-AA:b-: ■■hr: . STOCKS— Last common common—, com ■ ;• Canadian * •; —25 :—: Wallpaper class B Trethewey Patricia Gold . Chemic&l ' A' , - Research Oils Cochenour Cockshutt Coin 1 Willans 1.40 r Bakeries 315 — 5 • •— " • . f • 170 1.12 • : i Pershing Mines 77 187 i «165 ; 26 1 25c 48c 2,500 29c 8,200 1.36 1.48 Coalx— _100 Ctowshorr Patricia. Gold-——.....I- ,94c 43% 43% io 1.01 4,900 — ._4-VV s-v.-v •; 94c < :•. 1 11 %c 17 % , Davles Petroleum Davis• Leather class- A -i-——■ -- B -AA—„« Delnite Mines Denison Nickel ;—; Mines Detta Red Lake Mines ' ■ 32 July Distillers Seagrams Diversified Mining .Juns 1 common—^ 80c 20% paid Imperial Bank Imperial Oil ' ; A 1.68 1.70 14c Dairies commcn,_. Dominion Fabrics 89c 88c 90c 19% 2074 preferred 4- Dominion Foundries & Steel Dominion Scottish Dominion Steel Tar Inv class Stores 1.42 33,650 18% 19% 27 27 25 — 17 v , 18% * .i v 10.100 1.10 88c • 4%% 18% Sep Sullivan Internatlohal -yAjrv"*'.. Jellicoe Mines Marv/t , 40 101 Sep 106 15c- Oct 115 Jun 307a Sep A 5,805 147a A 200 *• 16c .50c - * % 12c July 4o Aug July '. 2,500 I Kenville Gold Mines Sep I Kerr-Addison Gold Mines j Kirkland Lake { ' Kirkland Townsite j Labatt (John) 1 Laguerre Gold Mines— Apr 30% July , .1.75 Aug I Lake 100 .13* Mar . . 197a 27 Sep 39 Jan Sep 50% Jun f 1478 15% 4,940 23 24 370 20 Jan 26 24%; 2674 25 25 205 23 Mar 26 25Vi 150 127a Mar 24% 30 26 1.10 2.05 1.80 2.15 -1 : J Leltch '/ a-i'-a.' fA: v Jan 2.40 Sep / 9,350 19c Aug 58c May 1,100 4,500 30c July 62c Feb 572C Sep 13c Jan | 6c 57ac 6720 1.47 1.55 6,600 3.55 3.45 3.65 15,250 —-—- 10% 10 A 10/a 20%. 21 1,34 1.15 July 2.30 July 3.35 Jan..:. 4.60 Jan Jun 10 Sep 147a 20 Sep 22% Aug A 1.38 Sep. 1,545 .r.:: Loblaw 1 Mines l-30 .v 1 1 : * •• 17% 48 1074 * 127 v , • ;>• 7,700 Feb 65 5% Jan II Jan May ! 134 87ac July 24c Sep .50,; .. * 12 VA 21%. 22 A 2272'. _i^_100, • —t ———— 33c ,'t 12c 177a -^--100^ — common •;. • i 1,863. ' 100 3.15 A A 3.35 2,450 lQc * 16c> " 10c, ..*125" H < 4/« 106 106* 6.30 6.60- 1.10 17 100 Gillies Lake-Porcupine Gold——-—;—1 Dlenora Gold i 1 ,6 30 1.10 >: A 5,061 105 1.10 86 ,V 10c 7c 6,000 5 Ac *flc.?' • 32c 38c 5,300 16c 15 %C 19c 102,700 8c 90c 85c 1.13 40,227 70c 31c 30c 31c 4,600 28c 23 %C 22c 26c 27,800 16c 1 2.26 2.25 1 22c 19c Goldvue Mines —J : Rubber 38c 38c 2.31. McKenzie 57c 3,700 ; - Feb 8c 5,600 33c common—• Jan Montreal 39c Feb Montreal July July July July July July 105 105 20 997a Mar 54 54 55 90 52 11% 1174 11% 25 2572 * - Wire Mines —* 20 • 20 • 56 53% * Ltd—.— Gypsum Lime & Alabastlne 5 - V- , ft Monarch . A ■ ' f87c Moore Feb 25c Jan Corp Mosher 79c Long Lac 1 Nat Mines 2.90 Apr J National 35c Jan i National Grocers Apr 25 A. Preferred 26c Jan Newnorth 15 Jan 35% Apr Nib 399 42 Jan 701. Jun Nicholson Sep 7 Feb Nipissing 59c Apr Noranaa 187a Jun Norbenlte Malartic Mines 655 3072C July 13 Sep 22 > . 80c 19c 500 68c 19% . 22 17c Sep 6.65 July * 36c Oct 17% Sep 5c 17%c Sep 19 69 46%c Sep 18% July 1,820 67 11 * Feb 26,100 1,490 17 • A 480 160 4 1572 Sep 65 74 Sep 3 7s Oct 16c July 26c Aug 28c 32c 9,500 17,700 287a >•• 28% 1474 147* 18% 287a 1474 25 605 28 187a 287a 25 '100 16% Mar 28 Oct 12 28% 12 29 100 150 1,580 2,400 7,600 4,260 1,800 12 Sep 27 Sep 2274 Sep 1.50 Jan 28c July 60c Jan 16c Sep 217aC 20c — Jun 25c — ' * — .• 24% 23 25 1 2.10 2.01 2.20 36c 40c 1.11 1.10 1.15 16c Mines 16c 20c 17c 1 Bldlamaque Calumet — * National Steel Car New v 20 Hosiery Mills class A National Sewerage Pipe A Sep Jun 5 ♦ common Oct 7,500 1-70 Mar 75c Apr 37a A 1 Brew 11c 39c July' 25c July 45<; 56c 197a ** 1 preferred— Drug preferred 125 68% • common 20 1472 4 207/s July 12% May * Feb Mar Jan /. 12% Jan 25%fr Jan. 22% Aug Feb 25% Feb 91c 22 May 81 May Apr 45c Feb 49c July 7 Jan 4072C Jan 1.15 19 Brass New 39c • 26 At Jun 187a A A 15 57ac *8,100 7.90 8.40' ' ,*7.800 18%°c,18%c 1,500 17 18 305 62c 197a • Locomotive Negus 14% * 14 c Feb 75% Jan 57aC . ■ Sep 10% Sep 187a — A 35% Jan Sep ° 6c • Oct 46% Sep 92c. 18 •' l Light Heat ft Power Morrison 1.30 Feb :_100 Porcupine Oct • A 'A. •• 1674 Jan 19c A 19c 8.00 * >25 555 Feb Jan Apr 250 90c, A> 37c ; " 2.20 Jan 51c 45c 21 2,000 - 775 4,150 61,290 53 5%c ' ■ ; July A 21c July 12c July 137a Sep 6c 11' 50% „ 60c 6,900 10.000 10,000 1,422 -. 21% 51 . * -; ■ May 127a Feb 177a May ; 10c 18 21 19c 610 " "• * .•;*.*• 11 " r*160 190 195 18 2174 i Jun 1 27. 1 18 11 - • Knitting common 12 374 19 July' 5.45 Jan 95c Jan 3.75 Jan " 3c Apr 1172 Jan 13 July 19,500 28c 15 153/4 26 y —A • Gas 257a 15 26%.AA 90c 973 20 15 * /AA 40c 157a 860 15% • • 425 3,500 127ac 1 6 00 12c 25c l May Aug 2072 266 * A 15 95c" 1.00 .1.00 Gold 57 20 147a 14% A' 3%c 6c - July 10% Sep 11c -——1 Great Lakes Paper common : Preferred !—— 1.50 July 3c All.85 11.85 Mines -J 88c Jan * McKay class A Class B 2.45 July 38c July A 6,075 3.75 Feb 14%' Sep 7,300 2,000 7.50 Jan 35c July Feb 50 Grafton class A Graham Bousquet A 3% >- * • • Oil Mining Corp Model Oils 3.15 Mar > 2.95 48c a * Mines Mid-Continental 22c 2.00 Jan 40c .'.* common Lake Gold Feb Aug 2472C July 37,000 • Mercury Mills AA 3,900 1.85 ——— Lake Red McWatters Jun . Red McMarmac 25c -19c 24c ' National Preferred Gold • A Segur Mylamaque Golden Manltou Mines Goldora & 33c 1 Mining Tire 15,000 -i 1 Golden Arrow Mines Gate 23,900 21c 1 Goldhawk 73C 19c 1 Eagle Mines 65c 19c 1 Goldcrest 65c • Frontenac Oil Sep.; 5c 1 - 1 McDougal Feb Feb 5.00 Jan 2.75 Oct. 2.50 July' 16c * Sep At, 1.50 July 2.80 1272c /• . McColl - Apr 45c AH0.850 47c 20 ! 1 /•*. i HA 86c .vAA^'llO 1.65 y.yy' July 15 1.80 ■ July 1.65 A 48c • A Preferred •' 25c !• • Aug May 36 34 AYr-;:;;; A 6,963 > JanlA: 21c • 2,475 3.55 1.46 Feb , 15 Yv A 2.85 1 • 2.99 AA 1.60 — 1 McBrlne ■ Moneta God's Lake Mines Ltd Goldale Mine ! 20c :■ Jan 37c •: '••;3.45 30c 6,800 !:A-A- 20c 1.62 • (? 8.75 1.10 6.900 — Mines common <y Juri A A •$;A- A- 1 Sep 207a 12,300 28c A; : '1.55 Jan 1.02 July : - ' 4.40 Sep 55,625 35c 1 Feb 1087a > Jan r-j 3.10 32c 26c *"i 11.85 5.55 Jua, July iv* Apr 1 2.85 26c • 27 Va Jan 26% Jan A 625 580 : > >'* 32c * — III Jan 2.95 A 31 ' 1.57 Sep A-A'. 33% Sep 1.20 July 2,900 ? 32 30% —" A; 1.65 ' 327a • •;'•••/;../ A — preferred McCabe Grain class A July" 1 Marlon Rouyn -Vs*. i) 1.59 " • Massey-Harris Aug A Sep! Feb 1.63 • I » 4c ; Sep 2372 Apr 87acMay 71c July Maple Leaf Milling common Marcus Gold A A 20 .Jan. ^ 7 12%c i 15c »•<;- 68c 290 Jan ' "A •' <>'.:■.:v->> 'A:.;>-vA-': ''■•>^Y<AAAY,V'''A;V,A:-;A'": 60c 5.05 July Oct . 20,825 jMclntyre Porcupine Mines 14. AAA-. 5.;* 16 A — 1.02 - A 101(K 95c Gold f. 75c Oct ..3% 'Sep' 157a Sep ;; 435.. . " * 105 15 . 4%. ;47a 2.90 July : 2,190 1.00 Maple Leaf Garden preferred— ? ■ July Manitoba ft Eastern 32% Jan' A Oct 100 10 18c Gold Martin-McNeely Mines 11* '': Sep'' July 33c f 45,500 Malartic Gold Fields 13 7» Sep 20 . 6,700 >10972 109% > Preferred ?——100, Giant Y'eilowknife Gold Mines ; 1% D Warrants A —A * >* " 4% .300 # 35c 1 1374 Aug 6% Sep : 11% Sep . 105 35c 100 j—: 315 •; Common———1*. preferred Lake 2.0c "A '-"A 25c ,A:A'.v>-V' Jan ■'' 32c 1 - 8.75 Mar 25 May July Sep 500 1 Aug ' 25c 19 Jan 2672 Mar 37 July.. Y 5.55 July Sep 49,600 20 ——2.75 1 3.20 ' 3.10 (H R) 19c 7%c July 1.800 Gold > 47c Apr*. 1.46 Jan. 20 • , ■> 42c 1 ♦ ■ < A* 44c ) 1 75 ^ Export Mex_— * 1,303 > MacMillan Red 6.00 22 72 10%c 11 %c A A 3,500 " 1 '. Jan 65c Oct 4c MacLeod-Cocxshutt Gold. Mines Maasen 5.95 ; y• 10 %c • Mines 11 + 29Va Jan 250 2272 5.95 11 1.585 32 1.35 Goldfields Macfie Red Lake - f.A 147a - 19 4d j 22% July Sep 90 315 10c ; 31 A 5 Jan- 6.35 11 1.27 Gold Mines AAA MacDonald ?A Jan 13% A 32 —1 — 2974 Jan . Sep * Lundward Jan 13 Mar 4372 180 I30 ,?• 1172 35c Frefman .(A J) .preferred Frobisher Exploration general Steel Wares en'eral Bakeries 36 9c v 3,700 20 class A Louvicourt A ;7;' — Power 1.45 , Sep 12 3,055 11- 12° 4.00 1,075 —r.:v:'..4%. class A Francoeur Gold Warrants July 1,035 48 gc. • a of Canada 4.30. 10 — Aircraft 100 10 /4 47 /2. 972c 1—• ! —— Sep 37c 257a Oct 7% Sep 30 , /•,.•'A/; common Class A 4 00. 18 Mining-..———1 ,'■>. ' 4.00 • ; :8 ,, 12c >1.35 [A Lynx Yellowknife Gold !:Aa;-A:AAA'>., A--X? »A:A-A'*vAA>. -f A 972c 1 Class B Magnet Consolidated • — common -8 83c 26,500 27 — —100 Federal Kirkland Fittings Ltd ; 25 % . 117,550 50c 52 72c 2572 *; new 1-1° 50c • 340 lie 11,500 : 1 Groceterias 177a Feb 2.90 Feb 55c. Jan , July -—1 Gold Macassa . 45c Y" - Lingman Lake Gold Mines Hx • 4.55 July 66c 1 3 /* 34c 24% Mar 62c * Little Long Lac Gold Mines Ltd 24c 440 4,800 6.25 . 37o Jan 30 Jan 1.76 Apr 1.16 Sep July 66c »A" r 31c V 267t ' A July Jan May 65o Feb 21c Jan 2.25 Feb Jtriy ; A *•; 11c 16c ?. 45c ^A-19,500 *'' 23C • 5 Gold Mines. Ltd Lexlndin • 1.85 July July 85c 225,644 • , 4,415 23,555 1,500 * ' f | 10,600 , 43c - 28% July Feb 43fc 2372 May 51c Sep 117< July 1 ': , 26 6.00 , 6.00 A • •+* 2672 July Jun 60c ; * 26 > 1> Mines Lapaska Mines Laura Secord Candy Lebel GrO —A 3074 2374 Mar 67,85a ^ ' : Lang & Sons 4, 1 ; 22C 21 1.30 17c Lapa Cadillac 23 May > 28% Jun Y — 2272 ' — 1 Lamaque Gold Mines 1Y 44 •' 15% 1.00 70c Woods common of 36c 95 137a Lake Shore Mines, Ltd ■ Gold 27 70c Mining & Exploration Fortune 26 1;|:-12% A: 12% —J /,. 1.20,> 1.15 —-1 ;16c ^ |> 925 : 1 t;y 32% Feb 27 v • Labrador | 1.48 15,240 • 71c 41c Oct , • -_i_— May 40 .. , 9c > ■ gc A ge 500 6c July - 70c 66c" 70c 14,300 : ,45c July A:;AjA:>;AAAvArAAv A7-A.;. A..: ■'..'•"•■A1 14c 14c 500 10c July 1.90 Jan 30c -t V 'l.*V''-. ,*. 14c 4,000 r 53c Feb 27% Jan 2.09 Apr 2.30 Feb 47 ■J* 13,700 5c v- '' v 16c 4c 51c Sep 68c Sep 1.36 Sep 7,500 •/».♦« 15c Ar5c - Mines Gold — Mines 1 Yellowknife .a— Mines Mines — —'* 5 ■ — — ' 18c" 23c 40,000 He 12c 2.10 2.27 "4,000 700 49% 50c 2,975 10,400 ——* 4974 46 1 50c 45c - Mar 1057a 95c 14c . 1 -• — CoA.^ Kelvinator Feb 3.05 97a Mar 14 15 1.47 Candy Shops Gunnar * Sep 21 W' * ^ s Sep ' Apr 60c A 4,545 ■> f 14c 21 26% A 80c Jan 15% July 1.65 Jan 29% Jun 35 7a May - 1.50 A * v.1'? fe'-i; A -:- ■>'. ' Jan 1. A- Jun 45 * common-; Greening V/ V 1 ' Jun-' 100 1 Preferred , 80c 1.40 "v — ? • — Lake 30% —20 Grain Gordon * 80c : A" 1 —-— Players Goodyear 103AA A 106 :—1 i^*'?-fiA •". * 10 102 Oct July 974 110 15 1 A Joliet Quebec i'AiAv A^ayrand Mining Jun A B Golden 26 30 143/8 '.'.A.;--tl.vV'v?'''':. 20% Oct ' 30% Aug 173/4 Jan 16 Jun 27c 2,000 26 — Jan 13AA' -''-'45 287? Jan ' Aug Jan 1372 14,800 70c,? 75c - A May 30c 110 Jan • 14% — Jun 45 —-——1 Federal Gold 12 • — 'A AV —1 * — 123 ' Feb Jan Jan Jun Jan Feb 50 July 127s Sep ■ 317a — Mines Jason 13% Mar - Jan Apr 17 240 40c 1057a 30% -i", Lake Dufault Mines Ltd 75 '! Jan Jan Jan Sep Sep 26 .15 13 ; A A 3,945 13% 1,487 31 Jacola Mines I '29% 1.03 ————— Fanny Farmer 5% 203/& 7c 95 15 27% A'- 35c __ * 1 Waite 7 20% A 2774 70c AA__—50c Jacknife Jun 29% —1 Co— - Gold Gatineau 2.45 Sep July 4,100 ;A< 106 —• -A "s;i v-'avv. ,30 10 Va —1 .—— Palconbridg6 Nickel . A——A AA'AV'-A ♦".'■*•'-* ' *,-a-*-.*..' Jack 9C„97ac A 30 • International Uranium Mining Island Mountain AvAi^AUV Feb 16 v.' Mines Co ,.V;. 377a 105 ; A -- —* Petroleum——2 Jan 23% * — English Electric class A Ford 34% Sep A 35c : 100 preferred_100 4% 24 7a 14% * 100 — MlncB Steel Eddy Paper Fleet Aug 6,200 36c : >:A;Vv;': 1 ——— 220 ; * East Malartic Mines Famous preferred Feb July • common Mining Class July 137a ; International Nickel Co common—: > A July 25 East Ampbl Mines-— East Crest :; ' May 30c 36c 13% " class A International Milling ' Eldona 5c 36c 6,100 57c 35c /12% common International Metals Sep 14% preferred-—-50 Duvay Gold Mines Elder 7,500 46,800 ;; 67ac '48c 13 6 •V-1 17% 10% • com B C_—— Eastern 13c — John •••»;>•' - 700,^^110 ; r — Donalda Mines East 6,000 67ic 105 ;v 1 2,775 "17 , - 2472 Sep 7,400 14,400 ,;: — : preferred Duquesne ' 13c A 13c .-—; — International Bronze ; T. Sep * InsDlration Mln & Devel ; 29c Sep 2072C Jan-' Oct 1.55 Aug 5c Mar* 2,100 1.2"2 ' w: 1.30 common-- V 10 2.50 2,367 1,230 10 1 ** Lake 1.15 55 . 10%. Sep - 2,000' 35c 1.25 • Coal 1172c 605 ':600. • - 33 c C> 19 3A Ltd •" 29% Jan.A 1.21 l - Dominion New - —100 — '' Inglis, Feb' May 100 — Imperial Tobacco of Canada ordinary_5 Indian ,,1.67 Jan 10c-:; Sep 33c —* — Dominion Dominion Sep 10% * Smelting Huron ft Erie common Feb 86c ' *7 *140 • 1.22 — Bank Dominion 20 ' Hugh Malartic Mines ■- Apr ; v 70c - 1,100 i"- 10 Discovery Yellowknife Mines 30% ; <11% 13 c 14c ♦ 4,500 v , 10c 30 11% i' — 1 Dickensom Red. Lake' ———: Dommion ? Vi 11 1 — 18c 10c ——. Dome Sep 15 ' D'Aragon Mines ■ 136 36 % 9% Apr t A" Class 1 2.70 Jah 30c 69c 3.60 70c 27c 14%c 27 19% 4.40 35c 11c 74c 73c Sep 6c 500 2.45 —• • 1 Feb 1887a 1.00 July 43 Sep; 1.36 16c 7c 20 10% —1 .; 21,300 7c 36c A 1.95 Feb ,105% May Oct 240 2,850 48C< — 1.24 Jan 31c Jfan 45c Apr July July 20 1072 2.50 674c "55c Jun Sep 28 r 19c" 25c . 1 Apr : 103 July 40c 26 9,800 35,275 - __ 1 May 7 2.75 102% Pet. ,25.. . 13c 16c 2,100 1.45 57c617ac . — 8 Gas & ' 23c 23c .. V 1—; Oil 22c 60c' • Hudson Bay Mining ft 22Apr Sep 90c 2,650 4,000 77,507 1.25 Hosco Gold Mines ;2.85 Feb -. 38c 26 • *. Crow's 1 Nest : 2,405 aay'ayya'X Mills , :• 16% Jan Jan 1.38 1.30 Oct 39 1.05 1 —* Yellowknife Homestead A 23c 1.39 — Oil-1 Homer / Feb 51c 1.80 July 100 1,900 102% 102% „ Mining—IlL—1 Oct 19 >< 167 —100 v; , Apr 1.05 July 1.40 170 •...Ay 1.10 preferred 5.00 19 Sep 50c 84 — Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Home Jan Sep 25c . —1-1 1 — __— Hinde ft Dauch Jan 50c 2.40 July 12 3A 1.85 81 97ac Oct 19c July 1.18 Sep 52c ' Aug _— Jan 19 81 1.00 July 16,000 Jun 1.85 • 5,903 12c 7,600 •' 23c: * 30c Howey Gold Mines 44 %c 35c 650 6?c 30c 1.20 * 972c Hedley Mascot Heva' Gold new Hlghridge Mining Highwood-Sarcee Oil Jan 47c i.3a — 1.30 * —.r, 3.00 July 83,300 52C 25c 54c * 1.05 He 30 " May 4.40 Apr July 6,960 1.05 1 Aug 40c 46c 1 Oct- 4.70 12c 43c 17c Jun 1.41 Mar 3,300 8,670 -- ,65c , '& * Jan 10c 12c 61c Headway Red Lake Gold. 1.90 2,500 3.05 ■ 15%c Heath Jan 14c 12C 16% May • 17C 267a July ... July July 43c 13% AA ' Oct 15C 2,400 48,579 * 127a Feb 9% Sep 593/4c Sep 11 63c ;A.v' V'v/i''.1.. :':T. 4.45 13c - 6% Sep 130 7% July .230 Feb 104 July ■ 15c ; 500 2.95 Crestaurum Mines Crolnor 2,000 ■? 70c 3.60 { Mining Cosmos Imperial Cournor 21c 70c 14c ? Mines—————* i ,18c . 70c & Smelting——5 Consumers Gas (Toronto) -.100 Conwest Exploration J vi.' 17C 2472 3972 Jan 1.85 July 5,650 " 725 500 1 Jan July -v 2.10 Feb 1.30 Sep 182 v Oct ,.S 185 July A 4.20 —1 new '/ ? 12% -i-—— Corrugated Box i82 2.10 13 Commonwealth Petroleum————— ,.'i. 182 1.99 ' — 2.03 18 1 >'•2.50 2,225 -v' 4 Hioh 10c Jan 6.00 Feb 4.75 * 4c 1 Gold Mines Harrlcana 1.35 Feb , 24%- Sep 70 '; 1.30 < Cdlomaci Yellowknife Mines—.—.1 Consolidated 20 3.00 . Consolidated 102 • - Coniagas 25 Mines——X Gold Co 26 1,200 25: -'Idar"" 4.10 July 7,200 7% 11 ' __ 1 Harker Gold Mines—— May May * Jan 25 ' " • , Gold Mines Rock 4.75 • Chrpet_ 57acv Range 81nee January 1 High 5c 4.75 ' July *13% • 800 ■ - 'V Hard May 26 46 . 5,416''' "•>13% Sep ^20 24% * Lake Camaurum 20 j 21c 1 — i : Plow •, 17c .> 1 —— Coastal 14% 28% 1.40 • Sep 50c 1,000 2.90 . 27 Sep 23% v . 100 • 2.85 Chesterville Larder Lake Gold Mines—1 Cltralam ■A .•/—'• 1 ><: v ... , 1272 . 440 17 » 14 w—_-—I -, ,. 645 "V'v 61c Harding Jun 1 —— Low ' — Shares . Hasa^a* Mines 1'4'^-iSep- 11,430- " »■ • Hamilton Bridge 24 ■ —1 Hallnor Mines " T04'-' 104 -<-x,-^A100 Pprcupine Centremaque 18- 28% —' Mines————1AA Central -CY>vX, Jan - Aug 307a May 20% Juu .-'1778 Sep 690 r( 15% 16% • 20 —1 Canada -Loan. Central 12 Sep v \ :——* •' is 61c — Wirebound Boxes—L_—:—• Gold Quartz—. 1 Central Sep ''166 19 ; 26y8;'27% 14 ;—-—0 Canadian Castle 22 Mines Sales far Week sf Prices A ' ^ Par Halllwell Gold 78 Week's Bangs , Sals Prlot ■"*■': High' 315 ■ 61c i6%.-<- Canadian Utilities preferred-———100 Cariboo ' 58 "'55 - 19%, 14% ;'ri'*.;■ + L * • - Tire Canadian •. 27 " ^ '• Malartlc 16 % 18% 15 ——.—• —— Canadian Oils —A. Canadian Pacific Ry Canadian '' 64% 17 Friday Last Low ' '24% 19 <•>] 4 Range Since January 1 High 63 24 A—•>,? I6%* —J— — L' >_• — Canadian Industrial Alcohol Class ? '-f.' -A V OCTOBER STOCKS Shares * A Canadian Locomotive Low 64 —• —-ti Canadian Food Products Class * : ENDING Bales •of Prices A''1A>v('- Par VMl':frr Canadian Celanese Canadian Dredge LISTED MARKETS WEEK for Week Range 'ixAv>A;AAAA> Sale Price 1755 * 287a Oct 1474 Oct 157acJuly 10c July 28% Oct A4^4.? 21 30% 13 A 32 30 % 3.25 May j4pr July Mar Apr Mar Apr 1.39 Aug 33c May 62c 30c 30c Jan Apr 2.05 Sep 5.65 Feb 457a Sep 45c Oct 72 A Jan 1.05 Mar TIlE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Monday,- October- 7y 1946 CANADIAN LISTED MARKETS "•v V STOCKS ■» FridayEast ::A -- - Sale Price Oil Nordon • Norgold nisi —1 — —..x, • tximna North > Mining' Cory Ltd Preferred A—x _— 12c Sep : 18,-510 " 8,200 July 60c 1.75 1.80 6,510 64c 62c 66c 32,807 ::-r. ■ ' Sudbury Contact. . Sep Surf Jan 3.85 1.53 July 42c Apr 80c 1 Cons Inlet Mines 19c July 37c Sep 43c Feb 30c Jan Tamblyn 22c 22c 60c 1 1 • (G) 21% 58c 18,500 Jan 28,100 50,150 40c July 860 95c May Feb 78,400 51c July. Sep 95c Aug July '" 18c Jan 64c .1.24 : 71c 81c 71c 'V-'.^8C 8c 2.59 Paramaque Mines 21c u 70c 70 Sep July 5,105 V 1.26 1 1.35 12C Pen-Rey Gold Mines—— Perron Gold Mines— Engravers Piccadilly /___ Pickle-Crow Pioneer Gold 7,500 10c 29c 5c Sep July 50c July 17C 20 Vic 49,900 12c July ' 11c 16c .2.85 2.95 1 3.10 3.50 26 k 24% 100 26 15c 1 a 3.10 Oct 1,898 3,800 22c 20.000 37c 7.70 Mar 28 30 70C 70c \ 1.500 12 12 185 ;; 45c 3,300 /1.15 Sep 10% Sep Power Corp ___ 35o 2,000 July Sep July 28 710 ■ 1 1.20 1.35 l 11 11% 1 1.60 Proprietary Mines— I-—! 0 Prospectors Airways —-x__——J__♦ Purdy Mica ; _1 46C ; 14 1 A 46c > 10c 14c 12% 13 Pressed Mining Co Metals Preston East Dome—— i 10c — Purity Flour common...—_ Preferred _i— Gold Quebec ia 1 —.—— 52c 82c '* 82c 15'A Products Milk 8 200 ; ~ • Trust—. Works ; 80 1,085 11 - Macdonakl x.l* Renfrew Textiles Reno Gold Richmao —x_x—— Gold . Preferred 4,300 Union Riverside Silk Mills class A . — i: 22% 3.45 ' Onited Fuel class "A". Rouyn Merger Gold Mines 5% 250 400 60c k 2.15 10 100 Russell St Mine ■ v Mines 10 250 • 7 15c 38c 13,100 ,25c 55c Lawrence Corp. common 210 51c 11% * 6% 50 27 1 3.85 Consolidated—. A — 24c San Antonio Gold Mines Ltd.; Sand River Gold—— — Mines Sannorm — Senator Rouyn Ltd.— Shawirtlgan ; 220 50C 25 Ltd 61c 6 Sep 14c 7,200 20c Sep 50c 40c 29,000 1,185 6,600 20 Winnipeg Brewery class .A—* 1.05 2.£0 2.35 48,350 * 12% V- 13 450 12 12 12% 535 12 9.50 10 9 July 5 19 19 New new common. vtc — Sigma Mines Silknit A.——_40 Preferred Silver ...— . common— Miller _— 39% 1 50c — Silver wood's Dairies class A Class B , Silverwood's 11 — preferred— . —- ... t__—_'—_■* :' r 1.06 : 16% 16% 31% "■ Glass B new 27 ———— Preferred new , . , Feb Malartio Springer 62c Mines. 36c Sturgeon 1.15 Stadacona Mines 77c Standard Chemical Standard 2.08 26 —• 108 —... 10 50 — >'• —l . Radio ; _____X—___. Stanley Brock class Starratt Olson Co 24 6% • For footnotes 1 see page 1757. 78c 78C 6 10%; 82c 5.10 Feb 159. Aug 1.69 Jan , Mar :f 55o A 60c Jan Jun 145 Jan 220 x 100 23 Sep 130 ; 125 25 Mar 36% May 20 104% July 108% Feb 7,000 2,434 ll%c July 10 Sep 17c 25 1,500 94% Jan 15o July 3.20 2,837 3.10 Sep . ; v ;;; Jan 13,900 15c 3.15 '25c 13%c A A' ., AA''V.;AA' ■ r - 26c . Jan A > 2,500 25c AA. A'-'A v 34% iTIday '' : 35 - Feb '67c A Feb Jan 39 c 12 %c Sep - $5,600 Sales Week's Last Range Av ;A;■ A:A;AAA'A:^A'A8ale Pries :A'i: A:AA;AaAA-A;'."A-.-$$ : for Week Range Sine# January 1 Shares •f Prices 4% 5 Vs 70 74 23 23 A- National — Brown Co common—,-.... Preferred Bruck Silk «... —— 1 5 100 — - 73 % A Ai'- - 21%' .•« Canada. & Dominion. Sugar—— High Low: 15Va 25 '/a 15% Sep .. 23 Jan 24 .A—wa ;15% Asbestos Corp ————♦ —25 British Columbia Pulp Common * " 80 Andian Industries common———* Canadian Marconi Canadian Vickers Oct Canadian 35 Mar 78 Apr Sep Sep Hep 50 50 4 8Va Apr 104% 67% Sep Apr 29% May- 25.— 19% May Sep 29 Feb 25 34 Sep 42 1 Aug 20 450 12 Aug 25 July 3% '32 3 • 50 18% 27 1,160 270— 21 21- 221 v' 35 35" " 20 3 20 - ——.——* ..— — 2 *'. Lumber . 32 2% 3 : —• —• A___——A_—' •' —— Press > 32 Westinghouse Consolidated Paper Consolidated — common—.■——*• Canadian. Western Aug 50 17 % 26 i-: 18 26 5,905 50 25 . May Disher 30c 23 23 % —32 ,34 22 < 20 24 ——* —— 36%- Jun _ Steel •; Dominion Briage 108% Mar Donnaconna p. Paper ..————*-,* % ; v 1.55 Jan < 24; May 9%May 12 V* Jun 1.50 Apr Jan Sep 85o Feb 23 Va Oct Sep 45% 15 ; Mar Apr Oct 24 ' Hayes Steel . international A"-- ———— Humberstone Shoe . " ; . , Paper common^—_— J3 preferred 1 75 1.75 * * 100 Foothills Oil & Gas ; —-——100 43 V2 23 23 1.85 A 24 23 42'A 437/s A 79-v • 75f ♦x. -1.50 Jun 1,800 Selections _—--x— Oreille ——— Pend Temiskaming * ——1 ; —— Mining————————1; 17% 18% —* Minnesota Ac Ontario Paper— Oil . 2.55 9 /2C - _ 18% 4%c 4%c 2.20 2.64 9 Ac 10c. ,;i 2.20 Aug 595 22 Sep 39 Jan 200 23 Oct 25 Sep 59 Aug Apr Jun 2,070 ...... --- 2,000 3.854 - ; Jan 85 18 2.825 16,500 39 56 15 10% May • Jun 32 ■ Jan 16% Feb Feb Apr 32 30c • 35 180 10,510 61% ,23% Jan 18% 1,600 30c — * preferred—' 3.80 Feb Oct 21 60 Feb 43% Jun 15% Mar 10,940 •* 5 2% Sep - Sep 2% Sep 28 100 * 18 Va Jun 40 Jan July Apr 430 Canadian Furnas 1.50 Feb 75c > A 6.55 Feb Exchange-Curb Section '* ' Canadian 56c Sep July July Sep 5% Sep 10% Sep Jan 30c 21% May 105 Oct 25 c 6,200 12%c 13%c 35 • 13% July 6% Aug July 5% Sep 18 •. Sep > 14% 99%A A. % Febr 1.40 9 160 100 luo HV2 99% . 3.15 * • ... Jun 1.12 65c : 80 .18% July 28c July 18c July 5 15c * 99% Toronto Slock Jan 90c 59o 5,061 6% 6 40c ' Mar r Apr 31 %c 3,200 64. 10% A——— "59c 610 , ; I2%c 13% Canadian Fairbanks common..—" 42 Jan 101% Jan 12,700 1.20 9%. 18 _ A::- — • *' 17% Mar .' 27% 7,000 s 37c,. 9% common—. , 3.80 July 108% Feb ; -14,600 108 ..100 25 % Sep 5% July 35 79c 2,331 63,575 2,288 26% ;'A-.AAA 15% May - Oct 750 ; Feb 87c Sep ' 35c,'. .40c 23 ... Langley's Paving Preferred Standard common 65c A16y4 Feb 3.65 Jan 11 710 27, v Oct '""He a 93c 200 ,, Slscoe Gold Mines Sladen 65c Ar r'"M 15% May Jan 50c 278 105 105%: —. 16c 1,000 122 Mlnes^.————A—1 Dalhousie Oil .r —. 10,000 * 12c 4.15 ' Simpsons Ltd class A new.. - 4.00 91c Uchl 12% Sep . July 36 30 478 32% 82c Sep 13% 59,900 6 Sep Sep 1.00 Sep 1.66 Jan 10 A 56c • 11 1,062 ; 11%; 6 30c 295 2,200 39% 12c ' 19c 16c , 26c Bonds-*- r 26% Mar July 1 Slck's Brew 1' m July * 1.63 Jan July Creek—:——— 6O0 2,907 ,, '- Feb bGeep • 9.60 23 Tellorex Jan 35 c —, Feb -9.25 200 Tmlr Yankee Girl Feb 7c 21% - Feb 3.10 24c Apr 30c Mines >13% * Wright Hargreaves Mines Jun 11% Gold Wlnora. Gold Jun 39% Sep Sep ■■ 3.80 July 211/2 Bherritt-Gordon 14%c Jan Oct :1c 8% Jan -116 Jan 25% 1,485 12; 4,000 May , 1.93 July 4.00 - 100 Aug 16 ; 9% • „— Jun A 58 4,380 119% : common Jan 25c Oct Aug Shea's ___, 40% Jan Feb 2,000 56c Jan 32 a ;a 130 May ,45o 5,fit31 '* ; — Preferred—. Sep 6Y2 9 "■ ? 12% 26% Jan 25% July ; July 12c 605 27 ; 8% Sep Sep A 10 Apr "12% Aug 15o 4,400 ~ 26 10% 26c : STOCKS i 8%C 22c . ' Oct Jan 1.80 2.E5 common—__ —— Grocers WUtsey-Coghlan Mines Winnipeg Electrio common.— Apr 1.57 Mar Sep ' Class 38c Jan 15 11 285 3,000 4.00 7C 7% 20 •: 21,500 " 15c 8c ■■ 1,345 - Oct 12 10 18c A. 13% Sep 450 " 31% 47% ; A - July 103% Oct 85o Jan 39o 15%c July 103% 10 ' 9,000 9% • l Products Westons ; 16% May Sep 1,015 151/2 11 Apr May -v 64c "Feb July 9,800 15c 13% May 2.25 . 17c _____—_1 j Western Jan 16 Aug 75c 48c 132 , 39% Apr 9% Feb 12% July 34c 1 14 Jan 104% 2,966 ■ ; 12 . 7C N .9.10 1 West Malartic Maf 93o July 30% Sep 7,500 • common. ————————— 10 ^ i 2.25 .; ' —1 24%C Apr 30c 300 25c 1 Industries new Ryanor 170 A July Jan Sep 10% Sep 7%c Jan 1,000 13% 15 " , 9 ,9% 7c a ' Wekusko Apr 1.1)9 a Oct 23 .24% Lake Gold Rush 10 26,300 13 ; Jan 11% 11 85 14 • 15 %c 31 Va 47% .^ -- • • Apr 40C July 20c : 12 ' 18c ' —• Apr 1.15 Jun 20c 70c Royalite Oil 142 50 a . 1.07 14 9% • 1 Waite-Amulet Mines. Ltd : 22 %c Feb Jan 4,700 Royal Bank Feb 1.25 Feb 16 jl "12 . Walkers (Hiram) common Wasa Lake Gold Mines Jan 23% Jan 8 May 31% Oils Co—, Roxana ' 14 A —80 _* Ventures, Ltd. Feb July ■ 40c 97c a* A—,— __ Villbona Mines Jan 17 ~72c - 15 27C ;x 46% Jan July 16 1 Jan 175 20c 23c 103% 1037/a • — 1—1 A? , Steel 11 ;; 8 • 103% < » Mining Corp class United 50c 31% • ,c_ . Rochette Apr 36 AAA-"]. Upper Canada Mines Ltd.. 7,944 * Cotton Robinson 113 . 1.100 A Apr 3,267 - * Class; B 69c / " ;A-- > AA.:A.'A United 55% Sep 1.20 32C Feb 2.40 Aug 36 11% ,113 1.25 May 1.20 July 25c ; ■ 12 11 Feb May 100 165 12 ; Union Gas Co 3.30 Feb •: 1.00 Sep 69c Mar - 3,000 ; I21/2C 12 %C 1 ' 165 11% ,1,00 —___ Apr Feb 10 1 . Mines—. 42 a preferred-.—100 Westeel - 26c ——• — 8,800 1,300 6,550 41% 42 a Finance Oils Jan c 1.29 RegCourt. Gold ———.—,.————1 30c i 100 Mortgage Preferred Reeves 1.35 ' A- * —* - 17% Jan: July 51 240 ^ 16%: V :: ;50o 29c 5.35 1.65 Jan ; 45c'-Aug" 1,000 90c 100 common. 47c ■ —7,' 30c ' _________ ' Sep 12% Aug * 5,000 , ; 86c 82C 82c 151/2 Quemont Mining 1.60 II,400 ; ill 1.05 200 : / . 54%"'54V6 1.05 Quebec Manitou •______—L—^__1 yueenston Gold Mines; Quinte 13 - 54y4 40 ~ 1.75 14 - aaA 1 15 . 1.25 47c 1 Mines v Vicour rremier Gold 7% Aug July . Jan 36 ; 10% Sep 39c ' . 80c 335 1 ; Gold United 76c 57c Aug 38c — 11% July 3.05 July 12% Aug 12 045 6V4 54 Va Aug Sep Traders Jan 1 t c__— 27 Va May 22 20 40c __ Towagamac Explor Feb 4.95 • v 6% 6% 1.95 Jan 1.00 July Sep 52% July 5% July 200 20,000 — Transcontinental Resources Twin City common.^ 28% May 47o —.1 Rouyn common—• r 4.200 • 45c : Jan Powell River Powell 54 42c Toronto 1.95 Jan July Porcupine Reef Gold Mines— x 24% 53% Feb 1.09 Mar 4.10 Feb 43c Class A Feb 2.70 July 14c 6,334 . 32C Porcupine Peninsula 1.10 23% 3.25 July • Tombill 1.06 Feb f: 40c Jan , 1.00 July I.800 1.20 _1 1.07 24 )' Jah Juh Oct 2.15 Thurbols Mines . Feb 3,000 1.11 l.io 53% • __J__50 , 45o 24o Jan 17,800 1.25 Feb Jan 10 1.50 July 25c 12 General 35c 12c _* Mines of B C 81,165 4,033 3.50 Iron July 7c 17c Apr 4.45 Jan July July 12 Toronto 10c •52c „ Mines 24,092 41c 2.30 9c 3.30 Jan 23,000 L : — Gold 2.55 10 -J Photo 20c * Thompson-Lund Mark Gold Ml jes Feb 11c — ,— 1,000 9,000 3.40 Toronto 2.85 46c 7c 1 1 J— 2.25 'v 1 Feb 35 . 8%c Aug * a 50c —1 ...—— 25c ; 10c 2.52 Toronto. Elevators 10,600 ; 14c 18C 23 %c V. 1.00 UC Malartic Paymaster Cons Mines 25c -9%c 25c ..—J... 1;65 Jan July 4,700 ' 30 51VaC Parbec Malartic Partenen 75c 29 12c Pandora Cadillac ;V __ —— Teck-Hughes Gold Mines 1.10 May h Aug 28 3,000 72c 1.30 Porcupine Mines Ltd. Pamour 50C 55c 29'/a — 7o 300" V 8c ' 95 A 40c 2.25 Sep 7 Jan 20 . 2.25 —.__— Preferred Jun 57b Oct 13% " 72c (new) 97/e 37c common.. Taylor Pearson & Carson 26% Jun 13% Mar 20c Juiy 28c 1.10 1.181 Petroleum Hersey 17,150 2.25 Taku River Gold Mines— Oct 55c Pacific Sep Sep July 13o Jan 14c Eastern Page 77 3.500 7 1 15c Toburn Pacific 97/e -a_ • ^ 1 1,200 1 . 155 •; ——50o Consol Gold_, Sylvanite Gold Mines . 6,600 10,500 198 .4—•— : 9% —1 26c V 544 — Sturgeon River Sep 17c 16 Mines Apr v 6 V* 20c 20 Lake 90 85 ;; 20% July 92% July Jan .73 "■ 9% 26c 19 1 ' . 11 665 i 1.40 Feb Jan 17c 13 Va Mines : 50 81 ' —100 Preferred — Oils Coal 15C 14 Pacalta Sterling 85 ! nigh Low 17% 79% /';v'^a12;a.a:'15c':a-17c1'; : 2.27 2.25 2.35 ' 1_ Mines— 15C —1 19 Osulake Jan iron 20c , —— - Orlac Red Lake Mines Oslsko 25 Steep rock ' 80 Bange Since January 1 High 17% ' Steeloy Mining Corp 5% Sep ' _X. Gold Preferred Jan 5% 100 '400 * Orenada , Low , common_«^_,—a • Apr 8ullivan —— Canaaa 22c July' '" Crush common——x—• Preferred ot 33c Oct 100 v' 1.78 6 Co for Week Shares . efPrloes • 95c Oct 8c bteei , 2.24 May Jan 10c 30c 60c :V 6 6% 60c , -- ——l Ogama-Rockland —— OLeary Malartio Mines—; Omega Gold Mines-—.-. Omnitrans Exploration Orange 1.03 6,700 , ; Mar . Par ^ Stedman Jan 15c Sep 6c 35c Sales Range Sale Fries High 500 6 60c AAx'X^A'A 1' -• —-_5 Gold Mines- O'Brien - Week's Last 1,000 9,980 , . . 30C 40C 8%c 10V2C 9%c .1 Mines——— Inca North Star Oil common—-L 15c . 35a/ —v Mines. Norseman 15c 1.55 16c 1,40 1.45 ;c : „« Friday : Range Sine* January 1 Low ' _—x, Minea Northern Canada Mines- .Ndrmetal O'/aC "" 4 STOCKS Sales Shares 14c 6%CV 14c .; 1 OCTOBER for Week . High Low Par -*■ Week's Range, of Prices FOR "WEEK ENDING RANGE Sep 27% May 3Va Jun A 2,15 Sep 9V4C Oct 7 Feb 5 00 Feb 33c Jan THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4S31 .Volume 164 OVER-THE-COUNTER MARKETS Quotations for Friday, October 4 , ../ . For Quotations on Real Estate Bonds Specialists 1 ; Shaskan s' • Co. & Members New York Stock Exchange Members New York Curb Exchange 40 Exchange Place, New York 5, N. Y. Tel: DIgby 4-4950 Bell Teletype NY 1-953 Investing Companies ■ :r,: ■. Mutual Funds— y :y (Cont.)— Keystone Custodian Funds '1 Series % 18.31 K-l Series 7.31 1 Aeronautical Securities— ; Bid Par Bid par . K-*2 " 1W» Affiliated Fund Inc Amerex" 4.45 10 Holding Corp American Foreign Investing_10c Assoc'ted Standard Oil shares— Axe-Houghton Fund Inc Axe-Houghton Fund B 7.71 15.80 6 1 Bond lav Boston of Tr ■../■" 8-4 5 4.73 Knickerbocker Manhattan Bond Fund Inc— ••• 10c 8.27 Mass Investors Trust 1 25.82 Mass 1 13.96 10 13.81 Common X " — Invest Natlon-Wide Balanced Fund 2d Investors Mutual 18.03 v. ' i 5.46 Fund——• ,111.23 Fund—10 ; 50.08 Fund Loomls Sayles Mutual Loomis Sayles Second 18.63 Fund. Ltd •; ■ $ 12.02 Series 21.99 8 Fund Inc Bullock 8-3 99.38 America Broad Street- Invest Co Inc /y-'y- Series 5% 1 Blair & Co Fund Inc shares '■ — 4.35 • 30-87 1 14.01 National Security Series— Bond series 10.65 Aetna National Investors Corp Chemical Fund 13.83 V * 1 : Aetna Casual & Surety—. 1 1 Ltd com—100 2,700 Christiana Securities Preferred 100 - —1 Commonwealth Invest—. Delaware Fund -88c . American Automobile— 7.93 10 1 2 Fundamental. Trust shares A—2 England Fund..- : Inc— Bank ,. Mfrs Casualty 10 20 Chemical : : Agricultural 15 A- 9.81 shares 7.79 —— 12.17 9.00 shares— Building shares Chemical shares Food Fully shares-. — Administered General bond — shares—- National Union i - ■ Metals New Brunswick 10 25 New Hampshire Fire New York Fire 10 47% Fire i 0 22 % North 7.06 Railroad equipment 8teel Investing Northeastern 10 61 Northern RR Equipment shares Railroad stock Putnam Republic Invest Fund 6hares— 5.05 Tobacco shares 4.43 Utility shares Huron Holding 1 , Foundation Common Fund Inc » lOo ; Union Fund Bond Institutional ; Securities 23.60 ■ 89% Republic ll7/8 Revere 1934 St Paul Fire & Marine series Series B-S Scries B-4 & Corp__ .10 Marine & Republic & 8% 67 10 45 10 30% 91 American _fl 27% U S Fidelity & U S Fire 10 24% U S \Q 941/0 Westchester Fire Guaranty Co—2 C— ' 1 #4Par Bonds— 18.26 _ V* 3s -Par . 1976 104 1971 101% 101% 1970 100% 100 1976 Yonkers El Lt & Pow 25/8s__1976 104% Columbia Gas & El 3%s. 101 Utah Pow & Lt 2%s 96 94 101*% 2%s 1961 98*/a Preferred Stocks— Allis-Chalmers 99% 3%% 92% Illinois Power Co 27/8s shares— 1976 103'A 104 American Airlines 8%% 1976 101 101% Central Kans Okla & Gulf Ry 35/8s_1980 Lt 3%s 1965 1956 Lt & Pwr Shares 102% Ohio 1975 104% 1975 98 Laclede Gas A_. Maine Monongahela Public Power L Power 4.40%__100 Service 100 100% 100% Public 101% Serv (Ind) 3.50%—— Ruppert (Jacob) 4%% 100 101 Scranton Public 2%s— Service & 2%s Coke 3%s_1976 Electric 3.70% 100 97 3.35% 1975 101 Scranton Spring Brook 4.10% Sioux City G & E 3.90% 100 Scranton-Spg Brook 2%s__ 1976 Sioux City Gas & El 2%s 1975 100 Union 100% Willys 101 Public Serv (Okla) 2%s Home Loan Banks— 0.90% Oct. 98 Transm 2%s__1966 Oct. Dollar Certificates of Indebtedness— t'/sS Nov. 1, 1946 $%s Dec. 1, 1946 — t%8 Jan. 1, 1947 *%s Feb. 1, 1947 100.3 100.4 100.4 100.5 I8ept. 15, 1947 tSept. 15, 1947 *8ept. IB, 1948 1%% lVt% 100.10 100.11 1%% 100.24 100.25 100.17 100.18 ' $%s March 1, JVaS April 1, 1947 .0167 ■' .0216 .0264 .0222 .0352 .0177 .0324 .0199 .0361 .0217 .0396 .0242 .0437 Sept. 1, 1947 Oct. 1, 1947 — „ b0.375 Nov. , 29, Dec. 5, 0.33% Dec. 12, 0.33% Dec. 19, b0.375 0.34% Dec. b0.375 0.34% Jan. 2, - 1946 31, 1946- 14, 1946- 1946 1946 0.33% b0.375 a g Odd lot sales, Formerly sale—not livered. z * J7/aS 62 — k Nov. 21, 1946 _ 0.28% Nov. .0193 f%S June 1. 1947 t%s 4%%_ 1946 1946 1946 26, 1947— .0184 t%s July 1, 1947 t%s Aug. 1, 1947 ■ Ask V? Nov. 7. 1946 .0170 .0136 1947 1946-. 24, Oct. Price 100 Pins Bid Ask .0062 .0117 .0108 .0100 .0106 ; b0.375 b0.375 Oct. Figures after decimal point represent one or more 32ds of a point Maturity— 17, , 10, 1946-. Oct. Quotations For U. S. Treasury Notes 1%% Overland 100 103% *103 quoted are for discount at purchase Bid Treasury bills— 1%% $3.75 United Stales Treasury Bills Bates tMarch 15, 1947 (Cal) Issues U 8 Conversion 3s Panama Canal 3s 1946 Oil 15, 1946 Other 15, 97 103 < 100 Tenn Gas & Federal 107% 3.90% 1976 Ohio Power 82 92 Pennsylvania Electric Philco Corp. 3%% Portland Gas Obligations Of Governmental Agencies - 3.50% Pennsylvania Electric 2%s__1976 Philadelphia EL Pow 2%s__1975 Page 1740 99, Par Iowa Pub Serv 2%s Trust Bic Texas Power & Light 2%s_1975 1966 Calif Elec Power 3s FOR NEW YORK CITY BANKS & TRUST COS.—See $Dec ' 31% 6.33 Montana Ask ' 18"*' 10 2.80 8.07 19.81 Monongahela Power 3s Series U 8 El Bid ' 49 4 Guarantee ' 43 - 89c Independence Trust Shares- Int. Bate 590 B,,18.94 Series 1955 Maturity— 28% 100 '22.42 Series North Amer — 104 10 Travelers Gatineau Power 3s : 25 Standard Accident 25 Fire "■ 28 22 12% 15 Hartford 6 10 HO Fire 15 com__ Hanover Unit Type Trusts—, — ■ 32 2 (Texas) (Paul) preferred 2nd —10 (NY) Security New Haven Springfield Fire 6s Marine 47 8 Rutgers Fire Corp Seaboard Surety v 18% 8 Globe Providence-Washington Reinsurance 33 10 Glens Falls Fire Globe Diversified Trustee Shares— B-2 Series 47;, 0 F»re 1 y .1 B-l Series Fire Gibraltar American Airlines if America—10 ' 12% 48.50 25c A^-v Welllngtou Fund Keystone Oust Clan Funds:. Franklin — Investors Fund O 8 6.49 Union Preferred Stock Fund Stock and Bond Group shares- Investment Go Preferred Accident 96 72c Unicn Common Stock Fund B— Ltd— Aviation Group shares Bank Group shares Insurance Group shares v B Series —S Incorporated Investors 74 10 2*4 y 12.62 Trusteed Industry Shares 1.68 55 10 Fireman's Fd of San Fran Firemen's of Newark-.- Great Sovereign Investors 1 Utilities ■ -———10c , 10 54 101.76 State Street Investment Corp— Income 28 168 3% Standard % . 10c Selected Amer Shares 5.16 Corp , Scudder, Stevens & Clark Fund, Inc ——• 4.41 65 . Fire Indemnity Co Phoenix 10 3.59 <'» Y' Pomeroy 4.36 Steel shares 1 3choellkopf Hutton and '•? 3.21 —. • Pacific v 31 10 Trading——'20.00 (Geo) Fund 1 ^ 15.24 6.26 shares Petroleum ,. 20 & 4.82 Mining shares 80 " ' ■ Fire Assn of Phila General Reinsurance Petroleum 10.18 Railroad Bond shares ■ Fidelity & Deposit of MA 8.30 .; 5 12.50 44*/a 26 21 5 Federal 7.09 ,- —- JO 11% 2.50 19 0 / 25% Pacific Tobacco ■■...i.i.-.—10.74 7.75 — —— Low Price Shares Merchandise shares River 10 7.68 — 2 8 5.70 9.86 142 64 % Casualty 6.52 Industrial Machinery shares-. 5% 20 65. Employees Group———• Employers Reinsurance 10 11.79 Public Utility Railroad 8.26 2 Fire Amsterdam Connecticut General Life 7.67 Oils 50 10 Continental Casualty Crum & Forster Inc 13.84 '■■■ —•' 6% 23 % 10 28 New & 10.00 ' . 5% (Detroit) —10 Liberty 5% City of New York stock..,.—...,,:>1^:.9.83 Machinery. Merchandising Institutional bbnd shares y — 4 National Fire '' 10.22 5.34 7.56 shares Speculative equipment Insurance ■ 6.45 Electrical Equipment ; Electrical 6.14, 7.70 8.29 Y 2% Camden 11.70 Diversified National 39 y. lo N Bankers & Shippers Boston , shares Automobile Aviation ■ 25 4 54% y ' A Fire National " 8.78 V 13-57 — 10% 84% 8 Baltimore American I 10.40 —. Equipment 1 12% Fire Surety Diversified Investment Fund— Group Securities— 10% 6.84 stock Business Casualty Massacnusetts Bonding Merchant Fire Assur Merch & Reserve Automobile 11.93 Building supply Maryland 9% 15% Monarch American — 34 29 */a Re-Insurance ——- Aviation 86 20 A 16% American 12.26 Automobile - 14% 10 Jersey Insurance of N Y 10 American of Newark ; -16.60 *•*" * 30 ; 10 2% 3.78 American 1 Agriculture 5.84 4 38 24% 1 Fire Insur Co of North America "18'A 10 5.87 New York Stocks 42.42 ,—-* -I General Capital Corp v" _ 1.98 38*4 5.58 14.33 5.68 Fundamental Investors Inc General Investors-Trust. series New Home 75 Casualty 5 American Equitable 5 American Fidelity & Casualty.8 Par '*'sBid Hartford Steamboller Inspect._lu Homestead American 3.77 24.18 Fund Inc Industrial Fund, Ino_ Fund Stock / 15.26 Financial Mutual Trust Alliance 6.92 ' 3.98 Speculative series 24.50 1 • Fiirst Boston Corp First American : 47% 28 Agricultural ■ A• 80 10-. ; 47% 6.82 Low priced bond series Bid " 10 _ — series . Selected series Balanced Fund Life — stock "Par 10 7.03 4.91 — Low priced stock common..— Preferred stock series 1.49 • -■ Aetna . t Stock Fund Fidelity . series Industrial : 18.37 A f-... Eaton As Howard— Income y 5.91 1 Dividend Shares , 149 ' Insurance Companies Securities— Century Shares Trust Canadian Inr Fund 14.93 v / 8 — Corp 25.67 S-2 . 10.56 Beneficial 23.15 Series : 4.20 1« American Business Shares Series S-l 31'A 1946, Club x b Yield Aluminum Included In range price, Utensil c Cash Ex-dividend, y Ex-rights. Alfred Decker & Cohn Formerly a Deferred saie. delivery, e Ex-interest, f Flat pries k Removed to Stock Exchange, r Canadian market, s Cash t Ex-stock dividend. (Un) Unlisted issue, w d When de¬ Co. for year, Inc.; name changed to Society Brand Clothes July 29 and common stock split on a 3-for-l basis. •No par dividend. value, tin default. JThese bonds are I V . ^subject ~ to all Federal taxes. IEx-liquldating FINANCIAL CHRONICLE THE COMMERCIAL & 1758 Monday, October 7, 1946 Week BANK CLEARINGS THE COURSE OF 1945 •'';,.:vS;.. with a year ago. telegraphic advices from the chief cities of the country, indicate that for the week ended Saturday, Oct. 5, clearings for all cities of the United States from which it is possible to obtain weekly clearings will be 24.9% above those for the corresponding week last year. Our preliminary total stands at $14,609,399,626 against $11,695,375,110 for the same week in 1945. At this center there is a gain for the week ended Friday of 24.6%. Our comparative will show an increase compared clearings this week Bank ' •• . .398,502,293 + 668,000,000 566,000,000 437,687,390 335,445,685 + 30.5 178,858,175 i-. + 49.8 273,876,000 , 189,656,794 216,675,004 K 166,776,463 126,596,815 $8,108,234,783 + 24.6 /; 2,073,938,750 days—. 21,486,200 1,661,381,130 ...+24.8 $9,769,615,913 1,925,759,197 .+25.8 ■ ■" • . F " . './• 'rv.y ' :; , +20.1 3,990,440 +43.3 4,209,433 4,054,962 "238,900,682 ' ' j .* 253,577,995 5.8 287,792,817 271,678,589 638,564,444 649;i76,383 *' " .1 ■1 ■ ■ . 'i — > ' .15,507,100 .1,957,882 2,554,955 i- ■ 'u.:vV . . _ ,5f -7 ' ' * • V ^.<vv-'r*+ • J ? n iv ' " 1,967,597 8,620,000' 130,328,541 - ; 1,255,209 6,253,006 + 56.7 5,737,000 + 18.3 93,783.588 44,767,709' ' + 25.9 292,089,523 :• 385,764,881 1,224,846 1,211,448 '+ 37.9 110,194,093 1,970,640' 141,953,073 t 3,254,522 181,263,348 60,330,873 ■ , 6,030,000 ; „ 115,570,281 1,944,737 2,558,610 27.7 150,895,668 148,631,^90 + 34.8 38,517,082 42,090,607 + 65.2 + 306,393;724 > 316,106,234 ' . +"'j District—Atlanta- t Federal-Reserve , A.;. i- 4 v' h • ' 14,613,822 . / 11,4^23,401 + 27.9 9,609,636 55,411,903 >38,058,940 + 45.0 197,400,000 34,775,001 144,900,000 ; Nashville •1 — 139,800,000 + 41.2 4,231,537 2,382,268 '+77.0 2,291,558 + 29.7 - V68,460,485 1,767,208 .46,553,531 Macon' .72,270.985 ' ■ — - Florida—Jacksonville 50,250,463 + - Alabama—Birmingham— Mobile' •v (lb Ttotal r :'•■.' iki- '■ \ - Reserve 762,02t 4 4,169,35a 390,793,245 45,605,288, Iowa—Cedar Rapids. . . — ...... 4,523,283 ,,7,654,065 35,009,735 2,107,605 17,316,067 1.5 — ,8,043,370 , + 26.8 40.0 + 32,933,038 1,910,010 14.7 + 5.4 625,799 K •«.; 516,044,479 1,534,904 6.713,767 2,273,397 •3,447,410 2,383,830- 31,503,000 3,760,332 + + p caucagb;A/--: 27,179,000 94.5 + •'•'*•' 9,251,065 762,185 625,062,369 jy: 2,189,153 Ka. 6,950,017 Illinois—^Bloomington ^ 1,663,260 .3,374,707 3,099,732 v^. 59.1 + + 27.1 2,338,204 •, 25,278,167 300,489 5,830,537 ■'i 3,215,757 ' 18,058,210 8,775,600 =9,682,159- . Des Moines K.Sioux City 490,100 5,808,888 4V014,847 53.5 + + 27.4 27,318,000 2,737,592 •11,371,154 35,955,058 11,197,643 Haute., Wisconsin-r-Milwaukee Springfield'r?^^:i:—^ 383,261,632 + 46.5 519,994 I 34,732,000 ^0,323,612 - r 5,389.774 ,.3,512,711 2,619.960 4,475,730 South Bend— /' +36.6 4,255,814 297,118 ... District—Chicago— .8,274,280 Decatur 80,070,816 388,602,456 DansinRi^:— Indiana—Fort Wayne Indianapolis - : 90,149,563 ^V-■ Michigan—Ann Arbor. Grand. Rapids Terre 25.5 + f Federal + 43.3 + 27.1 530,676.021 —Lm—. r. Seventh 52,882,193 4,36?,849. >267,939' ? 383,681> 2,682,407 39,059,534 53,729,959 4,567,251 353,287 28.5 67,735,857 5,546,010 ; cities)—^.- + 47.1 110,066,040 s Mississippi—Vicksburg Louisiana—New Orleans 153,200,000 2,403,165 -1,735,765 41,077,607 . ■- • 10,403^021 38,-539,087 4 2,363,563 '- Georgia—Atlanta Augusta • --—; " - v, +13.2' 602,578,342 682,202,112 '/ft WtUy... Total J.* ' by Federal Reserve Districts: furnish a surhmary V; 2,941,392 (7 cities). Sixth increase of 13.7%^ thfe aggregate of j clearings for the whole country having amounted to $12,612,074,652 against $11,092,527,935 in the same week in 1945. Outside of this city there was a gain of 24.5%, the' bank clbarihgs at this center having recorded ah increase of 5.5%. We group the cities according to the Federal Reserve Districts in which they are located and 1 from this it appears that in New York District (including this jcity) the totals i show an improvement of 5.9%, in the Boston Reserve District of 2l.8% and in the | Philadelphia Reserve District of 17.5%. In the Cleveland Reserve District the totals ! ard largef by 13.2%, in the Richmond Reserve District by 25.9% arid in the Atlanta ! Reserve District by 36:6%; The phicago R^erve t)istrict has to its credit a|airiof< 22.4%, the St. .Louis Reserve District of 39.3% and the Minneapolis Reserve ]' District of 35.2^ Cri thCT Khhsas City Reserve District the increase is 25.5%, in the i Dallas Reserve District 34.7% and iii the Sah Francisco Reserve district 2*6.6 %, • ' t Tennessee—ICnoxville For that week there was ah * 18,501,600 Fifth, Federal Reserve District—Richmond- + 24.9 results of the week previous—the week j able to give the final and compete * 247,683,579 17,794,300 3,532,522 Sou^h CarplinA»-^ChArleston — Maryland,—Baltimore District pt Columbia—Washington- the last day of the week in all cases has to be estimated, f detailed statement, however,.which we present further below,H ' 102,193.828 1 ; 5,716,424 . Virginia—Huntington Virginia—Norfolk Accordingly, in the above ' r +26.7 + 16.1 West, + 24.6 2,434,983,271 • 3,813,243 100,082.928 223,307,938 „ ^ $12,174,916,355 •' ' 4,209,273 +27.8 ; — we +60.2 206,309,270 Richmond ** '•'■■■ •; ■ 261,412,031 . \. ~ 3,874.505 Total details for the week covered by the foregoing will appear | next week. We cannot furnish them today, in as much as the week : and the Saturday figures are not available at time of going to press. theifolldwing District—Cleveland— 133,383,140 Complete and exact r dh 1,619,200 696,670,972 670,385,333 ' 144,948,806 • are ; 4,837,40(1 684,007,393 + +17.5 A.V '■'■f'f'THW v4:23.1 155,832,726 iU ended Sept. 281 + 32.2 6,205,447 . we Reserve Youngstown ——— , In the elaborate + 78.7 + 29.9 — $14,609,899,626 $11,695,375,110 ends Saturday Federal Pennsylvania—Pittsburgh 6.8 + 202,600,300 : .Total all cities, five days. issue of t6,006,804 .'.3,078,153 V 803,384,478 Mansfield > +15.6 $10,100,977,605 our .1,725,113 ' Cleveland— in + 166.3 (Cleveland — 1 day— 2,679,948 1,620,986 4 1,977,976 ; 2,153,422 .Cincinnati + 28.6 152,000,000 316,657,000 Pittsburgh Other cities, five 2.534.160 1,122,804 , 5,499,560 1,851,750 2,273,569 .2.2 — *1 Columbus 230,043,184 one r_. , Ohio—Canton — San Francisco— All cities, ■ ■ y . ' 30.3 228,700,000 City Baltimore + 13.6 + 53.1 • +7,939.137 , Jersey—Trenton . 670,256 654,000,000^ + 16.8 2,139,699 4;J1»,004 Fourth + 18.0 St. Louis__. •:. -< 668,000,060 2.655.624 Delaware—Wilmington + 24.6 519,315,970 Eostori——.— . 2,326,251 678,000,000 + ft 1945 $5,720,522,558 Philadelphia— •• 2.214,467 2,431,193 ; — Chicago—_— Kansas 951,048 2.4 2,525,468 ■ $7,125,466,031 New York____ 700,889 • Total (10 cities) 1946 Week Ending Oct. 5— . + 20.0 York ''k''ky f' vV- r.v' V" i Clearings—Returns by Telegraph 655,350 2,176,452 . 640,169 496,129 A.ofin 7ng 1 a 4.4 2,129,095 . - v' 480,802 + Wilkes-Barre \ , , '■ * + 66.1 2,585,837 780,000,000 1 Scranton t "M r' 588.006 :567,653 • > Philadelphia Reading a; 1943 786,625 —_ — Lancaster New' for the week follows: 1944 Dec. % 592,900 976,756 Bethlehem Chester 28 or ^Third.Federal,Reserve Dlstrict-^Phiiadelphiai+-,r'f • Pennsylvania—Altoona Preliminary figures compiled by us, based upon summary Sept. Inc. $ i $ Ended : 17,053,812 6,387,537 501,506 497,996,250 1,704,102 5,516,592 + CP 1,910,999 4-21.1 + 42.6 H 7,799,581 •- : + 21.8 +,3.5 + 51.6 + 43.3 .1,696.520 5,848,160 K 1,779,221' . 512,787 . 489,973,183 v/' 2,486 396 y 2,038,087 . SUMMARY, OF BANK CLEARINGS ; ^ Week Ended Sept. 28— 1940 ,' ; ' • 1945 V Inc. or Federal Reserve Districts \ v., ^ 1st Boston —L- 1? cities kk 541,826,870 ■ 444,73^829 +21.8 2d New York"^——12 " 6,86f,995,577 6,485,132,604 f 5.9 10 3d Philadelpliia l6 •• . ?:• * : 684,00f,39$ f 17.5 -;•••• - ' 1043 1944 '647,451,863 792,546,291 Total (17 cities). 7 +22.4- 620,098,338 62T,189,969 + 37.6 , " 445,628,073 6,115,695,617 V1 y* i 378,698,615 ^ ' v ff t ' i*" ^ * ; — 638,564,444 13,2 649,176,383 682,202,il2 602,578,34? 5 th Richmond 385,764,881 306,393,724 + 25.9 292,089,523' + 30.6 383,261,622 8th St; • 9th 10th ■ 530,676,021 792,546,291 647,451,863 + 22-4 620,098,338 Louis...4 " 405,863,120 291,337,347 + 39.3 295,934,003 237,76 i',918 + 35.2 200,651,452 232,104,034! City.-—'-—I' 10 " 293,049,263 4- 23.51 274,279,264 280,194,806] 16 " 220,327,734 163,611,478 + 34.7 140,088:184 142,732,432 Francisco——; 10 " Minneapolis Kansas ill San We how week k add our 546,969,718 + 26.0 520,068,879 11,092,527,935 m-1 10,529,815,284 24.5 4,579,789,217 the detailed statement V -w^_ 229,099.942 Paul...67,600,601: Dakota—Fargo. 5,313,505 Dakota—Aberdeen " -2,648,801 + ?8:'0 ,4,072,35? + 2i'.l 327,350,814 1,348,106 i;i'39,976 67-2 + 4* >+ "? .+ •, — 381,216,293^ + 33.2 Reserve 4,853,362 + 22.7 S' 3,987,675 3,661,846 4-22.3' 16,089,146 + 37.0 Buffalo Elmlra 54i;826,870 District—New Jamestown New — .— S 3,146,891V i 14,365,712 . +42.3 5,761,993 +121 15,820,460 842.183 + 27.7 f 444,731,829 Pueblo 1— New 378,698,615 5,846,919 2,417,607 1,712,355 + 121.5 d 5,884,851 +41:2- 58,796,209 + 21.2 1,22?,096 i;4i)8,992 966,624 + 26.4 1.203,971 + 17.0 1:827,954 - — Northern New Jersey Total (12 cities) rK'; 49,252,356 ! V; 3,056,563 'V 464,095 1,491,786 V 1,912,039 4,477,494 >. 200,651,452 +35.2 f 75,040 ,843,571 ■!» . 3,706.500 *-77,448.492 ■ £p-/tf;784i!(22 ,5.34 5,852 232,104,034 V 58,700,000 • >: ; 1,808,288' 62,982,906 1,178,839 987,293 906,931 •'V. L 368,774,184 5,515,590 — 17,582,367 3;'934,000 2,150,051 Worth""———----- Falls— — 7,337,726 — 2.3 •C-k 242,100 3,381,396 + + 59.8 5,847,897 + 35.3 .V194,466,162 + 29.2 . ..., 0,420.438 1,045,529 943,723 2,286,246 v 6,600,747 > 191,000,000 ; —-'7.8:-+ .293,949,263 • a 'r 53.0 + 40.8 . 5,748,952, ' 927,458 .914,320 .. i 11 "V'i 1 ■" ' »' 215,175 276,177 4.131,501 72,497,821 62,925,922 + 16.2 i551,9U > 4,780j?78 5,564,540 185,484,137 5,979,210 K " 366,800 « , 899:175 — —1— 274,279,264 +25.5,_ 280,194:806 2,845,101 2,960,061 113,666,000 ♦15,000,000 K 4,085,000 1,429,926 i. 5,590,545 /'if 2,563,638 +115.1 >+ 136,-228,000* + 34.9 y: 14,920,621 +17.8 3,068,000 +28.2 114,724,000 13,019,523 3,041,000 ^ K 1,233,984 1,420,556"" +51.4' 5,415,660" 4- 35.5 5,724,576 ' 163,611,478 +34.7 '94,851,922 220,327,734 (6 cities)—. + 3,697,282 79.003,090 28,632,410 6.420,r(60 4,648,154 314,900,809 7,414,875 2,020,313 5,375,103 + 7.5 3,351,413 102,278,051 3,320,012 + 30,1 74,531,780 82,895,420 + 50.0 .24,610,928 + 20.2 6,710,562 3,540,279 301,518,000 7,470,456 1,572,512 5,062,705 + 26 6 +52,7 5,258,142 6,731,559 9,506,918 7,740,326 + 22.8 6,908,144 California-rLong 407,623 + 23.1 338,072 455,251 ——82,379,926 29,806,395 30,058,077 31,160,55? 97,444,337 3,975,584 > 102,791,710 "i*: Beach. Pasadena rr., ; ; • 42,948,462 —7,727,862, 6,462,447 406,024,720 10,94.1,985 — 2.7 + 39.0 + 28.9 7,188,422 501,755 District—San Francisco- ——— V/ Yakima —— Oregon—Portland — Utah—Salt Lake City . 5,844,997 Federal Reserve Washington—Seattle 1,106,732' 12,035,428 _ 252,117 4-55.3: + 42.5 ■ Galveston'' Wichita 15,458,633 !:■(. 8,619,392 — Newark .-7,910,610 251,185,592 5,919,435 1,599,734 1,328,909 183,808,000' Fort : 445,628,073' 15,236,608 Jersey—Montclair 237,761,918 W167,079.657 41,981,147 3,073,458 - +55.3 1.089,652 +33:1' ?,286,594] +16.9 5,168,31*. +57.3 _ ' '—— Texas—Austin 768,004 6,670,975,131 -1——. Connecticut—Stamford ''3.420,701 ■ ,K; Eleventh Federal Reserve District—Dallas- .7,372,787 6,32i,337,133 Rochester Syracuse 89,251,^66 5,674,550' Total (10 cities)— 18',702,800' 651,090 +21.8 71,254,458 — York—.: 142,991,545 +32.0 46,532.382'.- +45.3 . 4,120,f189 ^ A 5,280,306" ———- ___—— Missourie*Kansas '"City 19,955,019] 5,959,033 12,946,921 a - L lx_ 173.603,264 -/ 4,722,082 +25.9 York— —— L 4,701,013 $: ■it'■ ( i • Colorado—Colorado Springs.—.— Twelfth ——— '304,911,657 6,241,432.- . 3,026,093 ■ 18,708,500 8,480,910 1,075,161 — York—Albany—w—„. Binghamton ,*4 271,768 :v 351,606 '^St; Joseph..—- Total New 295,934',003 Dlstir4ctt—Kansas City- - Louisiana—Shreveport Reserve j}! Vc1'" f'• ' Wichita- i,105,879 1,146,322 26:999:506^: K ■■ 1,481,970' 664,516 22,047,859 Hampshire—Manchester Federal +39.3 p: 8,127,222 < Nebraska—Fremont V? • Hastings Lincoln 474,550^ 1,344,179 ,4,477,265;;{ •f .'£.4,3?i,493*. 417,113 -3-5 &\ 836,9531 950,075 5,053,566 ———■ .'•"C 29.3 li79l,0^6 Island—Providence—I Second 1,044,000 291,337,347 • kittSHsNflf •total (7 cities)321,456,951 -Omaha ^6i7;66r 1:742.530 Haven—————.— ,5 V-'ir 1943 + V 468,l24',278 ' Total (12 cities) 822,849 t -5,093,793 Helena' city for the: , 386:5id,6iT ^,4,629;i03 - ———— 69,655,433 62,512^124 + 17.5 % , 4,802,290,312 28 1,133,286 Connecticut—Hartford —i. New St. . Kansas-r-Topeka —-I.-—— Bedford——. 40.198.505 1,037,338 60,754.276 1 ^41,343 New for each es Week Ended Sept. 1945 ,Inc. or ;+ $ Dec. % FialiRiver—.———l———- Springfield 170,700.000 62,858,878 4 '""Ve' .; p.r'.'Kfg-yyf Minneapolis - ftorth Souin Tenth Federal Massachusetts—Boston Worcester • Minn0soi»^bulut£i' ended S&btl 28 for Maine—Bangdr Portland Rhode + 171,500,006 72.7 , Ciekrings^ht^ ^k^ X+V- hx**-. > »«/■ First Federal Reserve District—Bosteii- New 71 10,031,824,284-1 4,77i,190,802 405,863,12 0 Ninth'Federal Reserve District—Minneapolis— 541,631,735^ 12,$124)7A;052 S, 941,699,521 Outside New York City—— / yi 689,256,433 —111 cities Total. . PStotal ](4 cities 304,911,657 \ 32i;456,9M 368;774', 184 ; ———: . 11th Dallas 12tE 390,793,2451 621,189,9691 '! Chicago . —„ 84,473,017 79,77.1,046 1,219,057 ] 316,106,2341 17 AtlantA . + 21.X- 174:700,000 09.401.504 240,400,000 e iCennesseer—Memphis—_ Illinois—Quincy 388,602,456 7th • Louis • Kentucky—Louisville 096,070,9721 (Cleveland 6th Y ' Missoi»+—St. <rt0;385,3?$ 4th + 'f\ '< 1 •iv V'W."" ' r ' *•' *lr/. iRtghth -Federal Reserve District—St. Louis— p. i 5,410,684,744 .. 43,525,773 39,634,624 6,869,995,577 6,485,132,604 + + + + 6:5 5,950,026,067 5,229,533,972 10,552,566 •12,007,873 8.6. 9.8 5.9 44,253,580 6,115,695,617 41,131,616 5,410,684,744 , San Francisco.—— San , Jose. —, 3,136,987 Santa Barbara———————— 7,802,^39 Stockton (10 Total - 689,256,433 546,969,718 12,6i?, 074,652 11,092,527,935 4,771,190,802 cities)'— — Grand Total (111) Outside New cities).— York.— ♦Estimated. —— 5,941,099,521 fNot included in totals. + 47.6 + 5.5.3 + 45.2 91,700,244 35,010,122 10,568,011 4,022,277 291,726,023 ) . , 5,936,509 1,685,239 4,189,471 520,068,879 541,631,735 10529j8i;5)284 +26.0 10,031,824,284 4,579,789,217 4,802,290,312 ——- + 24.5 THE COMMERCIAL: & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4531 Volume 164 trict, $38,000,000 in the Chicago District, $35,000,000 in the Boston District; and $275,000,000 at all reporting member banks. United States Government deposits in¬ creased $42,000,000. requirements of Section 522 of the Tariff Act bf ; 193Q;!ythe£Fbdefal Reserve Bank is now cer¬ ^ Pursuant to the different countries of the tifying daily to the -Secretary of the Treasury the buying rate for cable transfers in' the world: We give below a record for the week just passed:' • Deposits credited to - domestic banks declined in all districts; the principal decreases were $190,000,000 in New York City and $84,000,000' in the Chicago District. \ /FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES CERTIFIED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK TO TREASURY-UNDER TARIFF ACT OP 193©' ; "> Z.. ' * SEPT: 20, 1946- TO SEPTi:;^6;4iI94ft;v3NCLUSrV,EA » ♦ Noon Country and Mqnetary Unit , 4 Value in United States Money Sept. 21 Argentina, peso— $v Australia, pound———- .297733* .297733* 3.214113 .022794 .022793 .022794 .054053 .054053 .054053 1.000000' LOOOOOO': .054053 V;, • '—— "• ' 1.000000 —— .961328 .■, Closed*" -f'-*. .570066° ; ^ : 1 r'r; 1.000000 ' ■■■*■? 1.000000 1 .962500 . .960312 .570066° • .020060 ; i^., „ v: ,7 .008408 y-y-: yyyy, - V .570066*' Sep. 18, Sep; 26, 1946 •• 1945 .208764 '.008409 .008409 .301567 >: i - Italy;' Mexico,* peso——— — -.377893' • .377893 ; * .205743- .205753' .377893', i , ' ' — ■ U. . brokers or S; and dealers for 1.000000 Official—i———.---—.——fe--——.— pound— Portugal/escudoi^uii-i..,—'■ ,A Spain, peseta— ,040501 . .377893: 889 38l 507 obligations^——. 36 4' . Closed , .. ''' ; : —■ '• .091324" ..278214:. ;• ;> r:': .7 . .201612 .040501* .040501' " ; 352 36 81 2 575 " .278257' .. ...233629 4.005000 +" 4.005000' .V .-3 •*+&! - .562716*. ; INCLUSIVE- 1946^ 3^,001^3^:1846, Noon + 2,430 24 + 613 161 + 675 4 — —130 - —275 Sept;. 27"*::' $+| Sept. 28^ , $ $ .297733* , Official- ^ ■ Septv.30# 10,272 Oct. X':y ■■■■ ';;+Oct:2+ ' - Oct: 3' Debits ■ $■+++ to , banks— 30 + 1,137 + 42 —4,003 . — 15 — + 442 4 —490 —9,037 1,316 215 demand interbank + 5,540 — Foreign banks— Borrowings - 231 145 53J deposit accounts except and U. S. Gov't accounts; ■ .297733* • . '"r''' *x'^ :;>251247° yv i'-y'k 3.214113 > Domestic Value in Urdted States Money 1 39,492 —.v- deposits— U. S. Government deposits Interbank deposits: Australia, pound—— Belgian, franc—— 23' .562716*' Buying Rate for Cable Transfers in New York i''VvV; y. Free_l + -+173 10,169* Balances with domestic banks—2,083 .658300*' + , .562716* _ Time 27; Country and Monetary Unit 4,4891 + 3,541 .. 568 2,523 ■•44: Demand deposits" adjusted——, .562716* .658306* ' 658300* v.658300° :. .562716°^, J.• ■■ securities— Reserve with Federal Reserve Banks— Cash in. vault-i— 4:005000); , , 229 285 . Other .233629' " ; ■ - .091324' + ..278257 .233629 4.005000s.. . .091324* + >',.278221 233629" .i'.,:.; , .658309* •\'1. .201612" - 'Liiyy yy'-: yy ^ Noncontrolled^-'—i—.—^ • .040501 23 7 —132 - 3.227000' ' 216 11 • Other loans2,045 Treasury bills— 576 Treasury certificates of indebtedness—i., 7,441 Treasury notes— —4,743 U, S. bonds (Including guaranteed obligations) —; —27,230 .957500" V? 3.226666 .201612 .091324 . ■; 4.005000 "-^Controlled——-—:— .'L ,:'V' .958125- 3.226333 .040501 .. 1.00000(F 1.000000' ' .958125 ,, .201612 •;;'V , .233629 s v '.297733* 297733° .251247* - +251247* 3.214113 ^ . ■* ,- . .297733*°';' * .251247**' .251247**' 3.214113 3.214113 during f week————15,568 , 3.214113 " .022704 .022803 .Q54053 ;■ .054053 +0228111 .022807 - .022796 v ' Brazil^cruzeiro^f^-f-i.^-<.iw-^-^--^-.+i. " .054053" .054053' +054053; +;+■:., r.: * 1 iCahafiadollar--' +2,957 securities: Loans to: banks- ' Switzerland,',c.;' Union of South Africa, pound——t——-—— *i LOOOOOO .960000' ' 3.226333 .278222. . ■? 1.000000'' - r .091324 ; x —— ■ "Uruguay, pesc++.^ C-'. - .201612 Norway, ;kronew--_i—-^ii-—-^w-*iC,^-—i.-w^-«.—.*"'. ,u__ ■ 3-226333 —_ Swedeiirkrona--—-u f. .958958 "'Freot^—.; / + 145 pur¬ carrying: Government Other , * Argentina, peso— + 2,812 Othe loans for purchasing or carrying; ■ .i-pyy. U. S. Government obligations— " 1,067 Other securities ——i,.-,.——421 Real estate loans. 1,412 ♦#••••; .205754; .377893 + 177 — Newfoundland, dollar— ;* .205743'' ; .205743" — Netherlands, guilder.- i ; to chasing .301567'' ; —2,177 5,543 9,070 .; loans Loans ,008409+ .301567 & ;• 4.033515' 4.033203 •—334 59,074 — Commercial, industrial, and agricultural .020060: ** Closed l.oooooo' Official — '•;v+-.::;.960625' 1.000000 . -961796 7.570066° .962109 ' .570066*1 /.i .570066° Colombia, pesO——Z: W l.ObOOOO 1.000000' + '•v;. .'•■j-.iVy4'-'/?'*- .960156 - Free .194& ' • investments—total. and Loans—total .020060 ' Loans .959921- , .208764- 4.032890' 7" "' .008409: 7,301567 , .301567 -v" -i. .570066* ! ; .208764 4.032734 ■y:y:\% .020060' . .208765 ^■yyy .960546' . .570006° ' ■.0200601 . 4.032656 (Metropolitan) franc-—-——' xupeeA——-l-——^-+-C--^~*r— ;. • Sep. 25, , India (British), ■' Decrease (—) Since ' England? pound sterling——-uw • Increase (+) or 3.213782 .022794 .208765 New Zealand; (In millions or dollars); .251247* .251247* 3.213446 3:213446.— assets and liabilities of reporting member banks follows: $ Assets— • Czeohpflovakitt, koruna 1. $ .251247° .054053 .Colombia,.pesov.^^—-■ -v, France A summary of the .297733* .251247° .022797 Free—i--.. - • $ .297733° 3,213446 —; — J— Belgian, franc— —-—____—_. Brazil, cruzeird—— Canada, dollar— Official— C , Sept. 26 Sept; 25 $ Sept. 24 .251247° —-—— and $53,000,000 at all reporting member banks, and de¬ clined $28,000,000 in'the Chicago District ^ Sept. 23 .297733° — Free Borrowings increased $61,000,000 in New York City • . Buying Rate for. Cable Transfers in New* York- , Sept. 20 Official— r ' , .570066° ■ ,4 Statement of Condition of the 12 Federal -v.; . .1.000000 - .961250 Reserve Banks Combined ' - .570066* :•'• • ■ '' Czechoslovakia, korunai Denmark, krone .020060 .020060 .020060' .2087651 \* 1 .020060" .208765 .208764 .208764 .020060 * — England, pound sterling France (Metropolitan) franc— India (British),rupee, Italy; lira— — •• : 4.033593 - "+008409 ' "/.i; t.\kK 'i ; .301567 ■ — yyi 4.033750' V .,.008409' ; "i* y-', -,'yi\ + ; vV" ; ; ,• > , : " y-v. % 4.033750 .008410. ! .301567 v tin thousands of dollars) :;++ 4.033750 .008409-; 1 + .301567+ .205753 +301567; .208764+ 4.033750- .008410 : • Oct. 2, .301567+- .205753 Assets— , .205753- .205770 .377893 .377893 1.000006 .377893 1.000000 Netherlands, guilder. * |:+:; .205753' Gold .377893 .377893 , inc. (+) or Dec. (—) Since 5 Oct. 3, Sept. 25, ;; 1946 1946 . '+: — Mexico," pe.sO——_—— ' 1945 ; • certificates fund Redemption 17,314,177 - for F. — + 150,612 + 13,001 11,220 R. " notes Newfoundland, dollar— Official ■> -- — : ^.957500' Free- Norway, krone *: .201612 — _— V\ .091324 : ; :• ; .040501 Portugal, escudo—— Spain; peseta—_—f_— Sweden; krona——- ''"Jrv -.959583 ; .959375 , .958750 .201612 .201612 +£+040501 ' :• ' . .091324+, - .278207 .091324 .278258. ..091324 +;v+ > : + 3.227000 .201612f +040501 :j > - .. .233629 Closed yy . . Industrial .091324- - - fykyi' yyyyk^y .233629 Acceptances ,.278221°- i 4.005000 . j ;; : .658300* + .658300° .562716* ,.562716* . .562716° * York, County +' D. Seibert, who of New York, having been duly Auction Sales Transacted Before me, a notary ss.: sworn appeared law,■+ Shares according to 50f r , true 4 35 ; on • STOCKS ' - \ (2) That the must owner tiO- ?.i> be is stated, addresses of (if owned by a corporation, 17! the ' 16 Commercial Wharf 60' 100 22 ——_ r, — U. - known bondholders,., mortgagees and other security security holders as they appear upon the books of the company, but also, in cases where the stockholder or security bolder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whomrsuch trustee is acting," is given; "also that the said two paragraphs' contain1 statements embracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which* stockholders and security; holders who do not appear "upon the books of the "company as trustees, a capacity other than that of a bona fids hold-stock and securities in owner, and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person,* association or corporation -has any interest, direct or; indirect, in* the* or other securities than as so stateij.by him. . , • That the average number of copies -of-each issue of this publica¬ tion" sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid sub¬ <5) ' 37' 29 Assured-Warranty-' Inc:- > $51ott weekly reporting member . shows the following- principal changes- for the " ' ' ~ * * ' week endfed Sept. 25: An increase of $145,000,000 in■ com¬ mercial,industrial, and agricultural loans; and decreases of $535,000*000 in holdings of United States Government obligations,, $275,000,000 in* demand deposits adjusted, and $490,000,000 in deposits credited to domestic banks. Commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans in¬ creased in all districts; the principal increase being. $63,000,000 in New York City. Loans to brokers and deal¬ ers for purchasing or carrying United States Govern¬ ment obligations increased $38,000,000; and loans tobTokers and dealers for purchasing or carrying other se¬ curities declined $36,000,000. Holdings of Treasury bills declined in all districts and1 the, total decrease was $229,000,000. Holdings of Treas¬ , Sworn to and subscribed before 30th dav -of Sept., 1946. Thomas A; Creegan, Notary Public,1. B^ngs County, New York, County Clerk's No. 243. New York County Register No. 326-C-7. (My commission expires March 30, 1947.) Demand1 deposits adjusted declined $46,000,000 in- the; San Francisco District, $39,000,000 in the Cleveland Dis- during the twelve months preceding the date shown above is 7,273. (Signed) Herbert D. Seibert, Editor. nie this •+ 342,309 and securities 23,774,786 —388,894 ' yi' ;- v,; •' + 245,377 + 23,841 610,546 1,112 other items 92 . banks— 2,399,228 premises— , — — 32,694 14,426 40,734 —, 39,946 ~: - - 125,170'*. —— 44,754,242 + + 48 ++: 6,182 — ■ 18 10,398 1,111,224 —464;397 + 66,127 + 441,753' + 745,555 + + Liabilitiesnotes-— Reserve 24,482,393 bank—reserve acct. Treasurer—gen. S. acct. + +191,364 16,165,986 357,033^ f * ' 347,810 Other items____ 17,567,706 2,034,190 Other liabs., incl. accrued divs: 13,320 Total - deposits 097,603 Total liabilities Capital Accounts^ .. Capital paid in—— Surplus (Section 7)———_—. Surplus (Section 13b)———Other capital account^-——- of serves — .—* +: —546,988 + +' 15,033 + 3' —463,825 +; ;. 86,551 44,754,242 3,104 +. 12,033 130,202 + 27,428 . 30,315 536,684 +1,011,856 +- 358,355 342,506 82,075 + 1,343 — 263 43,130 +1,111,224 —464,397 golds certificate re¬ deposit and F, RV to 43.9% note liabilities combined Commitments trial ; 29,233 —196,555 + 184;299 Total liabilities & cap. accts. Ratio- 290,659 —571,030 696,877 _——+ " ' Deferred availability fcertificates of indebtedness also declined in all dis¬ tricts, the principal decrease being $138,000,000 in the Chicago District; the total decrease at all reporting member banks was $285,000,000. scribers ——ri r—311,27s Foreign 109*; h^ks; of the Federal Reserve System in 101 leading. Cities + 23,554,528 foreign bankS——— Member $195 ldt — Corp.; common; 700 Assured Warranty Associates, The condition statement of ■ +1,566,621 + 262,840 +—1,265,050 —, .222,102 : c securities loans notes' of Federal U. ■ Condition Statement of Member Banks . 755,290 77,500 Govt, S. : 26' 58 _ ($109' par Assured Warranty Corp., preferred; 700 + Deposits: 18'. Lewis Wharf-($100 par) 700' Y. (4). That the two' 'paragraphs next above-, giving the names of. the; OWnets, stockholders and security holders; if any, contain not only the" bonds — —258,408 ' • or list of stockholders and said' stock, ———— ' • CorpM common; 34-^ Salem Hotel Corp.t pre-' A' ($25 par); 68 Salem Hotel Corp., pre¬ ferred class B— • holding 1% or more of the total> amount of bonds,mprtgages-or other securities are: (If there are none, so state.) None.- , Court- —130,367 7,517,001+ 673,100 . . ferred; class address as* OWher, William. B; Dana Company,. 25 Park Place, New York, N. owning Salem Hotel and Stockholders, Herbert D. Seibert & Estate of Jacob Seibert (William' V D: seibert; Herbert D. Seibert, Executors),;,,25 Park Place, New York, N. Y. 'Vf' ■ V'SV.-'.; '-yy;y:>' ,(!)/ That the stockholders company, or. other unincorporated concern, . it's name and well, as those of each- individual member must be given) r holders 1,969 1,436 + 1,902 — 14,609,137 ■Other- assets Wednes^ . Wiggin Terminals^ common ($10 par)— Myles Standish Hotels. St. Joseph Light Ss Power, 5% preferred1 ($100 par) 81 and its name ; Barrlngton 5' also immediately thereunder the names owning or holding. 1% or more of the„ total: amount of stocks If riot owned by a corporation, the names and1 addresses-of the individual owners must be given; If owned by a firm; and . 96,399 — $ per share'* ' Real Estate Trustees ($100 par) sold at following various prices 99 ?4, 99J/a and 100 First National Bank, Yarmouth, Mass. ($100 par) Maryland Apartments Western 36 Publisher, William B. Dana Company, 23 Park Place, New York, N. Y. .Editor, Herbert D. Seibert, 25 Park Place, New York, N. Y. Managing Editor, Herbert D. Seibert, 25 Park Place, New York, N; Y. Business Manager, William D. Riggs, 25 Park Place; New York; N. Y+ address :? 1,436 ^ Total assets 20 <1) That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor .and business managers are: + **;+: ;•:+++:++. .':+;++++ + . ( , R. Bank by R; L. Day & Co:, Boston ' ' 45,829 — 59 + ' purchased^ Uncollected day, Oct. 2. statement of- the ownership, management, &c., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the" Act of Aug. 24, 1912r as amended by the? Act of March 3, 1933, embodied in Section 537, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse side of this form, to wit: " ' •" ■• a 197,159 ' Total F. deposes and isays that he is-the editor of the Commercial & Financial Chronicle and that the following is,, to the best of his knowledge and belief, 46,547 + + 75,776 ' — - 1,090 r .562716* Total public, in and for the State and County aforesaid, personally Herbert — 217,732 - "Bonds'-k**————— .658300* i Due from New advances loans Bills. Certificates' • 4.005000' ♦•Temporarily omitted. required by the . Acts of Congress of Aug. 24, 1912 "and March 3, 1933 of the Com- > mercial & Financial Chronicle, published two times a week on" Thursday and Monday, at New York, N. Y., for Oct. 1, 1946. ; of + 1,781 12,332 — 287,312 and .Notes., ' Statement of Ownership, Management, Circulation, &c„ State 18,Q35,014> resex-ves U. S. Govt, securities: .233629 .233629 4.005000 . . . "+658300*'"" .562716* _+—— 233629 - 4.005000 .658300* Controlled— : ctf; - Discounts ' 4.005000 v' •Nominal rate. cash' .201612-;-' V. + Other gold .040501 , ; ,278215 . 780,837 —————— — Total ' 3.227000 : 3.227000 3.227000) • +';<':^4050L: ■ .278264 • v,f Uruguay, peso— Noncontrolled— .958125 . ' Switzerland, franc— Union of South Africa, pound. • - 1.000000 ' 3.227000 New Zealand, pound———- ' - ,1.000000 + 1.000000 to loans- make + 0.5% indus¬ ; 6,264' ——.—— + 303 Redemption Galls and Sinking Fund v■ Notices; list of corporate bonds, notes,, stocks called for redemption,, including those called under sinking, fund provisions. The date indicates the redemption or last date for mak¬ ing tenders, and the page number gives the location, in which the details were given in the "Chronicle." Below will be found preferred and a common ury V NOTICES OF TENDER ' Date Company and Issue— Associated Laundries of Illinois, Inc.— 1st (closed); mortgage 6y?s. — Central Maine' Power Co.— 1st and gen. mortgage series L 3V2S, due 1970 * 1 -Nov * —Oct 18 Company and Issue— fit. Joseph & Grand Island Ry.— 4% bonds due 1947 Products Milk Viscose American 1 j * • 1590 1 ,\-i; 1 1 1 1595 ) 15 15 1 - 1330 V*.V; Company and Issue— , ; . ^ , 1255 Page Date Dixie ——Oct 15 1199 Fuller Northern 1590 New 1977— -July 1, '47 Industrial Acceptance Corp., Ltd.— '■'■■■■"!':/> 4% convertible 15-year notes, due 1952—, —Nov I 4%% mtge. gold bonds, series E, due gen. International (M.) 5s due mortgage .Oct 2 1st mortgage Ltd., ♦Announcement in bonds 10-16 10- 10-25 10-15 1 Reda Reed 9-30 2-1-47 12-31 10-15 1 11- 10-31 50c 11-1 10-15 25c 11-30 11-16 150 10-25 10-10 10-21 10-21 Santa 10-28 7c 11-15 1 11- ' ; 15 7 10- , 10-17 11-15 $20c • 11- $$1.25 Southern 9-30 Southern Canada 1 10-15 Guarantee of North America Co, ,1638 $$1.50 (quar.)__ Canada— (accum.) Guardian Realty Co. of preferred 7% ( Co. Brothers Halle (quar.) 10-15 9-30 ;10-15 9-30 ' . . i ' Trfm (quar.)^ 50c ■y. 11- 60c !, -10-15 ; DIVIDENDS Dividends are grouped in two In the separate tables. we which have not yet been (interim) The dividends announced this week are: \ Name Corp., ! 2IV2C (quar.)— 10-12 12y2c (quar.) American Stove American Thermos !—_* Bottle, connnon 10-15 11- 4 11- 1 1-2-47 11-1 '11-'1 10-18 10-19 12-20 10-15 10-15 30c 50c ' ■ 53yeC (quar.)American Viscose Corp. (quar.) 5% preferred (quar.) 1 Anglo-Canadian Telephone— . 5%% preferred (initial quar.) Art-Craft Briar Fipe (quar.) 50c $1.25 - '3c ;• ! pfd. (quar.).. Atlas Powder, 4% preferred ."(initial quar.).Ault & Wiborg Proprietary, Ltd.— . 5y2 % (quar.)„_— Rubber Co. Barber (W. Bartgis __! . Boylston British-American Co. preferred (accum.) $1.25 preferred 7% :| Caldwell Linen Mills, Ltd.— preferred 1st $1.50 $$1.75 32c (quar.)_ y;< V'!-' Burry Biscuit, preferred (quar.) ! Canadian Bronze, Ltd., common (quar,)—„ 5% preferred (quar.)—i——_!_— Canadian Converters, class A (quar.)___. Central Hudson Gas & Electric, common—. 2nd 80c - 4%% $1.12y2 Central Kansas 4%% Power, Central $1.19 40c pfd. (quar.)_ (quar.) 10-15 100% -10- 9 100% ;* 10- 3 New common (initial) __! 5% Coast —_— - Cola .< Bottling , .. Co. , 11-15 12y2c . ; — ——- of N; , . . $3c . 11- 1 Y.—}'"< 50o-" -1041 10- 5 9-26 10-14 $1.30 — pCd. A $7 10-15 '{ Co, $2.50 class A ;Vf!v' 7%c y 10-15 $1.75 11- 1 50c 11- 1 5 ' 10-15 20c 11-15 30c 10-11 61%c (s-a) (quar.) Manufacturing (quar.). (Toronto) (s-a) (resumed).. Co. Assurance Coal Co. Sewing Machine— preferred " (quar.) ^ prior convertible preferred (accum.). Whiting Corporation Wilbur-Suchard Chocolate Co.— ' 9-30 (Stock dividend)—One additional share of $5 par common stock on each outstanding share of $5 par common stock— Wiscojusin Gas & Electric, 4%% pfd. (quar.) Wood, Alexander & James, Ltd.-!-.;^'./" v "n 7% 1st preferred (accum.).— Yosemite Park to Curry (irreg.)...— Ltd., common (quar.) —.... preferred (quar.)*.!!....!!.!* preferred (quar.)—*— Zellers, 1 10-15 11- 1 10-15 12-12 11-30 12-12 ,11-30 12-12 11-30 12-12. 11-30 87 %c 12-12 11-30 weeks and not yet paid. 20c 11-30 11- dends 50c 10- 7 $1.25 12- 2 25C 12- 50C' 10-15 25C (irreg.) —— (quar.).. "10- common.—... 11- — common >10- 5 (quar.)....... 25C 50c __!^ — Fund— Bond 6%, 5% Below we give 8 9-27 the dividends announced In previous The list does not include divi¬ announced this week, these being given in the preceding table. 11-20 ' 11-20 2 75c 9-30 9-30 10-15 20c • 10-10 J 10-. 3 Utilities Associates—• Cement, Portland 62 %c 10-15 9-30 1 10-15 & 7EC 11- $1.50 11- $15C 11- 10-15 25c 10- 10- 10-15 2 9-27 10- $1 12- 11- 10-25 $1.50 11- 10-15 $1.06 10- 9-26 Royal Rice Nathan National National Ltd. (qnar.)_ Co., 5% pfd. (quar.) Mills. Mountain States Power Strauss-Durparquet* 11- 10-15 10-11 10-31 10-11 tl2%C 62 %C 10-31 10- 10-21 9-30 50c 8 20C (quar.) 11- 1 10-15 15C 12- 2 11- 15c 11- 1 1Q-15 5c Fibres. Automotive (quar.) 11- 1 10-15 8 Bond series Low-priced Low-priced bond series.!, common !____; : 4%% pfd. New Bedford Gas & Edison Light New Bedford Rayon, class A N.r?Merchandise ... stock ; (quar.i. (quar.)... (irreg.) 10-15;, 9c j. Sepculative series Neisner, Brothers, Inc.. convertible preferred 13%C (quar.).... 10-15 10c 3c 10c $1.18% $1 $1.75 : 30C 10-15 9-30 ',9-30 9-30 10-15 9-30 1 10-15 11- 10-15 9-30 10-15 : 10- it- 1P 10-21!" 5 11- 2%C Fund 1 10-21 • Special ; — ——— Stores (quar.) Air Reduction Co,, Inc. (quar.) Air-Way Electric Appliance Corp— Shoe Agnew-Surpass (quar.) Allied Stores Corp., 4% preferred All Penn Oil & Gas Co. of — —.. preferred (quar.) Ltd., 6% preferred — American Alliance Insurance Co. (quar.) American Asphalt Roof Corp. (quar.) American Box Board Co. (quar.) $25c 4% Can American Extra Co. (quar.) — 20c 4%% (N. J.)— & Hoe, common (quar.) American Home Products (increased) Common American Ice Co., (quar.) — (stock dividend)—' w common (resumed)—!. 6% non-eum. preferred— 6% preferred preferred (quar.) cum. 3.90% American News Co., 7% fffd, :American;Rolling""Mill, — (quar.).. pfd. (quar.).. ; 11-15 50c ■ —— preferred 10-15 11-15 75c preferred 5% American Fork ' 25c (quar.)—— Distilling Co. 1 11-29 ^10-15 25c — —— American District Telegraph 12- $$1.50 Aluminium, American 10-21 $1 (quar.).. Canada, Ltd.— American Fruit Growers National Securities Series— 10-15 10-10 v Corp.— ' Chemical & Manufacturing Extra , 55c Aircraft Aluminum 10-31 $1.10 preferred (quar.) (quar.)—— Company Extra Mount Aeronca $1 35c • 4% preferred (final).! Addressograph-Multigraph Corp. (increased) Affiliated 50c (John) Name of Companp Abbott Laboratories, 5 — Monongahela Power, 4.40% Morrell, -10- 4 * 10- 15C Mississippi Power & Light, $6 pfd. (quar.). Missouri Edison, 4Vi% preferred (quar.)—. , 10-15 .! Meyercord Company . 5 $1.50 Mtrrimac ■ 10- (irreg.) common preferred A. (quar.) Hat, 87o preferred 6% 10-15 ! ; ; preferred (quar.) — Maytag Co., $3 preferred (quar.) $6 1st preferred (quar.)—— —.— McCabe Grain, Ltd., class A (quar.)——. Medusa 9c —— —— 5%. participating : . —. 37 %c (quar.) 9-27 (que 87%C no Massachusetts 10- 9 10- 5 . ; 'S 29c 9-30 10- 1 ' 10- 9,; * 9-30 11-1 10-31 11-1 $1.25 $3c ; . 10-15 4 —^ Extra Manhattan Louis Ry.— preferred (quar.)_ Breweries, Ltd. (quar.) Extra Coca & St. $2 9-30 11-1 10- | ■:§ 9-27 $4 9-30 >cll- 1 10c f Compauy_.._.i.!._.._.._.. Company, Point White 10-15 62 %c Inc.— par (quar.)., !— — Loomis-Sayles Second Fund (quar.) — Lyon Lumber y.(quar.) a __i —___^!-_ 10- 9 Ohio Light & Power Champion Paper & Fibre (stock dividend)!!" Chase Candy Co. (stock dividend)——!—. Cleveland Cincinnati ; 9-26 10-25 10-15 (increased)- Corp. Investment 10- 1 35c (quar.) preferred Central 10-31: 34%c (quar.)___.—!. ,—, Common 10- 3 10-10 10-31 11- 1 $18%c 13c 10-15 , 10-31 12-20 ":•? Loomis-Sayles Mutual Fund, 10-25 V 10-12 10-12 10-10 10-10 11-1 $20c 11- 1 • $37y2c 11- 1 $$1.25 -11-1,. 10-15 20c ;■ , >10-15 1 " 11-1 10-21^ .>9-27 9-26 10- 1-!. 9-27 , v 11- 1- 10-15 $37c (quar.)— 9-30 Printing, Longhorn Portland Cement, 5% preferred (quar.) 10-25 11-15 10-11 10-15 59c *—* prior preferred (quar.) Loblaw Groceterias, Inc. (quar.) 10-21 (s-a)—$$1.50 Columbia Pulp & Paper-- 10-21 10-18 11-20 > ... Westmoreland 1 20c 10-18 11-15 common.......... & Massachusetts RR. Western 10-11 31 Vic #3 (quar.) preferred (quar.)! '"j| $4.25 preferred ' (quar.).-.!--...*.!-!! Webster-Chicago Corporation -!. " • 17c 7% ! 10- 1 10-31 ( Assurance ,, '10-15 10-15 (quar.) •10- 5 10-21 30c !^!!'_'^w!_____'_^^*»--; preferred Extra 10-15 10-22 10- ! > & West 1 10-10 (quar,). $4.50, convertible 9-16 '1 2 9-25 9-27 Washington Gas Light Co., ■' :10-10 V (quar.) common participating preferred 6 % - 10-15 11-1 preferred British '11- 1 1 ; 9-30 (quar.) 50c , , 5c Brothers, Inc 7 56J/4C Ltd.— * '' > ^T " (quar.) : $62y2c Market Association—$5 Corp., Ribbon 5% f 1 11-18 Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (quar.)... Corporation, $4.r>0 pfd. (accum.) - common-!.——. $3.50 preferred (quar.)„.__—— Lincoln Service Corp., common (quar.)._— 10-18 ; . 10- vi- 10-10 11- 1 !•; 7%c 11- Light— & Inc., preferred $1.37% 5.2% 10- 4 15c (quar.)._: Bloomingdale Blue > 17%c25c ;_ common (quar.)_i_! Stores (quar.) Shoe $1 • —,—— Stores, Lincoln 10-11 ' Brothers, Borland H.) , , ' • Lehigh Portland Cement (irreg.). Lexington Telephone Co.— v 10- 1 10-21 11- 1 11- 1 $1 (quar.)__——$$1.37^ preference Baldwin ..,10-15 25c • Products : City Electric Co., 4% Athey Atlantic S-3 Leece-Neville 10-10 11-1 $56V\t '« Structural Steel Co.— f; . . '' 1 , Walker 11-15 (quar.) Kobacker 10- 2 . 2 convertible preferred (quar,). Custodian Fund, series B-2. $1.25 Series 10- 2 (quar.) preferred 4ya% 10-15 683/4C , 10-17 10-15 9-30 11-15 i Co.— Hotel Viceroy 10-15 12- Keystone 10-5 10- 2 9-20 11-4 $3 25c $1.75 25c . 12-16 75c 12- Ol'Ac 10-18 12,, Vulcan 30c 9-30 9-27 1 Realty, 5% preferred (accum,) Corp. (Del.), $3 preferred (quar.)., Co.— — - 1 11- 12-20 California of Co. Sulphur Vermont 10-21 ^ (increased) 10-15 10., S 5 10-15 1 Cities United 10-21 11- 1 -r-; . $6 1 , 10- 10-15 11- 50c . 1 5 10-10 10-19 • $1 27y,C 10- 10-15 13%c $1 . (initial) common Insurance Oil Union Utah 11- 11- (quar.).,. Paper, Fire 4 $1.12% Publishing Air S. Union 10- 4 11-15 12-15>12- 2 dividend) common Conditioning, S. United 7 10- (quar.) (quar.).. preferred (guar.) Sun-Kraft, Incorporated, 30c preferred (quar.) 1 12- 4 10-15 6% 10-25 40C _ 6% preferred (accum.) ____— Kennedy's, Incorporated, common Building! Co., Mart Furniture! preferred (accum.) — American Maize-Products, common 1% preferred (quar.) American News (bi-monthly): — American States Utilities Corp., com. (irreg.) 5%% preferred (s-a) Inc., Power preferred Kansas City ^ American Central 4% 11- 1 4 10-15 11- -'.'o preferred (quar.) „_!! $6 preferred (quar.) convertible 6% Jersey 20c 13%c 50c ! common preferred (quar.)!„__-«_ Investors, Inc., $2 non-cum. conv. pfd... ,10- 1 100% Interstate Telephone, Payable of Rec. , convertible 55c Resistance International 12- 2 11-15 2-1-47 1-15-47 Air 10-15 10- 8 Amerada Petroleum Corp. (quar.),__ 50c 10-31 ,10-15 ! American Aggregates Corp., 5% pfd. (quar.) $1.25 10- 1 9-21 American Fidelity & Casualty Co., Inc.—:^ ! Quarterly 15c 10-10 9-30 American. Fidelity Co. (Montpelier) (quar.) 50c ,10-15 10- 5 Aircraft Aeronca 11- 11-20 12 %c (quar.) $3.50 preferred (accum.) International Products Corp. ' Holders r ? When * Inc.—; preferred convertible $1.10 "' Per ! Share Alloys, Aluminum Acme '• of Company 10-10 $1 9-27 v; 3% (quar.) common Educational International ;; 4 Corp., preferred 4% % X ; :.;v 5 x'y_ ————. Interchemical in our and Investment News Department" in the week when declared. .10- American given "General Corporation under the company name 10-15 Chemical Industries, Ltd.—* ; Deposit receipts ordinary shares Imperial paid..;, Further details and rec¬ past dividend payments in many cases are ord of 1 (■":%■ 10- 5c Talon, Incorporated, 4% preferred (s-a)... Taylor-Wliarton Iron & Steel., ——.... Thalheimer Bros., 3.66% pfd. (initial quar.) Trusteed Industry Shares — Twin Coach Co., $1.50 conv, pfd. (quar.)__ 9-27 11- 25C !l! —^!_u!. dividend Stock 10-16 1 10-15 ;>!, Sugar (quar.)—, Holyoke Water Power (quar.) — Hotel Barbizon, Inc. (irreg.) Houston Lighting & Power, $4 pfd. (quar.) Illinois Zinc, new common (quar.) Holly bring together all the dividends announced the current week. Then we follow with a second table in which we show the dividends previously announced, but first $1.12% 25c .!t. Co— Lumber (Edward) Hines ' U. 9-20 Hat 11- 10-21 1 10-15 .......— (stock on preferred 5% 8 10- 1 11- 15c 55c 11-15 U. 10- 8%C Corporation of America— 4y2 % preferred (quar.) 10-15 __— , Power Camp dividend Strathmore 10-25 1 10-25 Extra Cash 9-30J 10-15 $50c class 'A— Manufacturing, Harris - _——__ preferred convertible $2.40 ; , 10- 10-14 , 12490 . Stokely-Van 1 10-15 11- 4 75c !10-21 Edison California 1 11- 20c 35c (quar,) participating preferred $1.50 •"10-10 10- ' Co..—t Company Union (accum.) 10-22 25c $1.25 — : 3 10- 1 Co. 2 1 11- Signode Steel Strapping, common (quar.)!. 5% preferred (quar.! Sioux City Stock Yards, common (quar.). of $$2.50 Grand (Del.) 10- 10-10 . Co. Oil .10-20 11-1 25c (N. Y.)—i CO.;5%r% pfd. A (quar.) ! $3.65 pfd. (initial). (quar.)—...... Finance Preferred (quai'v).^ : (quar.)!» 5% prior preferred (quar.)_~— Segal Lock & Hardware, $2.50, pfd. Signal Mountain Portland Cement— 10-15 11- Y. Co. Sefton Fibre Can Co.—, 10-15 1 11- i2yaC 10-20 60c Manufacturing, Seaboard 10-15 10c • 10-20 >* Map (quar.) —w!^ ——Portland Cements— Seaboard 9-30 20c ; 10-15 10-28 1 1 Co., Schwitzer-Cummins 10-; 4 10- 1 70 10-15 11-11- 25c (quar.)-,^ Cruz Scovill — 11-1 '11--1 _____________ Sanborn 10-31 10-15 Co. of N. 10-15 10-15 58y3c _' Saginaw & Manistee Lumber (lrreg.) Samson United Corp., 55c conv. pfd. (quar.) 10-31 10-14 1; 6% $1.06 lA i5c 1 11- 41 %C — !!-, Paper 1 10-11" 11- 50c Ltd., common (quar.)_!!"•$ 15c preferred (quar.) !!J $$1.1)6^ Roper (George D.) Corp. (quar.)_ !25c Russell Berg Fund__—u, 20c Holland 10-11 ~ 9-30 10- 90c (increased)!". Gas Richmond Insurance 10-17 10c Co 10-15 ? Rochester-American Insurance 37V2c stock ! 9-30 10-19 •,;■!; 5c Extra 25c (quar.)_ common 9-15 10-19 (quar.) — Quarterly .10-18. 2% Natural Republic 9-30 12-31 1 10-15 9-25 $1.25 — class, B_!!; Company, 9-28 1 11- 50c (quar.) ' 10-14.- 9-30 50C Company^ Pump <C.; A.) 10-15 $2.50 ;''„__!__!!^_^!!»_„!!!!!:!^!-!-!!;!r,i''->'25C' preferred '(quar.) ^___!!_!_!!'f "-" "75c 1 11- 11- $20c V $3 9-27 1 10-31 v.; Extra: 10-26 1 7 !; 10-1 11- $1.06 V* preferred 2-1-47 $25c 25c 9 10-18 10-25 "s40c; — Colorado— of Service 6% 4 11- 11-15 11- t$1.2d (quar.)—. Machine Tool (quar.)_„_ Glatfelter. (P. H.) Co.; 5% preferred (quar.) 52822 §In Vol. 162. 161. issue," fin Vol. this 10-10 31 Vic ■y Giddings & Lew5s Globe-Union, Inc. Gorham Manufacturing 10- 10.21 10-15 (quar.) Ltd. & Gas Ltd., Wares, 10-31 5 10-28 5c (monthly) 7 % preferred (monthly) — 5% preferred .(monthly)-.— Raymond Concrete Pile, common -15c ■ preferred 5% . 1 Nov ..— Steel Public 10-1$ $$1.25 common Electric Carolina South General ' of share One-tenth 1330 31 Dec 10-10 10-25 8c ; !,!_—!!—!!!!«-;•'; Kleiser—— & 10-14 10-25 25c ; Company, 5% conv. pfd. (quar.).—;;4 General Public Utilities (stock dividend)—^ T stock—.———;**.!, Corp., Co., Mfg. Viceroy Class 10-25 50c 12- 11-15 Gabriel * preferred stockMount Hope Bridge Corp.— - _Nov 2nd mortgage income bonds due 1969—— Borfolk Southern Ry., 1st mtge. 4%s, ser. A. due 1998_Jan 1 northern New York Utilities, Inc.— y;;-;'1;/; 1st lien & ref. 6% bonds, series B. due 1947 Anv time Richmond Cedar Works, 15-year income 6% bonds—— Nov 1 Texas Power & Light Co.—*. ; , "• %• ■ 6% gold debenture bonds, series A, due 2022 July 1, '47 Trane Co., 6% preferred stock———!————Dec 1 Unied States Radiator Corp., 5 % convertible debentures_Nov 1 Hat Merrimac l; Foster 1595 Any time 1947— Inc.—( Sons, & preferred Mills Orr ioc 20c 10c (extra)—.—• ;;v* Shoe Co.; class A B (extra) Florsheim 1329 *———Oct 15 stock— preferred refunding and 1st Lowenstein . -v'r'•'•'I* Co.— Paper convertible 5% ; Public Plymouth Cbrdage Employers stock 11-15 2 2 10-15 32V20 ' - Davis > (quar.)____ (quar.) Portland Gas Light, $5 preferred Potomac Edison, 3.60% preferred 12- 11-27 ;! Co., Inc. (resumed) — Pennsylvania Power Co., 4V4% pfd. (quar.) Planters Nut & Chocolate (quar.)!!—_ 10-30 9-27 7 12- $1.12'/a Pearson 10-18 43 %c — Cap & Set Screw Co — Fleming-Hall Tobacco Co., Jnc.— ! i.■' ' 6% preferred (quar.) ! First Mutual Trust Fund Shares.!— v 11-1 11-15 10-15 1 9-30 25c — ! preferred (quar.) __! Service, $1.30 pfd. (quar.) I 5 12- $$1.75 convertible "'Parke' v, 12-16 Ferry rt 51513 (monthly) Co. „ pid. • -'$$1.25 — preferred convertible hew 7% 5 10- 10-15 1 Aggregates— Coast Pacific 10-10 1 Brush Fibre 4\ht ch 12c (quar.) ___!— common 4%% 11- 25c ' 1328 Ox Pacific 9-30 11-1 (initial) (quar.)- com. new Ltd., Mills; . Corporation (stock dividend) —*!!■■': Employers-Group Associates (quar.) —! .1590 Eureka Pipe Line (quar.)_——__— 1590 Brewing Corp. (quar.)„ . 1590 V Falstaff * ? Fedders-Quigan (increased quar.)——. Federated Department Stores— ; . f 554 > Ry.— 11-15 Duplan 1 1 convertible preferred stock.Nov Co., 4% (George A.) Great 2 11-15 60c preferred 5% Industries, preferred (quar.) 5% preferred (quar.) !* Dominion Woolens & Worsteds, 52142 'VConvertible; 5 % cumulative preference stock———-Oct 16 Cumulative preferred stock, 5% series--————Nov 15 Cumulative 6% preferred stock, series A—!-———Nov 15 Crown Drug Co., 7% preferred stock.——i!—Nov 15 derks Investment Co., 1st mtge. 6s .— Dec I Duluth, Mlssabe & Iron Range Ry.— J'-?1st mortgage 3%s, due 1962-—Nov;; 12- ,5 10-15 Corporation, 11- 50c !;'v: 15c }' ; 10, 10-21 11- $1.25 Co.-!— Telephone $4 5% ; 1326 due 1959———Oct 25 Soya Co., Inc., 314.% debs, CoHumbia Gas & Electric Corp.— Ogilvie Flour , (quar.)_! Dominion Malting, common^(increased quar.) Common (increased quar.) —— 1582 Ice Co., 6% preferred stock.*—•_!*!*-!!—-!Nov.\ 1 Nichols & Co., Inc., prior "A" stock————Nov 1 Bancroft (Joseph) & Sons Co., 7% preferred stock—Nov >1 jtuitte Electric & Power Co.. 1st mtge. 5s due 1951__Any time Austin, 1 —; Manufacturing Domestic Bell 25c r(quar.)_!_— (Ind.) (quar.) Stores Home Dodge Eastern Ry., 1st mortgage 5s——---Mar 1,'47 1325 1581 Aluminium, Ltd., 6% preferred stock——Nov 29 American 1 10- , Inc.——-—-*—*—_ Shares, Dividend Algoma Central B.) De Wilbiss: Company (quar.) J,-, Discount Corp. of New York ^ stock 4#/., preferred Laboratories, Abbott 10- 5 Rubber Manufacturing Co., common $2 class A (quar.)————— Delaware Power & Light —,— — / CALLED ENTIRE ISSUES ■ 5 10- 15c 25c ■ (quar.)— Engineering Northwestern 10- Dayton 1638 10-18 r; 5c. '.' Gas 'Co.—!-! Shore 10-21 5c 'V* ■ f (quar.) Northv/est 10-19 1 50c Drug Company, common (increased)convertible preferred—; — Davidson Brothers, Inc. (irreg.) ————; 1331 11-15 " 11- $1.50 7% 1638 North 9-25 2 A $1.75 Crown 1637 Oct 15 •Queen's Hotel Ltd.. 1st mortgage 5s 1 Nov 1 Spalding (A. G.) & Bros., Inc., 5% debs, due 1989——Dec 1 Sun :Chemical Corp., preferred stock— Oct 14 Windsor Gas Co., Ltd., 1st & ref. 5% bds., due 1966—Nov 1. ; ; '• 1596 10- Corp.-— (quar.)__— A $1.50 ■.V' Company— Corn Exchange Bank & Trust Co. (N, Y.)-L! : Quarterly Corporated Investors, class A— i Corrugated Paper Box Co., Ltd.—^ I" 5% preferred : (quar,)——!!^————— •; ,1594 (W, Coon ■ ,1 Class Nu-Enamel Aircraft——_—!——!> Vultee Consolidated * preferred stock——-- $4 Inc., Mills, Pilisbury « ■ Class $4 6% G.), 10-15 10-15 10c preferred A (quar.)— 7% preferred (quar.)— Connecticut Piver Power, 6% pfd. (quar.) — •Consolidated Royalties, Inc., 6% pfd. (quar.)(C. Conn ' 1 bonds, series D, due 1996-Nov Clyde Porcelain Steel Corp., 5%% conv. bonds due 1960_Noy Detroit Steel Corp., 20-year 6% debentures!——!—Jan Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 3% debentures due 1961— Nov Great South Bay Water Co., 1st ref. mtge. 5% bonds—Nov, international Rys. of Central America— * '• , 1 > • 1st mortgage 5% bonds due 1972-—— —Nov tefcourt Realty Corp., prior preferred stock Oct Minnesota Power & Light Co., 5% preferred stock—Nov Montreal Island Power Co., 1st mtge. 5 Vis, series A__Nov Inc. (irreg.)!*.— Electric — Life Insurance Co. (s-a) ; & Gas 10-22 10-22 5c. Columbian National 1582 ' Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.— Ref. & improv. mort. 3%% Columbia Page Date v preferred stock---,.—Nov 5% Corp.; , North American Acceptance 1 10- 25c 25c Breweries, Columbia : 10-15 $2.50 (quar.) . — (quar.)__—!?!———— Mills Extra Payable -of Rec, Share of Company Holders When Per • Name Payable of Rec. Share of Company Company Colonial REDEMPTION PARTIAL and Issue— Company Collins stock——Oct 15 preferred Co., 52824 Anv time 1st mortgage United Name Holders When Per Pago Date ; 1 Monday, October 7, 1946 FINANCIAL CHRONICLE THE COMMERCIAL & 1760 10-31 50c 10-31 9-20 S • Volume 164 Number 4531 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE When Per Name of American Company Share V-: 25c 15c 10-15 50c 11-30 .11- 1 10-31 10- 4 __ Smelting & Refining 7% preferred (quar.)__/__-________._:__„l_; American States Ins. Co. (Indianapolis)— Quarterly ■. ; ; _ $1.75 5% preferred 1 9-30 Consolidated 9-13 Consolidated 10-21 $1 10-11 / i'il-''l; 10-11 10-15 30o 10- $5 -31-47 9-27 '.2-14 Corn 10-15 10-5 7% American Industries, Ltd.— Associated 5% Coast Line non-cum. Atlantic 4% Ltd. '/ Convertible $5 B $2,50 .y.".;. A each 15 $1 11- 90c 11- 1 10- 11- 1 11- 1 10-21 1 10- 4 4 (quar.) of 11- $35 y 10-10 10- 1 Hartford 65c 10-25 10- 4 10-15 10- 4 50c (quar.) 1 10-15 12- l 11-15 1-1-47 & Deere i 12-15 Denver Yards Co. 9-30 Detroit Michigan Stove (QU&L) Extra —————' 8%c I-2-47 12-10 preferred. Co., common $49.31 30c Bathurst Power & Paper, Ltd., CI. A (quar.) Baystate Corporation (quar.) Beaux-Arts Apartments $3 prior pfd. J25C (quar.) $1 1 60c 11- 1 10-10 y10-19 9-30 50% __ 11- l 10-25 >10-15 < 9-20 I2y8c 32'/ac (quar.)__ 10-15 12- 2 10-15 Dow 1 10- a ... £ Extra 7 6% 10-21 11-15 / J! 12- 2 11- 3Va% (quar. 12- 2 11- 1 ^ 2nd preferred 12- 2 -11-7- 10-15 California Electric Power, 11- 1 $3 pfd. California-Oregon Power, 7% preferred (quar.) pfd. (quar,)__ 10-15 (quar.)___ preferred (quar.) Fire Insurance Associates Northern Power 9- ; 11- 1 10-15 10- I 11-1 10- 11- 1 10-15 10-15 7 ■'] 'a ; 9-30 Oil Electric Boat & 10-1$ 4% 10-15 9-1* Jewel 10-18 $1.50 12-2i 32- 0 (quar.). ! 10-10 fl-20 (quar.) Corp. (stock dividend) Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp. (quar.) Erie RR. Co., $5 preferred A (quar.) Esmond Mills, Ltd., 5% pfd, (quar.).,,-—.— 11- 1 11- 1 9-30 10-10 11- 1 11-1 11-20 10- 1 pfd. 5% 9-30 Excess Insurance Co.. of; America— 1 $1-75 10-15 9-13 Federal Services Finance Corp. {Wash, D. C.)— Common (quar.) _ Chain Y.) (quar.) (increased quar./___ Cincinnati (quar.) 1st preferred & ~ Corp.— (quar.) ___ " (increased Water 1 Columbia Gas 10- (initial com. & 10-31 10- 10- 9 10-15 85c :12- Commercial Franklin 8 10-15! $l.l2,/2 56V4c 9-20 1-1-47 11- y Grain 12-11 ! Special preferred 11-15 11- 11- 1 .10- 11- 1 10- 50c 10-17 10- 12- 1 10-10 $1.25 1 1 ' 11-15 $1.50 11- Electric 65c Co. 9-20 Certificates General — (quar.) J l. 50c .J \ 10-15 *5c 10-15 10-15 9-16 , ' iri 9-30 , >9-30 i-jl <>■!• (Boston)— 15c 11-1 * 10-15 5c 91c / . • " ' - 10- 10-15 9-25 10-15 9-lfl 10-15 9-3® 12- 2 11- 4 50C ... Lit PM. 10-10 10- 1 1 Golden State Co., Ltd., common 10-15 $1 11- 1 10-1® 11- 1 10-1® 11- 1 10-1* 11- 1 /'.- "(quar.) $1 10-1® 90c 10-15 10- ® $1.50 10-15 10- 4 " *17c 10-15 9-1® 20c ill- 1 10-1® $i 10-15 15C 10-31 ; $1.25 Mining Co. 10-31 $1.50 10-15 common. (reduced s-a) (quar.) *5c *lc 11- B Ltd.— 10- 9 9-2® pfd. 9 ' ; 9-2® 10-15 9-23 *$1 10-15 25c 11-15 10- 11- 10-15 56 %C (quar.) — Electric & 10-14 10-16 *50c (increased) Gas 12-2® 1 10-15 common 4V2% Inc. 12-27 *25c & Paper Co., Co., 2 12- i2yac -— Sessions 1- 9-2® 10- —....—^ & , 10-16 (quar,) Power 9-3® 10- 1 11- » 9-3# 12-23 $1.75 ® 10- 10-15 . i2y2c (quar.) 9-3® 10- v 10-29 15c ; —; (John), Ltd. Co. Stores 1 50c 10-10 75c 50c 9-3® 9-2® 12-31 $3 / ■ 4 1 9-3® 10-15 50C : 10-15 30C ^. (irreg.)— (quar.) Corp., 10-25 ... 9-30 V 9-20 10-15 10- 11-25 (quar.) 11- v; 12-2* 11- 1 10-14 10-28 10-15 - ~ 10-21 9-30 11- 1 10-10 11- 10- 25c $1.50 . 1 11-15 11- 1 11- 5% 2 9-30 10-1 9-1? 9-3® 10-15 9-3® 11- 1 £ 11-1 10-2X i2y2c 30O 1112- 10-15 $4.50 10-17 $1 common 50c 50c : $1 (monthly) Lowney 9-30 Luzerne County Gas & 25c 11-15 25c ~ $1.25 ' h 50c 30c '11-30 11- 1 414% preferred 7", $2 $2 6% 1 10-10 (R. H.) & Co.,. 4V4% pfd. A (qua?.).., Madihg Drug Stores, commotf. (initial) 55c preferred 40c 10-25 " 10-10 Mahon 10-15 Moirfpn 9-23 (R. C.) (quar.) Co., $2 Class A pfd. Klprf.rir. Co. (irrez.) 3-10-47 2-24-4T 10-31 9-2* I-2-47 12-2* 30c 10-25 $2 V u-1 .$2 10-15 37yac , 10-2* 1 /; 10- 10-25 10- 9 10-1? 10- 1 9-3® ; 10-15 9-3® 10-15 9-3® 10-10 9-26 11- 4 II-15 *12yac 10-15 $1.06% .11- ; 9-16 10-15 1 35c 10-15 $1.50 (quar.)— preferred 11-2? 12-10 , (quar.) -Macy w * $1.12Vi (quar.)____ _ common 11-243 12-10 3-10-47 2-24-4? 371/aC Co., Ltd. (quar.)__ Electric— (quar.) ; Forbes, & 3 50c — (Walter M.) MacAndrews 11-25 10- i T2-25 y'10- 8 10-25 * % 9-27* 10- 31'Ac ~ 9-30 11-1 7 11V $1.25 preferred (quar.) preferred (quar.) ** 11- 1 9-30 10-2#: 1 35c 10-1® 1 50c /■' $1.10 (quar.).; (quar.) $1 10- 9-29 Co.— $1.37Vi '■? 15c10-21 *""" # 10- * 7 10-15 ■; preferred (accum.) ($100 par) 5% ($25 par) Lowell Electric Light Corp. (irreg.) Lowenstein & Sons (initial quar.) 7 10-15 />10- $i.i2ya . v"; 9 10- 25c preferred (quar.) 8% preferred (quar.) Longines-Wlttnauer Watch, com. (initial) — Lord & Taylor, 8% 2nd pfd. (quar.)— Los Angeles Investment (quar.)— Louisville Gas & Electric (Ky.), common— 9 J 10-15 3iy4c (quar.)—... 8% 11-9 11- 30c $1.25 / Corp., Miami RR. c $1.50 /: -if preferred Loan Lock Joint Pipe Co., 1 11-25 37'/a — common Original capital Original capital Special guaranteed Special guaranteed 10-18 11-25 $1.25 (quar.) Ginibel Brothers,' Inc'. $4.50 preferred (quar.) 10- 9-24 10-31 $1.06 »/4 87y2C (increased) Gold Brothers, 6% Little 9-23 >37V2C • 'f't' 10-10 10-17 6214 c ■: • 9-23 6c , (quar.) 20c T 9-3# 30o / Quarterly 4 25c . - Interest General Public Utilities (initial) George Putnam Fund cf Bostonj Gerrard (S. A.), preferred (s-a)___ GiUette Safety Razor Co., $5 pfd. (quar.).. 17V^c 10- 50C Link-Belt Company (quar.); Lion Oil Co. (quar.)__——— ,, 40c y Mills, Common t 1 10-15 13C .... . , Public Service, $6 preferred preferred (quar.) preferred (quar.) 10-16 10- *$1 . General $4 10-18 10-18 ; 5c 40c / > ; 10-21 - A $5.50 noc 4 25c (quar.)___ (initial) of beneficial 1 11- *8%c 50c preferred (quar.).. Lincoln National Life Ins. (Fort Wayne)— .... - Inc. Motors, $5 preferred (quar.) General Paint Corp., common (quar.) 11-15 .ft. common 10-15 General 85C 4V2% Liberty 30c Trust 9-1# 10-15 11- ' (irrcg.) Brewing Co. Water 9-30 10-31 - . preferred B (s-a) General Investors 10- *75c - ... Extra 10-15 ; series C A (s-a) preferred preferred Lenox Lerner 10-15 10-31 Corp. com. 6% 1 10-25 ' Co.. 11- *50c Corp.. (lrreg.) *$1.25 ,(quar.)____jl„_, $1.25 ;a/A'., Co. • 9-30 9-30 55c ; . 10-31 !< 10-15 .f! 33Vic 11- 1 (reduced) Baking 4% 10-10 10-15 10-10 10-18 10-15 12,/4c >.! 7V4c v Co. 5% - 7 $1.75 10-21 $8 .... Capital General 7 30c 10-10 a (quar.) 9-14. *$1.75 Lawyers Title Insurance, 6% Pfd. (s-a) Lebanon Valley Gas, 6% preferred (quar.). Lee Rubber & Tire (quar.)-_^M—— Lefcourt Realty Corp.— Prior preferred (quar.) — Additional —— Lehman Corporation (quar.) 1 *35c (s-a) General 1 12-20 10-26 ; ; General 2-7-47 30c *25o — Payable In cash or I. G. Chem. stock. 9-30 1-2-47 $3.50 % 9-14 10-15 $1.12 y2 (G.) Bryant, Class 11-20 10- 10c (accum.) 10- 10-15 12- 1 9-2® 10-15 10-15 25c Lawrence 5 10-15 10-31 _ Class 1 B 10- 4 11- 1* 11-20 *37 Vac (quar.) Quarterly Lane 9-30 10-21 10-1® 20c . Langendorf United Barkeries, Inc.— $2 class A (quar.) — 10-17 15c (quar.)__^...____..^..'_ Malting, common (quar.) $2.20 10-15 1 4V2% preferred (quar.) Company, 7% 2nd preferred (quar.) Lamson 10-10 HVsO (quar.).. 10-15 1 -10-15 15c ("final)"!! 7 10-16 75c ! (increased) Co. ? 1 10-25 $1 (quar.)__ 4%--conv. pfd.. Gardner-Denver Co. (quar.) General Aniline & Film, Class A (reduced). 10-15 (final) ; Fran.) 10-15 11- 50c 11- $4 10-14 30o Extra- 9-30 . 10- i___.—. Krueger 9-30 10-15 1 Canada— Manufacturing Co.-—, Emil) Lake St. John $1.50 ——. & Fuller-(George A.) 10-1 11-15 Ltd.— (quar.) (quar.) (quar.) - (San Rubber Telegraph Froedtert 10-25 10-10h $3 Commercial Discount (LosArig.) 7% preferred (quar.) preferred 11- $1.75 2-15-47 pfd. (final) Alcohols, Ltd., preferred 1 11-15 Enterprises, preferred Ins. & pfd. ; Foundation Co. of Canada (quar.) Twelve West 6th Co.— 11-30 35c I preferred (D. 9-lfl . 10-14 11- . *85c Kroehler Mfg. Co., 11- 8 10-15 1 ,25c (quar.) Klein 5 Labatt . 1 11- ■7 10- 10- 1 12-2# 11- 62Vac Kirkland Lake 9-16 . Four 9-30 10-15 $1.75 Electric, 5% convertible Tire prior partic. preferred Fort Pitt Brewing Co. 9 10-31 )_!! • preferred series A Fund General Finance Iron ..... Sons 7% 10-15 (Increased quar.)__ quar.) 6% (quar.) (accum.) 11-1 10- 7 11-15 12-30 $1 !'.■? of 9-1® 11-15 50c >/■:. :. . 7 11-30 $1.25 • Co. 10- $1.50 (quar.)_. pfd.?,(quar.) Kerr-Addison Gold Mines, Ltd.> (interim).-; Kingsbury Breweries Co. (irreg.) w_4 « 10-15 50c preferred (quar.) Florida Portland Cement— 9 10-30 (s-a) 5% *$1.25 ($100 Extra 6% 10-11* $2 Brewing (initial)__!!! Works, 7% preferred (quar.) Co., Ltd. (s-a) & 8% 10-31; 10c Plow Fuel 8% 11- 25c 5c (quar.) preferred (annual) (quar.). Kentucky Utilities Co., 6% Kroger 25c ...... Stores, 7% preferred Fleming-Hall; Tobacco Co., Inc.-— 10-21 " Electric, Fireman's Firestone ! 9-30 40c / 1 10-15 15c Cleveland-Sandusky 5% 11- 5% _ common (quar.) preferred A Combined tl 33% % (stock dividend (quar.) Gas 2nd Colorado 10-10 ! Products (Wm.) Eraser Co., Ltd. City Stores Co., common Cockshutt 1 25c City of Paris Dry Goods— 7% 1st preferred (quar.) Clinton 11- 25C Fund, Inc Chicago Allerton Hotel Class 50c 37Vfec Chemical 7% 10-10 1 Products— Investment conv. Chasers,-Inc. 7% 10-21 _ (Initial) pref. Ltd. preferred 5% 11-15 10c ...——. Fitzsimmons (N. Products, Store 4Va% Fibreboard Filene's 12-15 50c dividend prior 7% 11-25 11-25 _ (quar.). Central Paper Co. Certain-teed 4J/a % 12-15 11- (quar.) Associates Steel 4% 10- 5 10-1 9-16 $1.50 Cleaning & Dy.eing Co.--* y preferred (quar.)$1.75 11-15 ti5c 12 %C Ohio (quar.) 6% preferred (quar.), 10-7 *15c ; (initial)! (quar.) Central |*ew York Power, 3.40% pfd. Stock 1 ■•$1.25 Extra common 9-30* 9-24 Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Co., / Fenton United _ (quar ) Light Co., com. Carpenter Paper Co.— 4% preferred (quar.) New 11- *15c ~ _____!* Carolina Clinchtield & Ohio Ry. Carolina Power & Central tlOc preferred 9-30* 10-15 10-10 Stove & Furnace (quar.)_ City Southern Railway— non-cum. preferred : 30o 9-30 10-11 1 7'/aC Bronze Naumberg 30o 9-30 Aguirre 12- 10-19 10-15, 93 %c & Johnson— 1 ; 10-15 preferred 11- 40o 11-21 / (quar.) 10-1010-15 „ <11-1" 50c ' 10-31 (quar.) 25C ; 1 (quar.) 10- 7 10-15 9-3® •12- Foundation, Ltd.— 11- 1 35c Extra.—. 9-2? 10-25 // Kansas 10-15 10-15 10-15 — 9-20 10-15 ; Kalamazoo 3-20 S-30 Esquire, Inc. ...——i—-w—. Eversharp, Inc., common (quar.) 9-20 10-15 *50c 9-2? 25c Joplin Water Works, 6% preferred (quar.) Journal Publishing Co. of Ottawa, Ltd.—■ Quarterly 12-20 . 10-15 *25c _ 10-15 5% 12- 2 50c 87V2C $1.05. 10% 15c $1.25 (initial quar.) $3.50 pfd. (quar.)__ *15c Central 10-10 ' }$1.50 Corp., common 1 12-16 $1.50 y f 15c National Bank 11- $4 10-15 10-15 1C ; 2nd preferred series A & 11-1 5C 4V4% preferred (quar.) Manville, 3y2% preferred (quar) 4% 1 10- 25c (quar.) preferred Johnson 10-15 10-15 (quar. Co., Nickel . 4 10-15 10-25 : $1.25 : ; Tea Co.. Johns Jonas Electrographic 10-31 :: 10-25 10-25 1214c ' Co (quar.) Royale Copper 10-25 - (quar.) Celotex Isle 11-4 25c Share 10-25 11-15 50c (quar.) Jacobs (F. L.) Company 5% pfd. (quar.) Jersey Central Power & Light—, , Co.— Investments, Ltd. (quar.) Industries, Ltd., new com. (initial) 7% preferred (quar.) Canadian Investors Corp. (quar.) Canadian Motor & Lamp Co., Ltd.— preferred 10- 2. $1.12Vi $1.25 Works Bond 11-15 $i 15c preferred (quar.) Management Fund Common > —— Co. Iron Fireman 20c Co;,- conv. pfd. $4.20 pfd. 4 convertible Investors 10-15 1-1-47 9-30' 10-25 (s-a) Canadian Corp., 4% 10-15' 4-1-47 Electric 9-30 10-15 Steamship Lines, Ltd. Fairbanks-Morse. 6% Carrier 6% 1 ' preferred series B (accum.) Dorado 11- 75c (quar.) preferred Investment /; 9-16 11- 1 $1 17c 25c El 11-18 !--/ ... . preferred < quar.25a Township Telephone (quar.). 25c Ekco Products Co., new common (initial).— 25c 4Va% preferred (quar.) $1.12% 10-15 11-1 Canadian General Chase , 75c Corporation 10-31 ; y _ Class A (quar.) V Class B (quar.) Canadian Oil Cos., Ltd. > *50c Metals 11-15 (s-a) Corp., Ltd.— (quar.) Canadian . *25c *$1.75 common - preferred 7% 10- It • —*20c (E. I.) 10-15 tquar.)__ 11-15 Camden Canada k Eastern 10-15 > 10-15 6% preferred 3927 Series (quar. California Packing Corp., common Common 10- $1 7 8i $1.25 par) (quar.) ; 7% preferred ($5 par) (quar.) ! International Milling Co. 4% pfd. (quar.) Interstate Department Stores (Initial quar.) ' Byers (A. M.) Company, 7% pfd. (quar.) Calgary & Edmonton Corp., Ltd. (s-a) Canada 11- 1 1st preferred <quar.) ^ Eastern Racing Assn., $1 preferred 11-7 5% *25c 6% preferred (quar.) 3Va% preferred (quar.) 10- ,• Motors Shoe International • 1 7 11- 9-27 1 com. Quarterly t 6-1® 10- 10-31 (quar.) Powders, Ltd. com 6% partic. preferred (quar.) International Harvester, common (quar.) 9-27 10- 10- 2 a 10- Eastern Massachusetts Street Ry. com. preferred Electric International 10-15 1 10-15 10-15 10-31 Eastern Magnesia Talc Co., Inc.— '12- 11- 10-31 1 10-15 pfd. Incorporated Investors ■&' Indianapolis Power & Light "- 10-15 ; *10c 10- 1 ' 12-27 6-27-47 10-31 i. Illinois Zinc 9-3® *30c Eastern 10-30 9-2? 12-14 93%c Dividend arrears certificates 10-15 1 — 1* . 8 (quar.).... (quar.) A 5% (qiiar.).__. (Edward) Lumber 5% 9-27 31- 1 *37Vic t25c *35c* ; 10- du Pont 10-10 10- 50c $1 conv. 2nd preferred (quar.)___. Illinois Power Co., 5% conv. pfd. 9-30 10-15 11- *75c ...... 10-17 11- (quar.).. 4% y $4 preferred 9-30 yyUi't? _ Co __ *6% Co., 9-34 2 40c Hummel-Ross Fibre, 6% preferred Huttig Sash & Door, Co.— 7 10- 10-30 10-31 *44c 10-15 Trust Brooklyn Union Gas (quar.) Brown Shoe Company, $3.60 pfd. Burlington Mills Corp. (quar.) • Chemical 2- 10-31 *20c (quar.) Ltd.; 16-15 (quar.) Chocolate Corp. com. (quar.)... preferred (quar.)___.__ Spencer Bartlett (monthly.! Humberstone 1 & Supply (quar;) de Nemours & Co.—►, $4.50 preferred (quar.) Duquesne Light, 5% 1st preferred (quar.). 10-15 10-10 *75c 10-15 J 40c dividend conv. ; Chemical Industries, Ducommun (quar.) British Columbia Telephone Co.— 6% 1st preferred (quar.) ■ Dover ■■■A. 10-15 y & 9-22 3714c (quar.) Co. 9-2? 7 America com. 2 10-15 1 10-11 15c Huyler's, $2 partic. 1st preferred (quar.) '. .! Tar Powder 3%% .11- 15c pfd. Howell 10-10 (quar.) Linoleum & 68% c * 9-3# 10- 20c Horn & Hardardt Co. (N. Y.) Household Finance Corp., common 9-28 11-1 (accum.) " preferred (quar.)_._ $1 class A (quar.).. Horder's, Inc., (quar.) 5 10-19 25c pfd. common 10-23 (irreg.)____ Holt (Henry) & Co.— ' (quar.) Oilcloth 5% 5 10- t$1.25 r (quar.) Voting trust certificates (quar.).—.—i. Dominion Textile Co., Ltd., 7% pfd. (quar.) Donnacona Paper Co., Ltd. (increased s-a)_ 9-30 93%C Co., 10-15 Stock dividend. Payable in Southern Min¬ eral Corp. stock___ Holly Development Co. (quar.) ' ..... *27Vic;'/ Extra Dominion 10- $1 f (quar.) Glass preferred Dominion 10-11 40c _• 7% 9-20 t$l- preference Dominion 2 $1.12V4 50c Company Hlnes 11-14 3-1-47 (initial) - Ltd. com. (quar.) preference (quar.). .- 1st A v 10-10 10-10 Fabrics, 2nd 10-15 10- non-cumulative G% 10-15 10-16 16c (quar.) 5% Dominion 10-15 10-31 - 1 10-31 . Bristol-Myers Corp.— 3%% participating preference (quar.) British Columbia Power Corp., Ltd. Stock 9-30 20c Power, Ltd. (s-a) County 9-30 62'/a C (quar.) (stock dividend) common 10-10 10-15 10-15 11- Clay Mfg. Co. of Co. Special . Dominion Dairies, Ltd.— 10-20 20C $1.30 1st preferred (quar.) Brazilian Traction Light & Bronx 9-27 $1 Boston Edison Company (quar.) Boston Personal Property Trust A 10-10 10- >____ conv. Hlgbee ; 9-27 12- 75c (quar.) ... Company, common Cup 1 10-15 250 - (s-a)_ Dome Mines, Ltd. (reduced) Dominion Coal Co., Ltd., 6% 9-16 /" Co.— preferred Dixie 125c Company (Initial) Bon Ami Co., class A (quar.) Class JB (quar.) Borg (George W.) Corp. (quar.) Class 6% *10c , (Philip) Co. 10-15 Match Distillers-Seagrams, Ltd*— 10-19 55c : Bridgeport Hydraulic 11- 1. $4 5 10-25 10-15 20o " • 10-15 ■ —.... participating preferred Dickey (W. S.) 10-15 10-19 1 t$2 Biddeford <fc Saco Water (quar.).. Biltmore Hats, Ltd., common (quar.) Rolling Bearing Cordage Co., 10-30 II- $1.50 £Li 6% 4 35c Beverly Gas & Electric (irreg.)__ Bower 11- 75c (quar.) Brantford Diamond 2 — GasketManufacturing——— Detroit Steel Products.. 10-"l 10-21 12- ——— 10- 30c 10-11 1 Co. preferred Hershey 9-20 10-21 50c 10-15 11- (Increased Light Company Hibbard 5 25c 20c (quar.) 10-31 Co.—. Corp. Hercules 9-30 \ 10-10 10-10 75c Stock 10-21 ... 50c Blum • 5c Company Union 12-14 $1.50 ; Marx Electric & 3%% 1 $1.50 __ (quar.) 10- 25c 25c ZZJ. Baldwin Company, 6% preferred (quar.) Baltimore Porcelain Steel, 7% pfd. (quar.)__ A 12-14 10-21 < 10c 10- Manufacturing 10-15 Additional Ilecht Corp.) Detroit Kdison Class 2 (quar.) Co. (quar.) Detroit (quar.) 2 10- Cohn & 10-15 Canada 10- 10-15 12-24 10-15 Spicer* Mfg. 10-15 of 11- 1 llr 1 2 , 1 Telephone 2 10- —' 1 Bell 10- (s-a) 11- preferred 10-15 $1 11- 1st 30c $1.1214 —— $1.12 $6 12-17 — 56 Vic Bangor 12-31 & Electric Haytian 1 l (Alfred) 1 12-28 Refractories— (quar.) Schaffner Haverhill 9-30 10- 10- Decker 11- 6c (quar.). Sons, 7% Hydro Electric 10-10 11-15 10-15 10-10 30c *50c preferred Hart 9-25 10-15 Decker 60 & 10-15 6% ■ ' $1.3114 (quar.)—— Harbison- Walker 1 $2 common Stores 11- 25c Harvard Brewing Co. (irreg.)___ Havana- Lithograph Co., common (increased) 6% conv. preferred (quar.)_ 10 % Drug 11-14 60c 13Vic preferred (quar.) Bancroft 4 10-15 9-17 6C Monthly Monthly Aviation Corp., $2.25 conv. Babcock & Wilcox Co. 4 2 Manufacturing Co.— participating "(quar.)_______ ;; Harrisburg Gas Co., 4J/a% pfd. (qOar.)_____ (quar.) 4 12- Preferential / . 9-20 10-14 10- 7:7, 15C ..... Hamilton 12-15 — Corporation (Formerly /' *_ 1 Candy Co., $4.50 partic. pfd. (quar.) $1,121/2 Corporation, new common (initial),—/ 25c 3%% preferred A (initial quar.)_. 93%c, :10-17 __ 11- Curtiss stock common 10-10 10- ' (quar.). preferred Cunningham 1 9-27 10-25 12- 2 10-10 (quar.)— Co., 1 34 %c 1-2-47 Stock dividend 4Va% Culver Brewery— preferred (quar.) Grless-Pfleger Tanning 11-1 Dana _ $4.50 preferred "•. : preference preferred 11- 10-14 9-3# Griesedieck Western $1.13 Package Manufacturing (quar.)— & Seal, Ltd. (quar.)— Forster, common Packing Special 10-16 30C quar.) Monthly ' 10-25 1 75c $1.75 preferred 10- 30c 16%c (quar.),— 10-15 10-15 Die & 11- common 10-14 9-2® *$1.75 Company (quar. Tap 11-20 (quar.) 10-14 1- 30c (quar.) 11-20 Cork & 8% 150c (quar.) shares 11-12 - A Cudahy (payment clears all arrears)!. Autocar Company (stock dividend) — One share of 5% convertible preferred C for Crown 10-15 1 11- •, (quar.) class A held series Creamery (s-a)_ (increased Co.— prior preferred Refiinng, preferred (quar.) $5.25 9-19 ; (quar.)__. 50c pfd. 1 11- (Winnipeg)— 11- 1st pfd. (initial) (initial)——————— 10- 11- 50c *$3,75 (H. L.) Greenfield 25c iquar.)__—— 4Mj% Co., Products Crum preferred preferred Steels, Austin Nichols & 10-14 t22'/2C Refining Co.— 3.60% Atlas 5% RR.— preferred convertible 2nd 4 * (quar.) preferred Atlantic 10- Co. 1 10-31 35c Quarterly Green 50c common—w-—(initial s-a) pfd. Converse Rubber, 5% 1 12-10 11-1 10-15 ;, y!'•/''■ •'.• Y.~~ Cornell-Dubilier Electric-— deposit rets, (interim) Telephone Co., Ltd.— 4J/a % ' Corp., Mills, Insurance Assurance Co. Holder$ Payable of Ree, *50c —u.™'—.30c Continental Gin 12-23 12rl5 , 37VaC ; American Great Lakes Power Co. Ltd. $7 pref. , Great West Life *$1.50 (quar.)___ Extra 11- 10-31, 10-15 1 , (quar.)_--___—$1.25 Textile $1 11-15 11- $1 ) 25c Great When Share ...... ■ _ (Toronto)-— of N. Co. Grocers 1-21 10-10 — (quar.) Electric Edison preferred "■$3 Associated (initial) com. ,. , Heating Co., Inc. (quar.)—. $1 10-15 9-30 Industries, Inc.—t Container Corp. of America 10-22 9-27, 10- 2 Name of Company < Goodyear Tire & Rubber (Canada)— 4% preferred (Initial quar.)... Gotham Hosiery Co. (Increased quar.) Special ; 1 Chemical Consolidated 5 1 11- $1.50 $1.50 : .u._ Mills, 6% preferred (s-a) Mills new partic. pref. Class A Arcade Cotton Arlington Car 10-11 a'; a ,• 10- 4 .J,.—*———. (accum.) Consolidated (quar.) \,■' , — 10-15 10o Appalachian Electric Power—■*.£' 4Va % preferred (quar.) $1.12 % I preferred Confederation Life Association 9-21 v 10-15 $1.25 ____ (quar.) prior preferred Angerman Company (New Haven)— 11- 1 $3 100% Southern, $6 pfd. (accum.) Co. Consolidated ;/;■ $5 conv. prior preferred (quar.)_„ Anchor Hocking Glass, common^. Anchor Post Products, Inc.— 6% 7% 25c ____ prior Concord Gas $2.25 Wire & Cable American Zinc Lead & Smelting Co.— 6% Commonwealth & 35c Compo Shoe Machinery (stock dividehd)____ t Per *. Payable of Rec. Share ' (quar.)_^_-__»_. 9-14 $1.25 (quar.)__ ! . Quarterly preferred Anaconda Co. ' ' 9-20 (Abilene, Kansas)— (quar.)_ Telephone & Telegraph Edison Conde Nast Publications 10- 30c ______ American 10-15 A' y ♦/ Holders When Per Commonwealth American American Telephone Co. ' Name 0} Company 1' Safety Razor— New common (initial quar.)_____ American Seal-Kap Corp.______j^._i.i;;___i_.' ;/ '' Holders Payable of Rec. 1761 ' 10-15 $1.06 y4 11- -9-30* 9-30* 1 20c 13 %C 10-15 ? 10• 1 10- 10-15 1 " (quar.) 50c 10-15 0-3® 80c 10-10 9-27 - THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Monday, October'7, 1946 . ■When •Per *Holders ' Name of Company [ ManatL Sugar Manhattan Extra ■ Co.-H— Bond- 25c - , ■..I"'-. I __ --• Marchant Calculating Machine ^quar;)_iii_ ' Maracalbo Oil Exploration—.—- •____ .10-15 9c 10-15 10- 29c. » Fund—__________ ———i—.—— 10-15 10-5 10-15 9-30 :37%c 7c _ Maritime Telegraph & Telephone Co., Ltd.-— Common (quar.) • ;J Payable of Rec. Share - 10-*2 $17%c 10-15 50c 10-31 Massachusetts Investors Trust-(irreg.25o Massachusetts -Power •& Light Associates— '•1 •. $3 preferred (accum-) 30c 10-21 9-30 10-15 10--'4 %% preferred B (quar.) Marshall Field & Co. (quar.) Massey-Harris, Ltd. Rubber Co — 11-1 Extra 10-15 10- 10-15 9-25 $2c 12-14 11-15 Reed 1 $1.75 10-15 10-15 11- 1 lc 12-3 '>11-151 lc 12-3 11-15 37%c 10-20 9-30 3 , ?. Chemical Co. ' : .. of America;— Rhode Island Public Service, <- $1.50 preferred (quar.). Mutual Investment. Fund (quar.). Mutual System, 6% preferred (quar.) Narragansett Electric, <4 fa % pfd. Battery Co. (quar.); 10-15 $1.50 (H. W.) 12-10 12-28 10c 10-15 9-30 10-15 , 9-30 11- 1 10-15 Russeks-Fifth Avenue 30c 11- 1 10-18 St. NationaL Biscuit. Company, common (quar.) National Bond & Share;_____. National Cash Register * (quay) ,> 30c 15C 10-15 9-10 10-15 '9-30 25c 10-15 9-30 National Company 10c New — Ndttanal Lead Co., 6% (quar.) 10-15 10-15 11- ,1 *15c 10-12 10-30 - - • -. ■■ SL50 - New Idea, inc. Newark Telephone Co. _____ 1st. preferred -(accum.) 10-15 / Western Northern States Power preferred '10*10 11- Co. "/ 11*15 10- ' ■ 12-17 55c 11-20 11-1 1 10-15 1 Increased 10-15 1 New ;9-30 10-19 Southern r ;10-15v 10-15 Southern Pacific Gas & Electric (quar.) Pacific .Lighting Corp., $5 pfd. (quar.) Pacific Petroleum Ltd. (initial s-a)—_ Pacific Portland Cement Co.— ' * Corporation Park & Tilford, Common $1 1 9-30 10-15 11-15 10-30 10-29 10-19 10-15 $1.50 10-15 50c 10-15 $1 (quar.)I 10-15 75c .. 11- 40c 5 10-31 $1 $2 ; 10- 12- 2 J75C .___: 4.15% 5 Extra .'Spring Valley 4Vi% 4% 12-14 prior Perkins preferred Machine & 7% Gear $1.75 & Bros, Co., refunding Oil preferred State Steel Street Co. (initial). 6% preferred 10- 1 . 4.40% preferred Insurance $1.10 (s-a) 4% ' convertible " prior preferred Special preferred (quar.) ■- Plllshury Mills, 10-ix: 10- ,1 M- t. 10-15 11-1 10-15 II-1 10-15 11- 1 11- 1 10-15 50C 11-1 10-15 30c 11-1 10^15 10-1 11-1 10-1 iiy4c 10-15 :'9-30 $5.preferred Thew Shovel ioq 10-21 9-30 10-15 9-30 10- 7 9-24 iUdylite 10-10 9-20 United $1 Porter (H. K.) Co., common__ ™ Power Corp. of Canada, 6% 1st pfd. (quar.) ,'6% non-cum. partic. preferred (quar.)___. prentice (G. E.) Manufacturing Co. (quar.) _ 15C 10-15 9-20 '$75c 10-15 --9-20 50c 10-15 10* 1 50C 10-15 10- 1 $$1.50 • 10-15 10- 5%% ■Class ••*-- resident tax & I (quar.)_______ (quar.)_____ ;• 2- 4 ' ,$L26%M145 . 1 10-15 12- 2 9-30 . 93%c 2- 1 > >10*10 ^ 8-25, 9-19 : 40-15^ 10- I ; -25C 10-15 11- $$1.75 $25c 10c 9-30 : 1 10-15 10-31 10-16 : 10-31 ' 10- 5 1-1-47 12-20 75c : Jamaica income tax. 12-1$ 15%: resident tax. ■ : , 7%. a — » Less ' ; E. British income tax. .in * ■——xi—I Corporation and (Continued from page 1728) held are par on Aug. 28 notified the stockholders terms and provisions of the amendment Levy, President, with accordance the 1 10- 7 12-12 11-30 12-16 12- 5 First National Bank, & Trust :Co., Pittsburgh,. 10-10 10- 1 the v^lue stock certificates. 1 11- 1 mon Stockholders 10-18 10-21 10-6 11- 1 10- I; 1 $1 10-15 25c '$1.59 to transfer: agent, the Peoples Pa.; x.11 of their $Jt par 10-10 10-15 : tolforward asked -are 10-8 >■■' r of now exchangeable on the basis of two shares of the new 50 cent Value common stock 4or each share of the old $1 par value com¬ stock. ' " 7 11- $1.25 : that in Rand's, approved by the shareholders at a special meeting June 28, 1946, their $1 par value common stock certificates of on New Common Stock Receives 2^-Cent Dividend— 9-18 dividend of 2yz cents per share on par. value, payable Sept. 45 to •■, equivalent to 5 cents on the old $1 par shares wjiich received 2 fa cents on March 15, 1946, and a quarterly of 2ya cents and an extra .of 5 cents, on June 15, 1346.-rV. 164, .P. 322. >> ' " ' " 9-14 ' 9-30 11-1 1040 41-1 10-10 25c 42*12 10-15 10- 1 common new holders record of declared stock of Sept. 5. 50 a cents This was 11-29 ..430C directors recently The ,4*1.75 . 3 Read "SEC— V 41-25 10-10 41-22 .10-22 10-15 $10 $1.50 c$L50 -42- 2 10-25 ' 10- 4 12- . for company 100,000 Noel & Co., 1 11-15 25c lT-1 $$1.75 10*15 "12* 1 11-20 40c 12-1 11-20 Reading Co. 9-30 35c - 42-20 43%C 25c - $37c 15c 50C 10-15 11-15 12-10 10- I 10-15 Gross 1944 1946 1945 $9,264,691 2,051,715 oper. lncome___ 984,394 $9,022,711 1,951,088 1,108,786 $9,791,949 rallway_____- Jan. 1943 1— from Net from Net ry. From Earnings— T-33- August— 10-31 Gross 11- 1 10-15 Net from 1 40-15 Net ry. 10-15 9-19 11-30 11* Co., Bridgeport, -Coim.~ -Registers With (D. M.) :i0fv4.f::.3i333 Sept. 27 filed a registration statement with the SEC shares 1 (25c par) common. Underwriter, Van Alstyne, New York. Estimated net proceeds of $476,362 will be used to pay off a loan from the Marine Midland Trust Co., New York,-— V. 164, p. 959. r'. i-rj The railway. ___ • 2,859,902 995,175 $9,938^44 3,469,93a. 957,708 railway.... railway—. 65,606,472 76,154,444 20,700,750 71,815,969 10,045,666 24,443,048 76,768,415 26,143,520 Income 4,065,246 9,386,985 0,725,355 12,198,078 from oper. —V.rl64, p. 1250, . ' 10-16 10-15 - - g-25 lo-io- : Institution— 10- 11- ■ 45C $1.75 . 1 $1 • ■".42*4 *1.25 2-15-47 Rand's, Pittsburgh, Pa.—New Certificates Ready— 10-15 "IOC." Co. 10-151J 1 1145 r 75c 2-15-47 Invesfmenl News 1 12-10 $25c Tool, class A '75c Corp.— Mercantile General Charter 50O ■■___ United Fruit 11- $2.50 B 11- i3iy4c_ . ■ S. r ______________ B 11- 50c (s-a). Corporations, Ltd., class A (quar.) •United Drill -■•Class "943 10-15 $1.12'/a Co.__ preferred (quar.); >______ Corporation (Initial) '■■I;. 10-15 ^Transfer books not closed for this dividend* ' , tPayable in U. S. funds, less 15% Canadian non-residents' tax. $Payable in Canadian funds, tax deductible at the source. Non¬ ; .____ - 10-15 41.75 ; 30c 1 i Gold Mines, Ltd. (interim)—_ Manufacturing Co; (quar.) .Company, - 6 % preferred Trinity Universal Insurance (Dallas) (quar.) Tuckett Tobacco -Co., Ltd.; 7% pfd. (quar.) Tyler Fixture, 7% preferred A— 8% preferred B ' 9-13 ! 35c • . $1 Trane Slfac ...... 9-10 _1040 V #9-13 .IT' 10-15 . ■ 9-30 10-15 • * 'O-S*:-4"" . 10-30 10c 10c (qnar.)__:—.—. (quar.)_. 10-15 $1.50 37ViC —_ 12>/ac Towle 10* 40-15 475c Toburn * "$1.75 8 preferred Thermatomic Carbon Co«— ' 10-15 n 17 Vic _ 30% xLess the Water Co., 6% non-cum. preferred_;_ Thatcher Glass Manufacturing-Go*--- $2.40 10-10 40c 8 25C Texas 10-18 20C ______ ___ Texas.Public Service (Del.) 9-30 $1.75 (Increased)— Fuel. Co.. 10-22 > .$1 Plomb Tool Co. Extra 9-20 90C Piper Aircraft, 4fa% conv. pfd. (quar.)__ Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Ry.— 7% preferred (quar.) Pocahontas 10-10 40c (quar.)__^ $4 preferred -(quar.) Pioneer Petroleum, 7% preferred (s-a) Pittsburgh Screw & Bolt (quar;) 1 37'/2C preferred $2 11- 10-15 60O - (quar.) ■ Phillips Jones Corp., 7% preferred (accum.) Plg'n Whistle Corp., .common (initial) ■ • 35c ; 9-20 10-25 11- Taunton Gas Light Co. (quar.) Philadelphia National 40-18 10-15 $75c (quar.) Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, 5Vi% pfd. (quar.)_ (quar.) Technicolor, Inc. Texas ,Power & Light; $6, pfd. (quar.)___—_ 7% preferred (quar.7. Co.- Philadelphia Transportation, common II participating preferred : Philip Morris &. Co., Ltd., common (quar.)3.60% nrefeiTed fouar.l 10- 60c 11* 1 10-15 60c (increased) $1.50 (s-a)______ Philadelphia- Electric 11-15 ' $1.50 6 93%c of Company 10-18 common 10-16 12- $37%c (quar.)__ > Superheater 9-20 11-15 (San Francisco)— 10-11 i >" 50c Phosphate & Acid Works, Inc.— . • /v" ' 1 10-21 1 12-16 $2 10- 1 " 11- 10-15 40C (quar.) Investment 11-15 10*15 Co._ 10-16 35c 10-25 11- 10-7 1 92Vic 12VaC 1 50c Co.__________.____ Perry Fay Company (increased) Phiaris Tire & Rubber, new common (initial) Philadelphia Company, common (quar.) 11- 11- Ltd. (liquidating) Co., Ltd.—. pfd. > 41*18 11-15 $1.03% 1 $1.25 1 ; 10- 1 9-30 12- (quar.) 9-28 , 10-15 (s-a) preferred 1 2 (quar.) —up : Ohio, 3%% Spring— Co. Cooperative Quarterly 10-15 50c of Products Zion's 9-18 11-1 $1.50 10-10 9-20 10-10 (quar.) 15C 10-15 $1 i 9-30 quar.) (Dallas) 11- 9*20 (quar.) ■ >40-i5:>'fe' 1045 > 1 "12-3 80c Cab Yellow Cab Co. Co.— 50c ■ 10-i5 10-15 ,9—0 '"",1 4 1 Extra ; Yellow \ 11-15 $1.20 pfd. ^ **"* (accum.) 11-15 2 12Vic .. ___ 6% 2-5-47 2 12- $$1.50 Co Canada, Ltd., com. (quar.) >; 7% preference (quar.)__ Sterchi Brothers Stores, common (quar.) Stratford Pen Corp._: 'Stonega Coke & Coal (resumed) Sun Oil Co., 4Vi% class A pfd (quar.)_.__ Sunshine Biscuits, Inc. (irreg.) Super Mold Corp. (Calif.) (quar.) 25c 2-15-47 12- 10- 11- » Quarterly 4-1-47 3-15-47 11- 4 9-20 New (quar.)_ Standard Wholesale 1 11-15 •9-30 25c > (quar.) Wyandotte Worsted 9-30 10-15 10- 9, ; , (quar.) Chemical Standard Steel 11-18 I-1-47 1045 4045 10-19 v 12- $1.75 > Wichita Water Co., 7% preferred (quar.)___ Wlchita River Oil Corp., common (initial)__ Wood, Alexander & James, Ltd,— 7% 1st preferred accumulated Wool Gombing Corp. of Canada (quar.) 9-20 37Vic i; ; Standard 9-27 50c 25c 10-16 12- 5 11- preferred (accum.) old common (quar.) quar.)__— Chlorine 5% preferred (quar.)$$1.25 ■Standard Fuel Co.; Ltd.— .;•:.;■-■■ ■ 10-23 10- 49-25 12-15 - 10- 6 -11- 5 $1.12 fa $3-75 rpreferred (quar.).______ Weymouth: Light &..Power Co. (irreg.) 10- 4 70c (A. G.) /-9% ;preferred ; 10-15 11-15 $1.50 1 Common .vii- ,11- 5 "-'IZ- S 12-15 $1.25 Co., Ltd., (initial 40-5 11-15", 17>/ac ' 34%c ; 7-15-47 10-15 $2.50 • 47Vic 4-15-47 8-1-47 62yzc >>> Western'^PacificiRR. Co., common (quar;)__ Westvaco 37Vic Electric & Petroleum A . 10-15 1 (increased preferred preferred Standard 10-14 11-15 4040: 5-1-47 430c 410c > New 41.40 pref. (initial quar.) • Old 4%'preferred: 11- 26 Vic Process, Gas ; » 10-15 20C/ 1-15-47 45c f 4045 (quat.) 40-r4-r &h;{(5.preferred A (-quar.). -9-30 preferred A 4ouar.> •8-30 > Western Tablet & Stationery¬ j"60c>;42-;^::^4i44 > 10-15 10-15 2-1-47 : {increased ^ , 4145 13Vic, $1.12 fa i Power Class 10-15 Co.— Southwestern Life Insurance 1 50c (quar,) preferred (quar.) $1 preferred (quar.). Pepples Gas Light & Coke Pejre 'Marquette Railway—; Common 9-30 11- $$1.50 (quar.)_____ 7 10- 4-50^^.40-21 „ 9-30 Southwestern Public Service Co.— > 9-30 10- • 's (quar.) England Telephone Southern New 9-27 9-31 t preferred •Spalding (qnar.t common Indiana 4.8% 3,70% Pdrke, Davis & Co.___ Paltchogue-Plymouth Mills Peabody Coal Co., 6% preferred (accum..)___ Peninsular Telephone, Franklin Southern 9-20 10-15 50c Penman's Ltd., common (quar.) 6% preferred (quar.).:„ Southern 10-15 $1 (quar.) Inc. 10-15 I5c "___ Colorado - "^Western LightTelephone Co.rrf.i-.vr ;::4940:9:9^5%4)iieferred- - Co., Ltd.— participating preferred (quar.) 11-15 11- ,0.T 11-1 10-30 • (quar.) 10-10 50c ,.25c> Power 11-15 $1J25 1 425o * 1_ (quar.) Canada * - 40* 7 13%c (quar.). quarterly Bag & Paper— (quar.)___ preferred 6% preferred pfd. California Gas Co., pfd. A (quar.)_ 10-31 4% Westates Western. Grocers, . 1 10-18 11-25 1 12- 4 333/4C ' Paper Mil^ ^coipmon_-_-_ .<M 4%% preferred < 5 1040 10- .11- preferred (quar.) Southern California Water— >9-30 10- 10*15 A 10- 1 10- ;37V4c — 5 10-10 10c 6% f9-30 (quar.)$l.i2,/2 Ontario.Steel Products Co., Ltd.com. (quar.) $25c 7% preferred (quar.) $$1.75 Oppenheim Collins & Co. (quar.) 50c Orange Crush, Ltd., 70c conv. pfd. (s-a) $35c > _ 40-10 10- 15c California Edison (initial) (quar.) common — 9 25c: original preferred (quar.) 5fa% preferred C (quar.)___ 9-39 ' 10-15 V 10-10 5% 9-30 10-19 ■ 10- 1 W-29 v ' Western: Breweries; Ltd; 10-19 10-19* 10-4.9 $25C 4-1-47 $1.75 0-25 12-20 40- 4 common Southern : $1.50 ;».'50C $1.25 - •;/r- 9-25 9-30 11-1 10-15 10- 27c Class B (quar;) Washington Railway & Electric Co.— 5% preferred (s-a) — 5% preferred (quar.)__ West Michigan Steel Foundry, 7% preferred Wesr Penn Electric, 6% preferrea (quar,)— 7% preferred (quar.)__ West Penn Power Co., AfaYe pfd. (quar.)__ West Virginia Pulp & Paper (irregular) 9-30 41-9 10-10 1 1 $1.25 A (quar.) preferred B (quar.) non-cum. preferred non-cum. New 10- 5 • 41-4 '• ,.^45c> com. 75c Warner Company — Warren Brothers Xflass; A^'(quar;);i>9i^u;«« ' Southern Advance • . 50c ./ conv. 11- - Warner Brothers Pictures— 9-23 12-30 $L25 Corporation O.) 4 9-30 10-15 1045 10-15 12- 2 10-31 — 10-10 11- 5 1 11- • 10- 0-25 12-16 ___ 9-30 /85C, preferred A (quar.) South Pittsburgh Water, 4 fa %. pfd. (quar.)_ Southeastern Greyhound Lines— J • Southern Panama Coca-Cola Bottling Paraffine Companies, 4% preferred 4 IZUit- 20c conv. 9-30 Packer 5 .10- 10- 5 $7c (quar.)__. (Howard) 1 10- 10-15 (quar.) Louis, Solar Manxifacturing Corp.— .■ 10- (A. <'-9-25 6 V2 % preferred (accum.) " : Pacific Telephone & Telegraph— 6% preferred (quar.) 10- 10-9 17ViC 4 % .preferred (guar.) ,;Society Brand Clothes (extra 4 >10-<4' 10-15 St. of 11- 7 ^ ' 10-5 10*15 25c Co. 10-15 62yac 10- 10-21 -V 50c Vertientes-Camaguey Sugar 37 Vac 4firginian Railway;-6% preferred v(quai9)>>^ 37 Vac 6% preferred (quar.) — 37VaC 6% preferred (quar.) —— 37VaC 6% preferred (quar.) '% i3y4c Visking Corp., class A (monthly) 13V4C Monthly _i_ 13V4C Monthly i Class B (monthly). 13»/4C i3y4c Monthly i3y4c Monthly Vulcan Detinning Co., 7% pfd. (quar.)___— $1.75 1 40-15 (quar.)&—u,;— Smith 10-15 convertible 10- 1145 .10-15 4fa% 1045 40-15 20c > 1 25c : Smith. ?i0-17 >$lY5 " ^10^14; ' (quar.) 1 11- 40-10 • 9-25 11- preferred $2 17 ViC ' ; ?apor Car Heating(quar,K__ :.C6,;4nc.—> 1% preferred 10-15 9Sinclair-Oil-Corp;y';(quar;)9>>>___9W>___i_^»,:!wUiP55c'';::' 11- 1 10-15 - (irreg.)i>>_^_^>l^>i;«* pfd. '11- $$2.25 Co. Extra Common ■ 11-9 Slfae •>-. 4% 10-10 Sherwin Williams Co. of Canada— 10-22 10-15 ■ preferred 75c Co. Oklahoma Gas St, Electric, Oliver Corporation— " $3.40 ; 5% -,"5% 11- 5 11-1 10-21 1 Van 12-10 11*15 $40c Simplicity Pattern 5 V2 % 11-1 25c S; (accum.) 12-20 $$1.75 Seven-Up Texas Corp 9-30 25c • (Del.)— Co., Electric 11- $75c (auar.)__ Co. 9*30 * preferced Pictures 10-10 10-19 ,10-16 " ;$2569v4^15-|r^9-23; (accum.) I _: 20c . '9. $3,4)refer$«d: (quar.) 10-15 10-15 1 - , Shaffer Stores Co,, common (irreg.)Shawinigan Water & Power Co. (quar.) c Sheraton Corp, of America. >10-16 1 10-15 1% preferred - (accum.)— $1.75 Northern States Power Co; (Minn.)-r ' ' > $3.60 preferred (initiaL quari)_„, .900 Nu-Enamel Corporation .(extra)—15c Oljio Match V';f ; . 9-20 $1.75 _ * Paper Universal Co., Ltd.— 6% pfd. (accum.) (reduced) Diego Gas & Electric, common (quar.)_ 5% 9-30 $1 f ; $L50 convertible preferred (quar.) Northern Indiana Public^^jService-;— •. 5 % preferred, (quar.) Mills 96ecurity. ;gtngftg«^.f!or- ;;r 10-16 15c 75c _ common, North Penn Gas Co., 7 % prior pfd; (quar.) North River ^Insurance Co. (N. Y.) (quar.). Northern; Illinois Corp., common (quar.) 11- 1 11- 25c ' 11-5 1 10-15 50c (quar;) Properties, 915 $1 (quar.) preferred (quar.) Scott Railway Co.— $3 preferred (quar;) 6 Ye 250 - Adjustment preferred ' 11-15 10-15 11- $1.25. 50c . North Boston Lighting >•10*15 ^*>'500 ' ., Common Scranton 9-15 93%c Nineteen-Hundred Corp., class A (quar.) Electric : Corp. (irreg.) & 9-28* 10-15 . Noma Norfolk 10-14 > 1-21 $1.50 (quar.)____ _ 10-21 12-26 11-30*' 12-20 $7Vic >. (s-a)_. preference 9-25 " (quar.) United Transit Co., 5% preferred (quar.)__ •\ Universal Laboratories, Inc.— , Quarterly Universal Leaf Tobacco, common (quar.)___ t. 12Vic 683/4c $1.3iy4 $r> preferred f (quar.) San-Nap-Pak Manufacturing Co.— 70c preferred (quar.)— Schenley Distillers (quar.) ; - 6%iprefer*ed (quar.) Newberry (J. J.} Co., 3%% pfd. Ni&gara Hudson Power—-' ^ ^ 5% V __ (Ohio)— Flour A convertible • 5% 9-30 70c 10-1 15a (initial quar.) new com. Ltd.4- Corp.; class V 1-2-47 ' 40c United Stores Corp., $6 1st pfd. (accum.)__ ' J >Untted;:Stockyarda Corp^— ; .10-1 15c > (quar.) ., class A convertible preferred 7% 10- 1 > 1-31-47 _ 10-15* Winding Co. Opper .Michigan Power & Light— Co. Securities Investment National Steel Car Corp., Ltd.-(quar. )_____< $37%C National Tea Ca., 4%% preferred (quar.)—T 53fao Naugatuck Water Co. (s-a) ~ 1> 75c Ndw Brunswick Telephone Co., Ltd. (quar.) $12c _ / 10-11 $1.50 : Lawrence 4% St. Lawrence 10-11 20c ?; 1 —_____ Universal f —~5c< (quar.) Corp.; Ltd.**- Paper San 11-1 25c preferred B (quar.)_ National Malleable & Steel Castings (resumed) National Mallinson Fabrics (quar;) _ National Pumps Corp.—$% prior1 preferred (qqar.)—; > •, St. Lawrence Paper Mills, San Antonio Gold Mines •a-1 25c f , Croix 10-10 f25c —__—__ ___ National Department-Stores Corp. National Fuel Gas Co- (quar;)_u .St, 10-15 (quar.>$0.296875 25c ——————— - 9-30 11-1 (.initial) (Initial) common 'Extra 10*15 7%c Corp. National- Container .4%% conv; pfd. NationaL Distillers. Products Corp. 11- 6% 9*19 , 50 %c Cellulose class A (quar.) St Co. National National 25c Extra.'' United Steel 9-31 Robinson Cotton Mills, Ltd. (interim) 11-1 10c 10-15 ■-Rochester Button1 Co. (quar.)___ —J25c Extra.; ; 750. > 10-15 "Royal-Typewriter •CO;, common_____^______i v 15c.; 40-15 ,7% preferred >quar;) JKL7&"' 40-15 Russ Building Co., 6% preferred (accum.)-35c 10-25 " 9-30 37%c (quar.) 10-15* vU, S:iSmolting, .Refining & Mining—i-' 7%;i-'preferred" >10-17 - 6% 1 '2? Vic 9-31 .11-4 - -;•••.• 9-25 10-15 10-15 Co>" 4Vi % ,pfd. > (initial s-a) &->_ 9-30 10-15 50c $25e $2 ,preferred : (quar.);_— Rickel 33I - 9-12 1 > 9-20' 10-10 11- U. :s. -Lines & —_ >10-11 11-26, 12- 2 $1 Electric 11- 9 25C (quar.)_ Co., Inc. v 10-18 ' 10-12 50c Engineering— $2.10 convertible preferred (quar;) Republic Investors Fund, Inc;— 6% preferred class A (quar.) > 6% preferred class B (quar.) Republic Petroleum Co., common (irreg.)___ 5fa% preferred A (quar.)_ Revere Copper & Brass, 5y4% pfd. (quar.)__ 10- 2 $1.50 12fao (quar.)__ A —_______ Reliance ■i 10-1 5c —__i_ B (C. A.) Company, $2 pfd. Reed-Prentice Corp. (extra) Regent Knitting Mills, Ltd._ 'Telephone &Telegraph Co.— Quarterly Mutual Class 9-25 10-15 11- 12-16 $2.50 "U.TS. 'Plpe & Fpundry4-' f ; < Quarterly iU, S. Plywood, common '(quar.) __________ 7 11-1 :• 7-1-47 6*16-47 4-1-47 3*17-47 25C 9-23 10- 4 . 1-2-47 $1.25 25C . ——____ 9-26* 50c - „_ (quar.) ___________ 10-21 15c . Mountain States 10-8 50c •• Power ,Co. 10-15 10- 3 - ■. ■■ ——— 10-31 1 1 (quar.) — . Quarterly 10-11 11-15 10-15 — :■ 1 11- 3c - Mountain. States •10- $1.25 $1.25 , Payable of Rec. U. S. Industrial Chemicals 40*15 10- Shdre "' , . U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co. (Bait.) (quar.) Extra _• - 9-13 . 9-30 10-19 ' 25c Moneta Porcupine Mines, Ltd. < (interim) MOnongahela Valley '-Water Co.— ; 7% preferred1(quar.) — Monroe Loan Society com., Class A (quar;)Montana Power, i$6 preferred (quar.) _: Morris Plan Insurance- Society (quar;) Mount Diablo.- Oil Mining & Development— . 10-15 11-29 10-15 _ Extra 8-26' 11-1 11-30 ' __ — 10-15 , > —__ . 10-15 com. (interim)—. ,v $25c '» 75c McClatchy Newspapers; 7% pfd; (quar.)__ 43%c McColl-Frontenac Oil, 4% pfd. (initial)-— pM85c McKesson & Robbins, $4 pfd.- (quar.)-'. $1 McLellan Stores Co. (quar.)__ -3 • 25c Mercantile Stores, 7 % .preferred (quar:)____ $1.75 Mercury Mills, Ltd. (quar;) _ $25c Miami Copper Co. (quar.25c Mohawk , " . 5% preferred (quar.)^Li_^____. : 5% preferred (quar.)____— 5% preferred (quar.)_ _____ United New Jersey RR. & Canal (quar;) 10-5 . McCall Corporation (increased-quar.)z__ Mid-West Abrasive .Co.—i Midwest Piping & Supply (irreg.) Miller Manufacturing Co., class A 9-20* 10-5 " Name of Company ' Holders- - ^United Merchants & Manufacturers—*• 9-14 * . 9-20 ; : Payable of Rec. Procter 10-3 10-17 1 10-15 ________ Share Preston East Dome Mines, Ltd. (reduced) $iy2cf »\ ao-15 & Gamble 8% pfd. (quar.) 10-15 » $2 10-15 Prosperity Company, 5% preferred (quar;)-' $1.25 11-8 Proprietary Mills, Ltd. (interimi___ »;;WJ$5C'' Public Service of Colorado (quar.)____ 4iy4c . 11-1 Public Service Corp. of New Jersey— 6 %" preferred (monthly) '150h - 10-15 6% .pfcL. (montldy)-: ' ;50o 4 11-15 Sound Power & Light— ,v ;y .10*15 $5 .prior pfd.. (quar.)__ '$1.25 Purex Corporation, Ltd 10-15 > $15c II- 1 'Purity Flour Mills Ltd. pref. (quar.)___ $62 fan 'Quaker Oats Company, common—75c ; 10*10 11-30 6% preferred (quar.)— : —; $1.50 11-25 ?Quebec: Power 'Company'^uar^i;ti^^&^>>:!> •$25c: Railroad Employees Corp., 80c pfd. (quar.)_ 20c ; ; 10-19 10-25 Railway Equipment & Realty, com. (quar.)_ 25c 10-25 6% 1st preferred (quar.)__ $1.50 10*10 Reading Company, 2nd preferred (quar.)— • 50c Common 11-14 (quar.) >> 25c Red Top Brewing, class A— 10-12 ;12Vic 5 $20o ____ Name of Company When Per Holders -When Per - Volume Number 4531 164 Red Rock THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE ■ Bottling Co. of Cleveland Earnings and — Sales Increased—New Plant Under Construction-— Safe Harbor Water Power Corp.—To Refund • added "one of the forthcoming projects now in the process of engi¬ neering is the installation of paper machine capacity at the Tacoma, Wash., pulp mill, scheduled for completion in 1948." ♦ Bonds—; The corporation announces that it has decided to proceed with a refunding of its $19,131,000 presently outstanding bonds bearing a Five Months Ended August 31— * 1946 1945 ; 4Ms%^coupon. The corporation will probably offer a new series of Profit before depreciation and $24,824 $14,967 bonds and serial notes of an aggregate amount equal to approximately, For the full fiscal year to March 31. 1946, the company reported a the' amount of bonds now outstanding. It is expected that the new net profit of $25,455 after all charges. < r.» issue of bonds will be offered at competitive bidding and that the Sales of this company in the current fiscal year are running sub-v.v. new issue may be placed in registration about Oct. 25, 1946.—V. 164, stantially>-ahead of sales in the fiscal year-ended March 31/1946^/ p.'$?2 Samuel Matasar, President,- announced on Sept. 22,. During the five months to Aug. 31, 1946, he said, the company, sold- 300,120 cases of,.; ;St. Louis-San Francisco Ry.—Equipment Trusts Of¬ soft drinks/un increase of approximately 136% over the 126,647 cases*-1? fered—Salomon Bros. & Hutzler, and Stroud & Co., Inc., distributed during the corresponding months a year ago. ./Operations • will be expanded further with the opening later this • -wonvaward Sept. 30 of $5,500,000 equipment trust Cer¬ • 1763 Under • Part , of-the new bottling plant under construction in Cleveland, Ohio, expected'to-be completed by Nov. 10 Mr. Matasar said.-* The building is with bottling operations' to start order .on with Matasar cases a v• as ' - . > • \ 4 '• V : •• r •/,'? -44 /■'*' ... . company-Sept. 27 filed a letter of. notification with, the.*>SEC**'for 80,000 shares (25c par) common, • 37,100 common stock purchase--^ warrants and shares subject to such warrants, and 85,500 shares of The, certificates issued integral part common, one to sold were organizers of this cent Boston. Bales offices Proceeds and which be may considered will Total used for machinery and Maint. "! equipment, 'Judge Byers of District of New the Net decision Menihan Rand, patent to be Judge No. valid Byers held 2,118,888, and to have claims owned and 10 by 11 Columbia of Lewis and special meeting \ Bal. for Sept. ./',//■. . AM i Republic. Natural ~Gas. Co., 27 has been Net 1 - ' . cellation 95,469 of Articles shares of I Net Incorporation, providing the The shareholders reelected the board of directors which The directors payable Oct. 25 cents follows: on to Net on April 25, 25 cents; April 25, last. and Oct. 25, Richfield Oil Corp. T»\,agreement Provides for available on a has the to into 16; additional an 164, of option loans for either four-year plan is elected, tiie lour-yeai' to renew the a loan for four Richmond (Va.) Nov. 1— * Ry. operating Net Holders of voting trust certificates lor capital stock of this company being urged by the State-Planters Bank & Trust Co., Richmond, Va., to surrender these certificates to .the bank the shares erf capital stock in to which agreement. The bank also redeem all of its NOV. 1, 1946. The order to receive Gross Net from from Net Ty. railway 1944 $2,123,292 $2,522,699 686,135 973.037 railway income oper. $3,019,300 1,440,168 Net from Net ry. —V. - income- oper. 164, 1250. p. .?; 297,252 226,650 23,182,472 25,616,949 13,685,232 2,227,132 v 2,196,713.' / . y c°mPany Sept. 24 filed shares of common. a letter Offering, will be used for corporate of notification with income the SEC pany, from to listing on Sept. 20 was the $1.25 par, in exchange for the "old" dealings In at the opening, on the exchange for each share of from Net v ' from Net ry. railway railway— "new" common stock $2.50 par common basis of two shares "old" common.—V. of com-<: of "new" 164, p. common Aug. r' as President and Chief , ; $2,244,339 81,527 1,161,000 with oper. 164, p. 1945 $3,328,506, -Earnings— 1944 v; 1943 $1,365,958 $1,229,714 17,455 479,828 538,973 107,305 *38,668 10,928,815 12,944,316 131,301 176,-455 / 3,112,841: 1,084,614 1250. 5,780,646 ;1,548,380 13,328,977 6,486,049. credited ~ - $864,271 ..u, income— ♦Deficit.—V. 1946 11,085,402' 6,049,345 1,751,552 '-*,' '1,927,145 to v •;! : St. Bank •: Bank of Bank t )t<i • available America of - t agreement new $75,000,000 > < Bankers are: is Los v Trust Co.j Trust and Savings Association, National. Bank & Trust Co. of Bank of Chicago, The Chase Angeles, Irving Trust Co., New f National City of New York, Mellon National Bank & Trust The>- First National Bank of Bcston, Sceurity-First of i being - National Illinois National First of credits - | Co., Na¬ First Wis«.;t York; Bank & Commerce ; , Cleveland, / Trust Co., St. Louis; The National City National Bank, State Street Trust Seattle-First Commerce Trust Kansas Co., City, Mo.; Fort... The National Bank, The Indiana National Bank of Indianapolis, Ilsley Bank, Milwaukee; Toledo Trust Co., and Liberty National Bank & Trust Co., Louisville.—V. 164, p. 1331. & -Vc -'Vr ''y. ' 4 ' ■■ '*'. , V.;'^>' Scott Paper Co.—Mr. McCabe to Returnleave on Commissioner Liquidation Foreign $9,855,359 1,467,346 * * , $125,000,000 Bank Credit Agreement dated as of Sept. 30, v and 41 banks, /naking available a total; {: Continental Cincinnati; Co., Worth 269,321 311,190 a money / Co., Boston; Wachovia Bank & Trust Co.. Winston-Salem, N. C.; First .? National Bank, Philadelphia; Farmers Deposit National Bank, Pitts-... burgh; Whitney National Bank, New Orleans; First Natoinal Bank, Atlanta; The Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis, Central Trust 953,358 $5,620,558 for York, American Trust Co., San Francisco; First National Bank in Louis, Harris Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago; Manufacturers & V Mercantile 695,167 250,328 it Trust Co., Buffalo; Northwestern National Bank of Minneap-* olis, First National Bank, Cincinnati; The Fifth Third Union Trust Co., Cincinnati; Citizens Fidelity Bank & Trust Co., Louisville; The Detroit Bank, First National Bank of St. Paul, Marine Trust Co. of Buffalo, $9,586,038 .... reimburse Traders 14,765,629 $5,370,230 to absence of since McCabe, expected Thomas B. 15, 1945, is April who ha3 to return this Fall to his duties as President of the company. ■; r /•:/-4 appointed Army-Navy Liquidation Commissioner in February, McCabe became Foreign Liquidation Commissioner and a ^ Mr. Special to Assistant the Secretary of State late last year when his// 164. p. 1251. 2,749,693 . Scudder, Stevens & Clark Fund, Inc.—Assets— .. The $601,515 $4,153,212 261,835 $7,105,666 38,759 $640,274 29,843 $4,415,047 $7,424,750 - . 1946, 319,084 reports total corporation equal to that'date. on $106.79 This per net share compares on with of $22,907,787 on Sept. 3, the 214,504 shares outstanding total' net assets of $21,924,509 assets 252,098; . $388,176 2,015,433 2,032,408 $2,399,614 v h on Sept. 4, 1945, equivalent to $106.44 per share on the 205,970 shares then outstanding. 1 L 4*- The directors of the fund have declared the usual quarterly dividend . 252,142 $5,392,342 of 75 cents/per /record Sept. !4, share, payable Sept. 1946,^-V. 164, p.< 322, 1946, 20, ; ( stockholders to t 1 . *' V of ; ^ ; ^ Sears, Roebuck & Co.—August Sales Increased 93.7%] -Approves Preferred Stock— of new first preferred stock, . in he order to $49,905,859 said. and "In in v 1945 sales .same exclusive of' $1,500,000 contingency our Net reserve. profit The are income company reports that the sales for the highest record.—V. 164, p. 1126. bonds on $ August . $ - 540,264.009 and seven months ■ the basis of 300 common shares for each $100 bond. writer Light, Wofsey & organization of businses. Sharon Steel includes earnings from St. Regis' newly-acquired properties only from the date of acquisition. In 1947 we anticipate a*similar steady sales growth." Each of the company's divisions—printing, publication, and convert¬ ing paper; multiwall bag; kraft paper; kraft pulp; engineering .and machine, and Panelyte plastics—shared in bringing about the rapid increase in St. Regis' sales volume, Mr. Ferguson added. /"'He said* that recent*<expansion projects at existing St. Regis plants and purchases of paper mills by the company were the inevitable result of the steadily increasing demand for its wood cellulose prod¬ ucts. Giving emphasis-for" this continuing program, Mr. Ferguson -1946—7 Mos.—1945 $ , Seco Signal Corp., Baltimore, Md.—Files With SEC— The company Sept. 23 filed a letter of notification with the SEC for 120,000 shares ($1 par) common and $40,000 of 6% bonds, due one year from date cf issue. Offering price, $100 & unit. The 320,000 shares of common will be given as & bonus to the purchasers of the net sales were $52,500,000, eight months of period the net income was, on the sale of investments net 1946—Month—1945 ^ 140,946,297:/72,768,785 .869,115,149 ' for the first 8-month Sales The par . help meet the rising demand for St. this Period End. Aug. 31,— ' $ Sept. 18 approved changes in the company's designed to increase'the authorized capital stock on income of $2,211,411. were Bank the of Marshall $912,705 $655,970 done products," net . the 6ECJ ■-/ with - '■ The New President,'stated.' ./Regis' .,v;, consin National Bank. Milwaukee; The Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities, Philadelphia; The Phila-.. delphia National Bank, The Commercial National Bank & Trust Co. of $8,132,478 $26,000,192, 121,123 used Corp.—Gets participating in the Pittsburgh; 1946—8 Mos.—1945 $880,689 be issuers. which ,inade York; 1331.- be notification ; Francisco; tional j v will Distillers 1945, 1, Banks Ex¬ 663,250 1,135,793 963,204 32.01G proceeds the New proposed "This -will to San $5,119,960 $30,116,899 $49,019,815 2,875,621 21,984,421 23,019,623 through the issue of 250,000 shares is of functions were .transferred to the State Department.—V. . structure letter a terminated.' gross stockholders financial 14/- 188,505 income oper. FromJan.l— from railway Net from railway.*ry. of the Bank /value'$100-^ suspended $1,121,027 Gross Net equities :-i authorized St. Louis Brownsville & Mexico Ry.August— Gross the V '- 1946 . p. 27,659 4 announced oft Oct. 2. Of this amounti $79,475,000 is being borrowed for a period of nine years at an interest rate of 2% per annum, and $45,525,000 is for a period of five yeajrs at 1%% per annum, with right of prepayment. A Bank Credit dated reorganization of the road. 167,150 — 164, ( 434,240 :• • ; filed 25 The consummation of ry. — from 1,712,754 48,839 *382,830 *351,599 bank credit of $125,000,000, was an to issue in the first instance only a part of -the issue, for the purpose of retirement of the outstanding pre¬ on Curb— ♦ ferred stock, to acquire- additional properties, and to expand productha New York Curb Exchange at tho opening'- ;<■ tion facilities" in'- certain- divisions of the company," R. K. Ferguson, issued common of 1945, Sti-Regis Paper Co for to stockholders at $50 a share. facilities. No underwriter named/ ' ■98.201 > 1946, between the corporation affirmed" * retired $403,828 Files — Russeks Fifth Avenue, Inc.—Listed / Admitted of business Louis approval and Chicago, ■! $626,127 Deductions "It V St. rallwajroperating 4 The 3,000 at Moore's 330,316 With SEC— Proceeds H. $793,277 , Manufacturing Co., Naugatuck, Conn. 102,520 *362,505 1250. p. Sept. Schenley 'Credit— operating ■ 164, company advanced 29,619 from _:,;24,527,.-|. 705,034 been - 119,844 $40,000 4Mj% promissory notes of William S. and Mrs. St. Clair Bowling." The notes will,be sold by the B.. F. Saul Co. for its own 1,455,681 for $763,458 — income -V. Risdon The for ■ 81,600 2,703,262 10,655,103 4 103,242 315,518 , £16,019 120,794 $287,403 54,443 Saul <B. F.) Co., Washington, D. C.—Files With SEC— * $365,819 ih 205,428 /41,825- the process of reorganization • for more * in $1,181,871 Non-operating income-*. 24,766^476* 14,843,515 5,674,695 2,121,219 $363,643 ,165,187 1,276,265 eliminate 2,712,567 income* Net 17,848,159 , ♦Deficit.—V. Ry. operating .income 311,281 railway railway—— 1,854,194 account 1946—Month—1945 taxes Gross income from 1,822,137 * 1943 From Jan. 1— Cross 1,759 2,095,455 from 2,830,920 -Aprivals plan would 1943 1944- v $314,411 1943 accruals: Total, $3,081,745 1,836,862 &:f 1945 *35,746 261,202 of <, •?.' RR.—Earnings— 1946 *23,596 2,766,106 George expenses tax Deductions, ' company 25,000 oper. income--^ First company and the voting Oct. 1 1946*—V 154. the owns ry. 1,014,915 $3,894,438 operating income Other railway operating on 1945 v \ ; Alabama to 14,135 2,655,937 Court - - 31— from Valorem Income Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac RR*—Earnings 1946 • Ry. . August— plan Other Federal taxes— " - trust agreement between the terminated at 12 o'clock noon was Circuit Federal Income taxes- is notifying certificate holders that the comDany will outstanding 15-year income 6% sinking fund "bonds on P. 1703. 126476 139,249 operations Ad entitled under the voting are 27,707 revenues revenue Railway - voting trustees y: they $362,222 29,725 1944 EARNINGS FOR AUGUST AND YEAR TO DATE operating - trust $330,734 - 70,380 has been years. Period End Aug. iare addition, company 4 $210,360 -Earnings— President Retires— • the railway-— Net from railway Net ry. oper. Income— " States company eleven f From Jan. 1— / Daniel Upthegrove on Sept. 15 ecutive Officer of this company. years.-^—V. %' ' - , 34,780 Gross original note, dated April 1, 1934, amounted to $1,367,875, maturing on or before March 31, 1946. The unpaid balance was $382,249 at the end of July.—V. 164, p. 1331. Cedar Works—Voting Trust Expires on 15,322,441 The existing j $307,363 24,674,547 10,746,766 1945 t registration statement with the first preferred. The terms of the Net 69,649,425 23,698,752 1946 t - arrange- a par) railway from railway—___ P. 1250. p. Ry. —To Redeem Income Bonds 76;509,862 11,598,591 The trustees for this road have filed, a petition In the IT. S. District in St. Louis, Mo., asking authority to pay the claim of the Railroad Credit Corporation. Hearing on the application will be held Sept. 25. - ? ■■ six-year period the company has another 78,017,893 24,837,884 Court or In advances as stock from Gross 1,677,624 Seeks to Pay Note— a ($100 August— .2,220,349 as revolving shares r filed 27 San Antonio Uvalde & Gulf 3,690,060 5,327,108 income:'-^ oper. 164, The 1872. the term ry. than by Bank of America National 14. p. were faoricating plant. Regis also concluded managerial St. Sept. on dividends. proceeds common preferred stockholders and leave $8,243,764 in creditors' claims Capitalization would be reduced from $105,946,995 to $75,000,375, and annual fixed interest charges would be cut from $3,159,045 to $1,513,731. credit agreement entered a 1,418,420 60,284,406 : The- reorganization with modern a year will apply $2,675,000 of Pulp and Paper Co., of whose shares. The balance of pro-* ceeds will be used to restore working capital.—V. 164, p. 1250. the and credit of $25,000,000 to be made revolving basis extending to Aug. 16, 1948. The corpora¬ right, on or before tnat date, to convert 1 ' 1945 principal amount 1,330,596 26 Federal District Judge Interstate Commerce Commission share, per compares Payments in 3,286,664 Aug. (Calif.;—Receives Bank Loan— The corporation has issued $1,000,000 credit notes, due Aug. 16, 1948, pursuant with a group of 19 banks headed Trust & Savings Association. tion This company for 150,000 crued unsatisfied. 40 cents.—V. 163, p. into commitments cents 60 and last ^ The?United appointed the names of underwriters and price will be filed by amend-s i, Net proceeds will be used ,to redeem company's 5% cumulative prior preferred stocks and an unspecified amount will be advanced to ,i Taggart Corp., a subsidiary, for redemption of its $2.50 cumulative t preferred, Both securities are redeemable at $52.50 a share plus ac- t St. Louis Southwestern Ry^—Court Affirms Plan— . Oct. 1 declared a dividend of stockholders of record Oct. 15. share paid per railway: ^ 1943 2,848,363 1,074,218 railway oper; income ( the as ment. $9,541,152 1,562,501 - The time. to Net 164/ p. -I33L:.> —V. Declares Larger Distribution to Stockholders— 40 1944 « new a offering, ONLY 1945 $9,812,376 $10,089,526 GrosswLrom-railway 2,408,723 Net. from railwajr/iiirJ?^- 465,340 ctn^ floor space SEC -From Jan. 1— following officers: W. H. Wildes, President; D. A. Howard, Vice President; T. K. Knox, Vice President; L. J. Golden, Secretary-Treas¬ urer; F. G. Miller, Assistant Secretary; and Marvin T. York, Jr., Assistant Secretary. ^ , COMPANY $8,358,036 • 250,000 shares of to be issued in series, recent move Registers With SEC— $1,192,818 $10,941,557 August—.1' ' \ Gross from railway—,— Net. fronr.'*a4hM^-*.J—-i Net ry; oper.'teConre:.— of the $1,499,141 St.»Lotns*San FranciSCO & Texas Ry o. '• for $1,405,631 ChgS- ^ authorlzedPan most The $1,225,495 $10,983,217 32,677 41,660 1946 from from • a • 17,913 from Gross -Dallas^; Texa»HReduces > $1,517,054 fromv railway.--. Net ry. capital stock in the company treasury, corresponding reduction in the authorized capital stock to 72S.45Z shares, the number presently outstanding, An insurance .retirement plan for the employees, vof the company* to become effective «n Jan. J, 1947, was approved. and fixed which of of Time, Inc., for operation of the Maine Seaboard Paper Co./ (• Bucksport, Me., and the Hennepin Paper Co. of Little Falls, Minn.,- V! and purchased the Watab Paper Co. of Sartell, Minn., and the Nashua i River Paper Co., of East Pepperall, Mass. > From Jan. 1— ^ Th» shareholders at theirs annual meeting on Oct. the for issue rate Within $1,410,441 4,810 — railway—.--—. Net xy. oper- income--- adjourned / •;? ,,/%.://*/* Capitalization—Offie^g Elected— to - EARNINGS OF stockholders will at that time act on a proposal to eliminate thr presently authorized (but not issued) 72,000'shares of convertible preferred.^tock; on authorizing 200,000 shares of preferred stock, $50v flat* vallio onrl ivi/tvnnoiMA. ' vaIue- and on increasing the authorized common stock from 2,000,000 shares to 2,500,000 shares.—See also V. 164, p. 1637. amendment Income tho authorized ments with 1946—7 Mos.—1945 $7,123,539 $50,315,472 $48,057,209 1,475,649 827,584 10,722,830 41,405 397,911 260,387 50,736 AugustGross The ^ income- been scheduled Oct. oper. ry. $6,772,544 1,359,706 expenses Remington Republic Aviation Corp.—Special Meeting Adjourned The - Deductions' trom Income" and infringed by Old Town. The patent is for the master copy sheet stated by the opinion to be used extensively in the hectograph duplicating art. The product sold by Old Town under the name "Dupliform" was held to be an infringment.—V. 164, p. 13. until exp oper/ Total ? ■ SYSTEM 1846—Month—1945 Other income litigation between Columbia Ribbon & Carbon Manufacturing Co., Inc., nnd Remington Rand Inc., on the one. side, and Old Town Co., Inc., on the other. the struc. equipment- expenses— Total Ribbon & Carbon By & way of Other United States District Court for the Eastern! entered a judgment on Aug. 30 in a patent . York of Maint. OF contemplated1 stock, by St. Regis in its continuing expansion pro-1 v gram was acquisition of the Florida Pulp and Paper Company, of Pensacola. At the same time, St. Regis obtained an equity in the Alabama Pulp and Paper Company, adjacent to the Florida Pulp and « Paper Company properties. This marked St. Regis' entry into the kraft pulp and paper industry in the South. Previously the company had undertaken a $5,000,0C0 expansion program at Its large ground- ' wood paper mill at Deferlet, New York. This expansion is now Hear¬ ing competition. In Trenton, New Jersey, site of its Panelyte plastics division, a $2,000,000 building program made possible the addition of $8,574,026 $10,397,078 $54,653,147 $71,437,479 1,116,723 1,442,746 9,984,101 9,218,302. 1,508,872 1,836,102 11,965,449 12,274,073 3,524,852 3,287,201 24,076,179 22,722,127 622,097 557,490 4,289,743 3,842,707. revenues Transportation working capital. Remington Rand Inc.—Wins Patent Suit— . oper. July 31— • the 1 more EARNINGS for part ,;The purchase the portion of "•/ a used on this stock is expected to be lower than that on the outstanding 5% cumulative prior preferred stock. of the refinancing program, the- company previously had called for redemption on Oct. 1 all of the outstanding 8% cumulative second preferred stock. ' •< ; ... equipment. ®ew Period End. Offering price, $1.50 a share of the" organizational shares which later, each. Underwriter, W. H. Bell & Co., be price-lib? aft and privately at 25 cents Inc., cash offering. warrant a for ■ designed to finance are be i < As Mercantile Commerce Bank were r to Sept. 18, the to $72,027,070. on $47,027,070 cumulative dividend • The common They scheduled Is stockholders from presently a 99.0511 for l%s. : . the sale. " the preferred stock of $100 par value, board of directors may determine from time Trust Co., St. Louis, 99.15 for l%s; Chemical Bank & Trust Co., 99.75 for lYss; and Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc./' •' by Increased first 1, 1947-1956. They offered a 1%% coupon. The certificates were not reoffered publicLy.:- Three other bids were received T price of 9.93 for funds stockholders The r tificates, maturing Oct. Liquids-Carbonic- Corp:,is installed.V The plant,-Mr; ; will ..give the-: company a capacity of 1,000,000.**-,,. at compared with present*capacity of 600,000 cases.—V.164,/, Regal Games, Inc., New York—Files With SEC— . : machinery, ;' modern new, continued, year p. 959. soon' as these of be will 138,814 . year proposals approved capital redemption of the 5% cumulative prior preferred shares are issued and outstanding. , . the authorized 1 • • " Baltimore.. Proceeds will, be , . x. I Under- used -( for Corp.—Acquisition— has completed plans for the acquisition of Bopp Mich., it was announced on Sept. 23. • acquisition will be consummated through an exchange of securities between the two companies.. * 4 t The Steel . Co., t corporation v- Corp. of Dearborn, The Through this transaction the Sharon Company will receive a finish- plant which will consume approximately 60,000 tons of hot rolled annually. The plant of the Bopp corporation is practically adjacent to that of Sharon's wholly-owned subsidiary, the Detroit Seamless Steel Tubes j . ■* ing strip i U • - M. ration the of business of cork products, through the Smith Inc., the business of the Smith & was Net ___1 profit Earns, 320,758 shs. outstanding—___ • ; -;:V a ... In 1,068,980 24,107 17,014 192,125 204,046 General 23,366 22,105 265,365 261,583 surtax 27,500 23,200 323,281 277,300 prof, tax accrls.. 10,260 58,486 99,990 1.4~009 14,122 168,389 172,368 $55,295 1,648 $766,940 $656,696 7„,;. 8,661 7,836 $56,944 $775,602 $664,533 8,446 114,716 106,017 $48,497 $660,885 and normal Fed. excess Retirement res. :■;>'' — income Gross , ■' 8,103 ;• ' ; dividends Common ^ Declares 317,217 — 317,217 1945 $9,052,990 1,919,242 Reserve Federal for taxes—-—. ;• Earned per preferred Earned per common NOTE—1945 share share_________: earnings contingencies. are 7 ' ; ' $2,290 $0,153 ■'•.;> $9,857 $1,356 and assets Current : . and Fixed assets Other assets customers with machines Tools __—i. — __ liabilities Current Long — debt term Total —V. 163, p. 3291. A hearing will be held before U. S. District Court Judge John W. Clancy. to $100 equivalent date $1,000 bond. per on -rV. 163, p. there present trustee's The outstanding $2,509,500 due were that the stated all the capital stock of its Giesche Spolka Akcyjna, which owns mining properties and plants in former Polish Silesia, $6,930,110 in notes of the sub¬ sidiary and the entire outstanding $2,350,000 of 8%% sinking fund mortgage bonds of Bergwerksgesellschaft Georg Von Giesche's Erben, a German corporation, owning properties in former German Silesia, In addition the company on April 30, 1946 had cash and U. S. assets of the company consist of principal subsidiary, certificates..totaling $517,674.—'V. 156, p, 1334. Treasury % % Silverwood Dairies, '7tial Class;A initial An the Dividend-^-" ■ dividend outstanding Per ^'77 : stock, ■ v-- Supplementary Letters Patent of former class 161, stock common and A was share one of 467. p, dated June 20, 1946, each share reclassified into one share B stock, without par value. recently class „ (Philip A.), Inc., Newark, N. J.—Files With Singer SEC— 5 Sept. company 27 $100,000 preferred methods. < , '1 ; - , , minority 11 6 Months Ended June 30— Consolidated income Depletion 1945 *" 84,400 79,000 35,750 $282,493 '. v the During crude p. six produced platinum; 3144. • months ended June 30, 1946, the subsidiaries of 27,615 ounces of crude gold and 15,185 ounces of both of these products require refining.—V. 163. y-"7;;;7';:v;;V ■ Public General See V;.?- XT-i1'" :7?v-:7' Stock, etc.— Utilities Corp. above.—V. 164, p. 869. Period End. July 31— Gross revenue Oper. 1946—Month—1945 $629,546 expenses for Prov. .___ 4,476,872 504,140 4,801,817 ' 42,350 516,035 of quisition adjusts. General $8,238,350 400,137 394,845 41,770 depreciation. plant ac- Amortiz. 1S46—12 Mos.—1945 ; 15,850 99,733 ) taxes - exc. 15,850 190,200 111,004( 190,200 736,691 { 798,878 prof, txs.j - privately owned Gross Int. and Other income $77,347 long-term debt_ on of debt $64,874 $1,149,011 $1,329,041 30,958 30,500 367,765 545,262 expenses deductions / . f. :-Cr400 > ^ 519 stock common now offered is be outstanding to NOTE—On .'i 11,695 '36,458 income $47,247" $33,396 $769,549 18.227,683 11,886,731 829,184 43,175 1,237,573 1,237,573 13,642,773 15,892,177 * - ($1 stock is sold, stock offered the and Securities the balance sheet in of accounts of consolidated the balance sheet at upon Period End. July 31— Operating oper. Operating taxes oper. Operating rev._ • income 709,523 2,660,527 expenses taxes_______ 241,000 413,217 *2,076,242 operating Income $259,633 $333,714 202,908 $2,431,070 1,876,093 Net Net income— —V. 164, pp. .182,990 and 596. 1126 of quisition : 1,002,484 $9,460,928 7,224,255 - — Period End. 6,930,543 16,969,682 1,077,457 10,438,269 2,366,909 2,615,464 11,866,353 14,927,890 3,486,177 3,915,948 21,192,167 30,058,200 Net rev. cility rents, : , Net ) 7,200 86,400 Other 635,494 1,179,278 622,154 2,001.921 $1,637,994 252,450 $1,335,788 252,450 debt 201,049 j 144,650 { $102,903 $130,187 21,037 21,037 11,714 505,580 contingent 4,683,369 25,866,743 33,807,058 1.952,585 14,102,796 13,651,076 405 564 1,081 20,154,900 . ,;*■ charges. chrgs. S. of 34,116,638 309,580; for charges fixed income 26,372,323' 1,866,231 deductions available fixed 5,180,155 7T4,695,084 4,707,293 h Total 4,058,439 i; 779,136 4,756,544 49,251 1,270,366 income Total miscell. P. Transport. System. loss of solely con¬ 2,730,379 11,763,382 ''£ :V 108,074 1,581,480 174,805 2,841,061 1,223.638 ♦Net affiliated trolled adjustment, tConsol. JConsol. cos. 25,232 Cr 174,805 ■ 76,000 adjustment, Dr 147 147 1,875 20,558 1,772 1,772 938 Consol, $108,064 _'_^_ 34,358 pfd. stock $79,842 $1,363,213 income of ceived from paying 412,296 412,296 $486,490 2,990,634 3,013,259 of S. S. S. P. Transportation System. controlled affiliated Transportation System, solely P. : 1,266,891 1,254,338 124,000.' ... 22,552,130 11,329,541 tRepresenting interest on companies not credited to tRepresenting dividends re- ! companies included in net charged against surplus by • companies. j Freight Car Deliveries— More, than $1,075,135 34,358 : income— P. R. R. Co. of Mexico. certain bonds of solely controlled affiliated 6,430 . net ♦Excluding income disct. expense income inc. income Total 86,400 prof, txs.j income of net___ railway oper. ac¬ adjusts. exc. 57,308 252,684 7,200 plant 1946—12 Mos.—1945 $7 038 627 3,221,901 670,461 60,029 33,784,869 118,806,110 726,348 73,820,020 from ry. oper. Railway tax accrualsEquipment and joint fa¬ Net $7,437,286 3,196,164 701,954 $621,145 268,303 long-term debt. on - separately operated solely controlled - affiliated companies) July 31— 1946—Month—1045 1946—7 Mos.—1945 ^•\j.;:-;-.$ $ Railway oper. revenues 43,125,803 . 62,089,810 279,926,070 366,158,157 Railway oper. expenses 36,195,260 36,020,128 246,141,201 247,352,048 ; Electric Co.—Earnings— 1946—Month—1945 $610,372 taxes Fed. inc. & Net ' ■ 3,572,404! $2,140,657 1,443,385 Transportation System—Earnings—* Southern ; Pacific Total depreciation Amortiz. and $2,720,782 $21,192,182 $18,642,027 1,973,851 16,684,870 12,928,966 $3,161,160 revenues.. Operating Co.—Earnings— $8,180,695 6,176,821 $1,325,242 $1,070,204 I Operating expenses Amortiz. 1946—7 Mos.—1945 $2,732,782 $21,215,938 $18,726,027 12,000 23,756 84,000 $3,165,152 3,992 (Incl. 869. p. revenue on -if Co.—Earnings— * $12,890,184 $11,660,175 $88,945,999 $80,926,160 11,322,322 7,811,800 72,095,701 52,981,603 497,658 2,523,133 8,669,603 18,483,629 — w— operating Gross the consolidated 1946—7 Mos.—1945 1946—Month—1945 rev._ income for their operations Operating ' Income Prov. 1946, 1946—Month—1945 revenues^. Uncollectible the $12,913,417 $11,680,119 $89,098,690 $81,066,167 23,233 19,944 152,691 140,007 revenues Operating revenues Operating expenses. Net 30, Southern New England Telephone the company will receive Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Operating —V. 164, June be Period End. July 31— ;; a group of banks Simultaneously, the com¬ sold to company its notes. (being prior to acquisition) have not been included in statement of tacome^r-V,^l64,:p. 323. ~ j * L Authorized Outstanding 100,000 shs. 40,000shs.. par) all the 1946, amount of $2,480,546. These transactions were approved by Exchange Commission on June 25, 1946. While the the latter two companies have been included^: consideration total of will 28, gate principal amount of $1,540,000. The company also purchased from its parent, Federal Water & Gas .Corporation, all of the outstanding common stocks of Mississippi Gas Co. and Chattanooga Gas Co. for a 12,894% shares of common stock a total of $290,126. used for development, increase in inventory parts, working capital, etc. * ^ V sale June principal called for redemption on July 29, 1946 its first mortgage pipe¬ line sinking fund bonds outstanding in the principal amount of $12,998,000 and retired its 2%% serial notes and 1%% notes in the aggre- • follows: as ; , the Divs. Net amortization. and amortization, etc._ process of of construction in aid pany 260,829 — 167,158 $65,144,755 $85,829,312' $22,500,000 planesj owned by Southern Airways, and capitalization Other deductions disct. 78,404 98,440 21,463 aircraft. 725,729 675,528 3,222,654 * 3,891 • Capital surplus Earned surplus a approximately 50 on of - Int. Amortiz. debt in on 703,617 . 2,246^087 __________ Contributions : t ' Fed. inc. & deposits and accrued interest Reserve for depreciation Southern reorganization was approved by five of the companies. Under the reorganization, Southern Airways Co. acquired all of the stock of four of the other Southern Airways corporations, which then- became wholly owned subsidiaries. The parent company, as well as the subsidiaries, engages in airport service operations. When it becomes practicable to do so, the parent company will take over the operations of the subsidiaries and they will be dissolved. ■Southern Airways operations presently include wholesale and retail sales of aircraft and aircraft accessories, servicing of aircraft, engine and aircraft overhaul, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, modification and conversion of airline and executive trans¬ ports. The various bases are performing routine maintenance and December," 1945, General ____ -13,800,000 / 9,000,000 1,268,210 9,000,000 613,696 . — taxes Premium corporation, with its four wholly Inc., (S. C.), Southern Air¬ ■ Southern Indiana Gas & $7,855,794 1,722,846 6,632,000 * Accrued interest' Other accrued liabilities-^..^.: Airways, management. Gross $634,216 13,500,000 Total to 1929, when one of its subsidiaries, Period End. July 31— South Carolina Power Co.—Earnings— «2,380,275 L."—; ' notes Accrued one Company dates back Net South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.—Reclassification of ; -V;v yi) lv " V 12,380,275 mortgage Customers' Birmingham, Ala.V is „ 55,458 : stock common on '.Accounts payable These securities are offered Delaware a • company 1945 $224,303 • $0.78 South. Uncollectible profit for the period Consolidated net 127,816 514,016 $10,569,091 $10,569,091 ($7.50 par value)________ stock serial notes— 2ff7o 1946 1,211,204 $65,144,755 $85,829,312 fY/' *'■' $62,019 ;— — S., income taxes. *—_____ merchandise Capital stock of sub. co. held by public. First . PURPOSE—If 84,988 36,100 51,600 and accrued int._ receivable—less reserves Premium 2% $946,691 $4.02 - dividends. 7,600,434 1,362,510 1,389,082 6,366,112. 290,242 i 996,912 —- Common $270,457 Provision for Colombian income taxes Provision for U. ' special funds_____^ LIABILITIES— Airways, Inc., was organized at Augusta, Ga. The present manage¬ ment bought control of this company in 1936, and since that date, the entire group of Southern Airways companies has been under the from 89,738 35,900 and Consolla. Company '' 'i2 $47,112,269 $73,367,922 190,270 9,540,260 systems, ■V/'r Total;^ (Ala.), Southern Airv/ays, Inc., (Ga.), Southern Airways, of the largest aircraft sales and service organizations Company employs approximately 200 persons and has airport service operations at the seven cities. It also has a contract to operate at Jacksonville (Fla.) Municipal Airport and at the DeKalb County Airport near Atlanta, Ga. It is expected that operations at these two locations will begin within 90 days. the Proceeds 1945 ________ AT JUNE 30, 1946 *< - - , 593,033 22,168 —162,467 Capitaj stock expense__—„_^_—;—• •'•' 61,292 agent—First National Bank of Birmingham. (S. C.)—is in Common $571,531 — Depreciation . Prepaid taxes, insurance, etc Deferred charges Inc., ways, Issue " interest) ,} Federal Power of " CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET3 Materials, supplies and SIX MONTHS RESULTS FOR FIRST CAPITALIZATION—The * , " order to pursuant lines, Accounts : ; subsidiaries—Southern numerous South American Gold & Platinum Co.—Earnings— (Excluding . tax. HISTORY—Company, owned , „ , surplus . service filed a letter of notification with the SEC stock (none to be issued at present time) and 10,000 shares (no par) common, Price of common, $10 per share. Of the common 4,000 shares are to be issued to Harry J. Singer for exclusive use, etc., and care of secret formula, processes and working The for '--' Investments 319. Transfer In per share was recently declared on payable Oct. 1 to holders of record \ , been earned to U. S. Treas. securities, at cost , (par $1) at $22.50 per share. as a speculation. J same cents 30 A : <rf —V. of class 31. -Aug. Canada—Ini-7 ^:'A7 -7;;f7/'.-77.' Ltd., London, Ont., 1,937,561 Cash" " of $5,234,272 759,615 ; • common offering to the public 12,894 V2 shares of common stock that amount principal stockholders and creditors to report 1, Aug. the over with offices at 52T Comer Building, 1941. are which bonds on Southern Airways Co.—Stock Offered—The company,, ■ At these , $3,935,052 1,761,405 $3,910,948 compressors,, distribution land, leases and equipment, etc.__ J dividend Earnings per present common share__x Oct. 9, 1946 will ask the Federal Court for an order directing a partial distribution of the funds to the holders of 7% collateral trust sinking fund bonds in an amount $4,860,031 924,979 < This is the equivalent of a dividend Sept. 25. • this corporation on trustee of The stock 100% credit a ASSETS— of. the comnibh stock ... share, ■ 7 958,250 1,480,521 $4,474,657 1,937,561 12 months to June 30, 1945 (company and retroactively adjusted to eliminate $1,601,177 in excess of service life depreciation reversed amortization special W- practicale after Sept. 25 to stock of record common stock outstanding as Net income before preferred Corp.4—Plans Partial Payment on Silesian-American 502,572 1,761,405 Commission dated March 30, 1946. . . Bonds—'*:■ a has consolidated) This action will increase the the excess profits $9,344,138 ' * ' $7,970,331 — $4,413,5^0 • " $3,614,867 for the incohie "•Net • of 40 cents per stock or an annual dividend rate of $1.60 the $1 annual rate which has been *, Increased dividends liberality is made possible by the sharp increase in earnings thus far this year, which has been aided by elimination of < ; $4,140,270 $4,378,565 $5,002,704 -273,250. 481,466 ;■;• 231,568 466,619 $4,094,823 " 479,956 !____ deducts..^ com." stock__—. on Pipe - . voted a 60% increase in effect since early 1941. ' 172,500 7 ,172.500 5,185,3777 * 5,153,079 Reserves Capital stock and surplus of. the voting trust holding 6 J % date. record 82,500 1,012,108 77,000 1,105,175 tools and machines— deposits for Customers' 7v; : Other & 575,217 1,205,401 $3,628,204 income Balance of net income share on the present common $2,923,951 -$1,430,279 - — _ • 1,443,627 .v:' earnings Divs. shares. . „ . On the newly constituted common stock, ^the directors have declared cash dividend of 20 cents per share, payable Oct. 10 to holders of a I '• ' Gross income Int. . from 221,894 to 443,788 ^AU;cf§ 'Kr.v. LIABILITIES— " Co., Paper & ; payable as soon stock, of that $9,344,138 $7,970,331 ; Inc.—Voting Be Ended—To Pay 100 % In Stock and Increased Advance -Bag directors- have The per Total Net Other cents each were made during 1945^--V. 163, expire on Jan. 1, next. SHEET Jun 30, '46 Dec. 31, '45 $4,151,285 $5,789,035 743,998 706,734 1,643,355 1,449,138 1,431,6931,399,231 . 1 | of this corporation have, voted to dissolve the trust which was due to BALANCE ' * :: i 277,713 553,493 722,192 1,585,862 1,023,282 1,668,450 1,104,060 '• 1,098,377 ? 539,201 1,283,053 3,489,037 2,889,866 4,169,680 3,788,689 / 428,517 460,975 Tax., oth. than inc. tax. Fed. & State inc. taxes of The trustees provision for renegotiation ■> 17:'.7 ' 77.7" J. . 1 ' * COMPARATIVE CONDENSED ASSETS— „ 699,369 Depr., depl. & amortiz._ 2999. $532,338 ___—._ I 229,197 666,405 Maintenance Present Com¬ / | ' *' ' „ on $18,036,089 devel. and Company & Subs. 1946 • *1945- : *1945 1946 $13,440,956 $13,057,301 3,648,999 3,795,438 1,725,640 • 1,969,303 revenue purchased Explor. Jan. 7, 10 cents* extra; March l and June 1, quarterly of each; and Sept. 1, 50 cents quarterly and $1 extra. Four V;^rust to 1,386,904 before Gas make such ^action, should 60 Cents on ' Cash Dividend— . . , common Southern 78,115 — ' i Operation as $123,702 . Earnings Co.—Weekly Output—■ Company Only directors cents 40 p. - events . regular payments of 35 Signode Steel Strapping Co.—Earnings— 6 Months Ended June 30— .• ' j' 1946 Sales and operating revenues —____— $3,974,570 Earnings, before Federal taxes —•—201,815 $10,142 $42,397 Natural Gas Co.—Earnings— 12 Mos. End. June 30— Operating follows: as ♦$1,420 output of Southern on'Sept. 16 declared a dividend of 60 cents per share stock, par $5, now outstanding, payable Dec. 2 to holders of record Nov. 14. Payments previously made this year were %: —V. 164, p. 596. r Cash Dividend Stock— the "$1,782 164, p. 596, and 1251. 1452 a intervening The -V. A.-.; this company for the week ended Sept. 28, 3946, totaled 2,303,000 kwh., as compared with 2,099,000 kwh. for the cor¬ responding week last year, an increase of 9.7%.—V. 164, pp. 1638, of the directors to declare such stock dividend on 62,939120,103 Southern Colorado Power obligation on the part 210,000 119,680 • . Deficit.- Electric Proposes In¬ — if, in their opinion, inadvisable. " $558,516 , 210,000 dividends Preferred r divs.. $3,263,504 1,121,974 i ;807,742 1,342,648 1,323,648 755,111 Oct. on upon mon $56,895 income Net 2,796 Uf $64,999 _~ deductions Income V $62,202 Unility oper. incomeOther income (net) Lines, Inc. called a special meeting of stockholders 30, 1946 for the purpose of considering and taking proposal to increase the authorized capitalization of,, the company from 1,000,000 shares of common stock of $5 par value per share to 2,000,000 shares of common stock of $5 per share par value. \ -v •. v"" :\ The directors also approved a proposal for the issue of 542,818 shares of additional stock to the holders of the now outstanding com¬ mon stock as a 100% stock dividend, subject to the authorization of additional stock by the stockholders and to the approval of the Inter¬ state Commerce Commission, the time and manner of the issuance of such stock dividend to be hereafter determined by the board with no $2,740,964 $2,954,254 1,179,667 82,050 Maintenance Federal , Capitalization and Payment of 100% Stock Div. held action $224,049 114 267 taxes cash.—V, 162, p. 609. , 147,087 ■; Surplus <■ and deprec. $3,445,992 1,305,836 ! $289,069 V-'.v 107,447 $325,475 60,484 Int., The board of directors have be 1946—Month—1945 Taxes each in crease 1946—12 Mos.—1945 $265,453 revenues :■''7^7--v.\"-^ the company this year paid the Jan.*3, 'an extra 'cf 30 cents; Feb. 28, 45 29, 37% cents each in Ltd.—Earnings— 1946—11 Mos.—1945 Southern Canada Power Co. a distribution, dividends: Southeastern Greyhound , Co.—Earnings- 1946—Month—1945 Period End. July 31— Operating Operation (- 29, G2y2 cents; and Aug. 30, $1. :* the following payments were made: Feb. 28 and May 31, in cash; July 25, 50% in stock; and Aug.'., 31 and May 1945, Nov. ... stock this cash cents 50 to Sierra Pacific Power to cents; — $29,520 $ 0.09" •>• K-t S'-J'-y —— ———-—-— share on per 163, p. 2588. ' -• MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1946. CONSOLIDATED RESULTS FOR SIX —V. " '' •' "V \ "77;';V^'77:'7-- . Prior following operations in 1925. In 1939 they built and equipped a modern Va„ and at this plant direct shipments of raw cork received from Portugal and the Mediterranean areas. Ralph P. its President and General Manager. f/l t "Z- Period End. Aug. 31— stock distribution of 66%%-, of. capital stpck to holders of .Gross earnings This increased the outstanding stock to 300,000 Oper. and maint.c_!^-_' i946. 15, Aug. shares. plant at Norfolk, are ,>< . Sept. 16 made 180,000 shares on outstanding record Detroit Champney will continue as company the on Corp. their Division of Sheller Manufacturing incorporated in 1913 and opened of Mitchell & Smith name Mitchell The .' with this corpo¬ manufacturer of acquisition of the assets of Mitchell & which will hereafter be conducted under announces the merger' Mitchell & Smith Inc.j' President, Burgess. / u.\; South Bend Lathe Works—Stock Distribution— Corp.—Consolidation—* *- - * Sheller Manufacturing M. " , 1946 Monday, October 7, THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE 1764 1,700 new freight cars -■ were i■ . . ' ' ■ '' Preferred dividends —v. 164, p. 428. v-'-V 71432 4-"v /- Balance —V. t $73,706 ' $45,484 v $950,917' $662,839 during the war, it was pointed out, and since 164, p. 428. -V.n. > delivered to this company in August, an important boost toward relieving the nationwide car short¬ age: A. T. Mercler, President,: reported on Sept.-13. • • - , Virtually all rait car construction was banned by the government ^ V-J Day building of new •"••• r-x XixT THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE '■-■■ Number 4531 [Volume 164 The equipment has been further delayed by material shortages and recon¬ version difficulties of manufacturers. • X-XXX Deliveries of new freight cars to Southern Pacific in. August were "the heaviest to date, comparing with only 425 new cars delivered in July, Mr. Mercier said. Prior to July the railroad had received only*' the of 150 earlier. X than more refrigerator new new ordered a year or Period End. July 31— pur¬ freight service, including 5,000 Co., of which Southern '• ~XX>: <•/are scheduled to be in service for cars '-.X, , Mr. Mercier said, year, substantial in deliveries of and quantities early Operating oper. 15,361,*91 rev. Operating revenues.^ Operating expenses Operating taxes 164, The ICC Railway—Equipment Trust Certificates—* 164, 1331. p. -•'STATEMENT Net > Net Sept, 11 authorized the company to assume obligation liability in respect of not exceeding $7,880,000 series LL, 1%% equipment trust certificates, to be issued by the Chase National Bank, New York, as trustee, and sold at 99.611 and accrued dividends, on 15,338,828 connection The with of report the the procurement Commission of part: i 164, Total ! \" 1946—7 Mos.—1945 / 1946—7 Mos.- , Corp., Gross applicant invited 168 investment houses, banks and insurance companies to bid for the purchase of the certificates, the bidders being required to name the rate of dividends to be borne thereby in mul¬ of Va 3,094,323 14,457,554 25,147,664 1,595,311 1,388,322 1,641,234 1,370,990 ry. accepted. On this basis, the average annual cost the applicant will be approximately 1.69%* was Plans New Equipment Financing— • Gross Net ^ Week Ended Sep. 21 1946 V*X:'"X Gross ' earnings Gross 1 1946" 1945 1046 A- Vv'-'-X.*'- XXXxX''"'. ";x'X x''f v;! from Net from Net ry. * • See $ Hi Net from ' 140,687,651 174,875,512 railway.—— 26,058,894 10,982,430 income Oper. been whole 319,135 292,273 657,732 722,660 1944 ? $2,139,399 173,933,473 161,932,918 1,061,489 490,461' 70,791,105 22,166,270 66,505,556 20,343,415 corporation 76,899,909 23,714,830 August— stockholders of this the on Union 18,831,801 12,020,056 Net 15,663,853 16,720,803 1,302,889 6,439,962 5,285,093 The record Sept. company of 14, J 946, 2,935,562 2,565,886 4,182,900 recent basis of such one stock common share owned. 1 No for each shares four fractional shares of will unissued are stock of common the Barker. Dome to Union Southern the of Barker. Dome company, for its 90.000 shares, general business purposes, its oil and gas leasehold The Barker Dome company 3946. was '. • Total — 520 __ X\Xt X-VX J ■ r::XX :■ MV —«. ■■ airplane - which lamps > .■* * * , 1945 - ■ railway— ojper, income—* 1—• * 1944 $530,232 -172,633 84,488 240,714 97,067 , 201,436 142,138 X^X':.' 2,286.281 136,630 3,809,727 1,463,296 *306,871 ' • $408,122 1 / ' 1943 ' $443,019 $340,091 64,217 3,217 695,043 3,644,112 1,658,588 852,594 ' 2,777.775 1,260,991 787,222 x the of stockholders called to certificate of incorporation to facilitate recommendation of the board 16, the that on More the more total sales of than of the new preferred be granted the rate of little $4,980,715 shares of Company will \:\-V ■ ' : Plata County, Colorado, of $286,805, this being the value placed on this by Melvin M. Garrett, Petroleum Engineer and Geologist. The original cost of said deep rights to affiliated predecessor owners •depends upon an allocation of the aggregate original cost as between ;ihe deep rights transferred by the subleases and the remaining rights under the original oil and gas leases, the aggregate acquisition cost of consideration , use Gas — for Approp. State , : • •'. 'i 1946—7 Mos.—1945 Fed. ^ x _ • income $229,562 $1,773,393 $1,563,266 The , 700 4,100 4,900 for 34,319 $1,769,293 1,236,748 $1,558,366 39,386 183,787, 219,202 164, : — . $48,002, 30,353 . $313,343 13,269 186,233 $ $ * 93,081,788 93,868,691 22,111,064 22,484,785 2,526,911 2,351,683 7,782,022. 7,136,764 6,768,644 4,026,481 13,527,685 13,444,051 520,954 3,227,192 1,141,493 1,126,529 8,244,402 6,495,897 4,256,855 544,918 taxes 4,876,694 3,928,845 8,554,013 7,690,777 $211,838 :■ 7,891,132 17,162,566 6,351,836 17,215,565 7,357,214 29,860,462 13,196,282 Oper. Net revenues rev. oper. $903,596 ---'-a 10,810,730 9,858,351 16,664,180 deducts 535,820 income! 4,006,632 8,036,357. 8,029,850 Income $4,018,525 Bal. applic. 189 Cr2,741 131,720 stks. $367,822 $361,021 pfd. stock. Other income directors stock $4,015,784 2,248,046 $1,767,738 243,597 $1,577,797 $1,524,140 from of the on six a company -X capitalization of ^ •' , . & . „ '-x ■• . • ;■ • income ( of Stokely-.Van. Camp} Inc.—Declares 5% in. Stock and 25 Cents in Cash The directors on .8,*786,433 212,775 Jan. 1, 1947, to holders of The previous distribution 354,000 on on per cos. 105,461 106,505 210,921 other cos. X:"X89,712 177,000 267,925 444 ; Total XX 6.397 6,573,519 Gas Co.: & ; . f 7,183 X; 6,003,681 8,688,660 142,884 381,097 95,915 123,183 24,391 50,023 36,000 71,500 9,360,146 of Elec. the fiscal 92Va. cents per both payable Nov 1 184,785 expenses ' ;XX" service Taxes (other than Federal income • inc.) tax^ 77,420 20,835 .».• v * ••*-% .*/«>. Consdl. Gas ^ ♦ and of Elec. . • ■ J net income- chgs. •V 27,500 ' Income ■ > > 302,199 136,870 ' 56,950 ,,r., 89v000 6,262,979 " ■5,704,491 8,062,857 8,775,127 1,337,625 1,825,084 3,174,191 3,660,030 X 4,925,354 3,879,407 4,888,666 5,115,097 Stand. Co to Consol. net income 5% stock dividend on the com¬ the directors common share on declared also stock the 5% and a cash dividend of 25 cents per - share the regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents cumulative prior preference stock, both payable record Dec. 20, on the common ;XXXXX£XX-4X 1946. stock was 10% in stock, Sept. 20, 1945, the same as paid on Sept. 20, 1944. 6.938 * Legal a - The Stand. taxes declared 8,202,631 from and Common Stock— payable in common stock on Nov. 20, 1946, (or as soon thereafter as registration under the Securities Act of 1934 becomes effective) to holders of record Oct. 31. " 5,713,779 assoc. Expenses on Oct. 2 stock, 6,377,902 of . Contractors), Sept. 25 increased the membership of the board ,142,134 Corp., fiscal and admin. year beginning Sept. 1, 1946, and represents an increase of five cents over,previous, regular quarterly dividends of 45 cents.' /< «,> ..> ,v •t. The directors also declared regular quarterly dividends of $1.03% per share on the 4.15% cumulative preferred stock and have to 425,192 Misc. interest-——--. 314,157 directors on Sept. 25 declared a regular quarterly dividend 50 cents per share on the common stock, payable Dec. 1 to holders Nov. 15. This dividend is for the first quarter of on the 3.70% cumulative preferred stock, holders of record Oct. 16.. will board 137,940 from $1,263,639 2,817,140 i The share company > 411,395 Divs. $4,394,937 Common Dividend Increased— record , seven with the election of George Olmsted, of the Hawkeye Casualty Co. and well known figure in Iowa Insurance circles, X<i v ;X; ' Other, members of the board are Alexander B. Cromer, Joseph M. Cunningham, M. E. Kalette, Leon Kirchenbaum,; Henry G.;,„Omstad and Romeo Muller,' 1 •• • ,1 > J- *, > X\ ' mon Elec. Co.: Gas & Stand. common this Aug.. 26 approved the merger of companies, mostly southern. • ANNUAL 1 , ... . Divs. cumulative to of Balance $4,263,216 46 Net Income cap. subsidiary cos.—— deductions divs. Mos.—1945 $360,831 income Accrued on by public-. Minority int. in undis¬ tributed net income... $932,001 $10,088,663 $10,523,304 571,169 6,070,138 6,260,087 X $367,775 Other income X Gross on -. - 16,958,417 4,021,433 Balance. held Co.—Earnings— 1946^-12 • consolidated (James) Stewart Corp. (Engineers Chicago—Directorate Increased— 31,401,423 14,443,006 income—— appointed registrar Victor-Monaghan CoV, Watts Mills- and Wallace Mfg. (see details in V. 164, ^ of Income deductions---^.— Dividends Operating 17,374,472 been capital stock. 102,685 ■ Period End. July 31— «V' 1946—Month—1945 of - 201,000. Dr2U,906 1126. p. Southwestern Public Service (par $15) textile mill proposed The stockholders 201,000 f _ manufac- New Directors Elected— 322,410 '$31,169 the J. P. Stevens, Jr., President, on Sept, 27 announced that the fol¬ lowing have been elected directors of the company: S. M. Beattie and W. H. Beattie of Greenville* S. C.; W. C. Bennett, New York, N. Y.; Henry Black, North Andover, Mass.; H. C. Carter and W. J. Carter, of Greensboro, N. C.; N. A. Cocke, Charlotte, N, C.; M. C. Edwards, White Plains, N. Y.; R. G. Emery, Greenville, S. C.; T. W. Estes and .; William Fraser of New York, N. Y.; A. G. Furman, Greenville, S. C.; X Robert; Gage- Chester, S. : C.; W. J, Gallon, Plandome, N. Y.; R. EU! Henry, Greenville, S. C.; LeRoy T. Markert, North Andover, Mass.; J. E. Sirrine, Greenville, S. .C.; H. N,: Slater, New York,; N. Y.; Abbot Stevens, North Andover, Mass.; John P. Stevens, Jr., Plainfield, N. J.; Robert T. Stevens, Plainfield, N. J.; J. H. Sutherland, New Rochelle, N. Y., and G. N. Tower, Princeton, N, J.—V. 164, P.'870. ; 17,541,444/ 30,313,962 32,034,225 Dr325,879 • Dr453,50Q ;' Dr632,802 1,024,118 in year Piedmont Mfg. Co., Republic Cotton Inc. have also approved the merger p. 597). 3,461,266 4,003,030 Net oper. income—. Other income (net)-.—. Gross income—1— oper, income stockholders Chairman $228,862 158,307 a < > ■ '' The stockholders of Slater-Carter-Stevens Co.,.,Aragon-Baldwin Mills, Dunean Mills, M. T. Stevens & Sons Co., * $266,108 $3,000,000 ahead foregoing Manufacturing The Ferguson Ferguson Bros. acquired by Sterling. J., recently approximately amounted well The :$75,000,000, - 61,176,348 117,719,763 118,705,159 21,373,512 44,889,577 42,022,548 6,934,671 taxes prof. taxes_ by a subsidiary conting——uLX Prov. 500 1946 ran year. of Co., retirement, foreign of August the . excess $266,608 Operating revenues.. ■Operating expensesOperating taxes sales of Merger With Nine Textile Mills Approved— 1946—12 Mos.—1945 $ 47,236,593 12,656,751 1,331,085 X.. 1,283,004 (other than inc.) and Federal : and months N. add July months The Guaranty Trust Co. .of New York has with nine „ Taxes • ' - 12,505,096 _ deprec. and deple¬ tion reserves——i Southwestern Associated Telephone Co.—Earnings— ... *1 Total ■' —u—-X——: 60,794,098 •Operation 23,005,172 Maint. and repairs 3,854,141 installment note dated Sept. 2, 1946, in the amount of $285,805 is payable in installments of $50,000 each on Dec. 31, 1946, Sept. 1947, Sept. 30, 1948, Sept. 30, 1949 and Sept. 30, 1950, with a tfinal installment of $35,805 due Sept, 30, 1951.—V. 163, p. 3292. rev.. Hoboken, for 5,000,000 shares • a And Uncollectible oper. ' 1946—6 Mos.—1045 Other misc. services— ■4% 1946—Month—1945 ' Subsidiary Companies— $ Oper. revenues—Electric 46,957,917 30, Period End. July 31— •Operating revenues ' Period End. June 30— • ;; any for six $6,728,952 " $3,919,934 follows: " as six (J. P.) Stevens & Co., Inc.—Registrar Appointed— preferred for each share of old new net Pittsburgh Rys. and Subs, and Other Street Railway Subs, of Philadelphia Co.) owners term debt of the Barker Dome Company consists of first include not should sales, the 19 first On Sept. 10, 1946 .the following were elected to the board of H. Everett Smith, Vice President of Marine Midland' Trust Co., of New York City, and Francis R. V. Lynch, a partner in the firm of Van Alstyne, Noel & Co. of New- York City.—V. 164. p. 733. (Not including being $59,395 in the original leases (em¬ bracing 10,480 acres of land, more or less, including the 8,400 acres to •Which the company's deep rights pertain). tThe long for the Mills, of San Juan County, New Mexico, and La predecessor ' that so $949,457 Sept. on for directors: Standard Gas & Electric Co. (& Subs.)—Earnings— property Affiliated '' do sales turing end of ,the business," The Sept. 2, 1946, the Barker Dome company purchased from South¬ Gas Co. oil and gas leasehold interests covering the deep .rights below the Dakota sand (encountered at depths "less than 3,500 leet under the surface) on some 8,400 acres located in the Barker Dome the a shares of $1 par common stock was admitted to dealtags on the New York Curb Exchange at the opening of business on Sept. 23.—V. 103, p. 1909, : Union and X ; Offering is subject to-an The 266,000 $385,325 volume Two New Directors'Elected— Standard Forgings Corp.—Listing— ■.! •On a of sales or ' Total in sales Month of—8 Mos. End. Aug. 31— Aug. '46 1946 1945 ————— announced net average figures proceeds from any shares sold to the public to redeem all unexchanged shares of old preferred at $110 a share.—V. 164, p. 1331. 90,000 9,000 $1,000,000 establish of - further the Coi in person was of . is $100 1 l/10th to ' to , share, holders of the old preferred will opportunity to exchange their stock for new preferred at the $4,487,004 $7,820,530 for the entire year of'1945.—-V. 164, p.' 870. "Consolidated of exchange to holders of company's 200,000 outstanding shares $4.50 cumulative preferred. In the event the publfc offering price of exceed month Consolidated net sales It 64% rof * the. voting 'stock W3S * represented to month the over Period— X ' stated that the board of directors had a $8,113,189 Sterling, Inc. (& Subs.)—8 Months Sales Up 72%— re¬ of directors, the meeting 1946, .'without taking any proposed refinancing might be accomplished favorable terms than were available today. month consecutive increase held was ; for proposed a 1946—8 Mos.—1945 $618,586 a new high for the month. August,- 1945, was 93.1%. The sales the eight months ended Aug. 31, 1946 showed an Increase of 80.82% over the same period last year and exceeded by $292,659 the The Adjourned— act upon 1946—Month—1945 $1,194,511 consecutive eleventh , y ' ^ *' Stores, Inc.—Has Record Sales—' sales sixth and will offer i ; 520 . • - Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. andXBlyth, ic, Co. $285,805 . — to Upon preferred. installment note due serially to 1951 made / Corp., The company on Sept. 6 filed a registration statement with the SEC for 220,000 shares (no par) cumulative preferred stock. Underwriters. $385,325 payable Common stock ($1 par.value)——— Capital-surplus —————; of •• C. S. LaRue, Vice President and Treasurer, announced that the net sales for the month of August, 1946 were the highest monthly sales volume in the .history of the company.and' that this month was the ; Files With SEC— 98,000 ,, — .Accounts of y •"' 11 1946 X: from .Net by proxy at the meeting. $286,805 — — 2. later " ... special meeting bility INABILITIES— ,f yy railway-— Sterchi Bros. as advisable under the present unsettled conditions in the security markets, taking into consideration the possi¬ ASSETS— — r Adams, President, recommended the adjurnment ' ♦Fixed assetk (non-producing leaseholds) Gash ' - James S. used by including Other assets ( organization expense Jx--—*— " • adjourned for two weeks to Oct. action.on the proposed amendment. organized in Delaware on Aug. 30, * . formerly which was BALANCE SHEET SEPT. 2, 1940 OF BARKER DOME OIL & GAS CO. "- >v^'X \ ; Period End. Aug. 31— , financing of its outtsanding $4.50 cumulative preferred stock, and development of interests, payment of rentals with respect to such interests, acquisition of prop¬ erty, payment of indebtedness, other liabilities and overhead expenses. > Subsidiary Aug. 19 announced the merger with and into this wholly owned subsidiary, S. H. Thomson Co., the branch, '' ' . .Oct. company. will be on its of amendment the sale of the 178,575 unissued shares, plus the remaining in the Barker Dome company's treasury from the aale Aircraft Products, Inc.—Merges Standard The be are «xploration V above. Inc., •Deficit.—V. 164, p. 1252. Standard Brands Inc*—Special Meeting proceeds from proceeds 1 Net V: *•. r. Gross from railway.— Net from railway——— Net ry. oper. income— 7,725,743 197,184 instruments, will assemble thermometers and the Thomson factory continue production of spotlights.—-V. 163, p. 1481. payable at the Northern Trust Co., isrue LaSalle St., Chicago, 111. (par $1) being offered, 90,000 (the entire outstanding) are owned by Southern Union and the re¬ now mainder —V. $1,940,583 of Texas Gas & Oil Development Corp., • from From Jan. surviving company to be known as Standard-Thomson will manufacture autpmobile parts and accessories. The Subscriptions amount Net $2,130,050 Staten Island Rapid Transit Ry.—Earnings— Net ry. • given the right to subscribe on or before Oct. 11, 1946, for of Barker Dome Oil & Gas Co. common stock at $1.10 share Issued. [ 3,660,030 $555,349 used Gross Changes Name— The company and escrow agent, 50 So Of the 268,575 shares lor $5,600,615 3,174,191 company Sept. 25 filed a ietter of notification"with the SEC 300,000 shares ($1 par) common,7Price, $1 a share. Proceeds will for exploration and drilling fcr oil and gas. No underwriter be $2,446,005 1,014,856 railway__ Standard and shares Southern .area $5,304,241 1,825,084 The for :■■■■' 1943" 1945 $2,677,521 1,075,627 income——V. 164, p. 1331. 1943 164, p. 1331. have ern $2,380,433 N. Y.—Files With SEC— .. ' Gross, from railway—— ! railway The common '•? Standard Aircraft Products, Starr County • 1946 from From Jan. 1— , Southern UnioriGas Co.—-Bights -to Stockholders— t4% 210,508 ■ , $1,020,506 56,950 89,000 from Gross the 160,442 182,977 - $1,601,592 from railway.i.— railway. Net ry. oper. income Net X' From Jan. 1— per 1,356,053 645,503 84,713 . "r' X 'X; August— Gross railway..— $18,939,277 $18,889,382 $23,097,295 $20,926,230 Net from railway 3,802,520 5,324.325 9,668,675 10,077,974 tfet ry. oper, income 1,526,193 1,703,832 3,011,570 3,283,482 —V. 446,457 597,997 1,337,625 136,870 71,500 .v Standard-Thomson Corp.—Consolidation—New Name. "1,400,006 ' v 1,517,254 198,319 $2,358,131 302,199 , 50,023 "Including electric power and gas purchased and amortization of contractual capital expenditures, limited-term investments, etc.—V. 164. p. 1126. 16,230 1,002,646 Net .ry. oper. V' 1944 1945 ' railway—™ railway-.^-.— 36,000 deductions * 123,183 ,, X ^ EARNINGS FOR AUGUST AND YEAR TO DATE August— from from .27,500 inc. Net income— , $149,440 ,42,409 21,898 , tax- 381,037 24,391 Xnamedr, jx-X" JX 5,265,768 195,687,931 244,260,026 5,076,478 -- * 1—^ 20,835 income——— Gross jSpokane Portland & Seattle Ry.—Earnings— —Jan. 1 to Sept. 21— 1945 ' r Jan.: XX , hae under consideration plans for • sale-probably in December, of $7,500,000 in equipment trust certificates. The certificates, which are designed to provide funds, for purchase of new rolling stock, will mature serially over a period of 10 years.Period— 142,884 — inc.) ■ - $6,185,634 ■ X -95,915 iV 1943 V $176,915 62,743 16,553 13,392 $5,930,044 . . 6,938 • $2,679,623 : 354,000 7,183 ' • . [ J 51,931 • income__.r Net ry. oper. income—- i>rTbe: company ' [ 1944 $186,554 58,148 —V„ 164. p. 1251. ' ; $163,783 oper. From of the proceeds '-.<;■ railway railway-.!— ' 1945 . 184,785 Income • ' ' : . $5,824,696 267,925 '6,397 ..... $2,668,671 cdmiri, and $5,654,936 177,000 444 ... service---—--—7.7,420 :X 1331. 1946 " ■ ONLY) 1946—12 Mos.—1945 (other than 11,535,923 9,667,814 14,277,074 12,783,330 ——X— Prov, for Fed. 96,228,162 - 1,710,980 from from Net per annum. * In response thereto three bids were received, the best bid being that of the First National Bank, New York, and associates, of 99.611 with a dividend rate of .1%%, which to 89,712 X . —• . expenses 59,544,575 ; .p Net 1% of others- fisc. (COMPANY $2,496,226 Legal '150,865 75,136,591 Spokane International RR.—Earnings— The tiples $2,578,515 Taxes 96,379,027 14,009,476 103,871,219 INCOME 1946—6 Mos.—1945 cos..^ ^ 9,273,919 August— '• " assoc ..vX equipment, certain in states from Divs, from 12,032,537 income—— oper. income —V. and In OF Period End. June 30— serial v- - Divs. \ 14,028,115 104,030,954 s 18,639 ^ • 159,735 22,963 . , Southern amendment.—V. X 1946- -Month—1945 revenues^— Uncollectible the other next year.—V. Underwriters by ; . [Southwestern Bell Telephone C<h- -Earnings— XXXX authorized or 1976. on Misc. interest more/ for Pacific Fruit Express 4,050 new freight train cars by the end of this 6,000 are expected had XX';'" 10,000 new cars Pacific is. half owner., A total of it cars the railroad has ordered 1944; December, chase of 4,000 Xv->.;' -"V'': ' Since than more due 1765 .... Sept. 20 by amendment filed with the SEC a pro-* posal to issue $1,500,000 27/a% of first mortgage bonds, series due 1971. Originally, company filed for $20,000,000 first mortgage bonds, series company REPORT FOR YEAR ENDED MAY. 31 moved forward to larger sales, increased earnings and a stronger financial position in the fiscal year ended May. 31, 1946, W.- B; Stokely, Jr. President, states in the annual report which was distributed on Sept. 9 to stockholders. For 14 suc¬ cessive years, with the single exception of 1938, Stokely-Van Camp's This sales corporation have reached again a new high each year. X .:'X Net income for the fiscal year ended May 31, 1946, increased to $5,204,912 (including approximately $1,350,000 which is non-recurring having accrued^ from the; sale of a building at Indianapolis)' from $3,145,059 for the fiscal year ended May 31, 1945. "Expanding civilian business much more than offset the decline in government sales which dropped .from $27,709,500 in. 1945 to $15,132,084 in the 1946 period," Mr. Stokely reported. Working capital increased to $17,154,070 on May 31, 1946, com¬ pared with $15,244,120 a year earlier. If effect is given to the receipt and June 5, 1946, of $3,000,000 in connection with the company's re¬ financing of its long-term debt, the report points out, working capitalwas approximately $20,154,070, an increase of $4,909,950 over the Shaut earlier. During the past fiscal year the company simplified its capital ture and obtained needed production facilities by merging with building, on figure of simplification the capital structure. the Gibson Canning Co. of over assets of v. Ltd. Packers STATEMENT, INCOME CONSOLIDATED " ' "ft ' ' 1,714 shares Gross i Net ——-ft. profit income Net before —, discount and Bond Premium 1 - and discount & State taxes on inc., Balance during acq. year, I— Total ; stookhldrs. Min. ' , Net > . , profit Earned int. ) ,[ ' for Divs. '<*•>,, ; ■ 1 —ft—* year-: share— common per _: ; 582,097 969,000 3,354,272 879,960 3,087,751 955,926 352,701 506,410 194,088 MAY 31, 1946 177,801 ft 16.762 184,327 190,849 Crl.006 283,000 226,329 $493,011 - 8,000 $4,658 $13,661 $492,343 12,232 2,013 108,869 38,039 $16,890 deductions $15,674 $601,212 $531,050 -sftftftft'-ig.SfiS 164. p. 16,809 -*$4. — •Loss.—V. ■ft; 209,710 205,795 *$1,134 ■: $391,502 $325,255 998. Textron, Inc.—Stock Increase Plan Rejected— The stockholders, proposed at amendment special a Sept. meeting increase to the failed 30, authorized \ to adopt stock common a from shares, par 50 cents, to 4,000,000 shares, par 25 cents. The amendment proposed a split-up of the present stock on a two-for-one basis. ..s.ft.ftft-; The proposal to eliminate all reference to the prior preferred stock - deposits, $4,987,139; accounts receivable (after allowance for doubtful accounts of $13,550), $2,956,371) inven¬ tories (at lower of average cost or market), $12,165,633; advances to; growers arising from sales of plants, seeds, etc. (after allowances for losses of $22,000 Y $966,635;. farm inventories of cattle, feed, etc., accumulated cost of growing crops, and expenses applicable to current season's pack, $951,036) prepaid taxes, insurance, etc., $240,944; accounts receivable, subsidiary companies', $191,482; investment in marketable securities, • at cost (quoted market value "approximately $525,000), $310,954; cash surrender value of life insurance, $118,089; account receivable, subsidiary company, current portion above, $144.704; investments in. capital stocks of subsidiary companies $322,943;land, buildings and equipment, at cost to present or acquired com¬ panies (includes fully amortized emergency facilities of $1,176,607, but after, allowance feu: depreciation and amortization of-$7,466,113), $6,143,645; prepaid insurance (no current portion)" and sundry assets,.ft $264,953; goodwill, formulae, .copyrights, trade-marks, etc., $1} total, ft.; Manufacturing Co., Inc.—Stock offered its the are also remainder Texas the of Aug. on 27 common of authorized of adoption. ' , amending the by-laws to provide for rot less than 13 directors: were adopted,—V. 164,- p. 112,7. .nor more 137,500 , five than which Thompson (Marvin R.), Inc./ Stamford, Conn,-—Files With SEC— The March 31, 1946. The partners received inter- ft and 100,000 shares of common stock in propor¬ their right to receive the profits-of the. partnership. • Subse¬ however, of named. J'.., A orders. >1 , v general t • business underwriter No purposes. >-• \ IX (4,'; '.ft j<+ » . . .i vv special general meeting of the shareholders Will, be held, on Oct.' vote on reducing the capital of the company from $292,500, the aggregate-amount the' consideration of the for and issue allotment of 976,000 shares without par value, being the outstanding shares of the company,-to $273,000 in respect of the said 975,000 shares and that such reduction be effected by returning to the holders of the said 975,000 shares paid-up capital to the extent of 2c upon each of Company is at the said shares. V'' .{ ; • ' r, ' 4 - •ft^ftftft 4ft■ - . s ' '/ V '•' An . has leased, from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation of North American P.ant A at Grand Prairie, Texas, and a Important taxpayer new project is " ' I. v Tishman Realty. & Construction Structure in East Orange/ N. J.— Company ft one-third for > to 15 being the existing stockholders bought an additional preferred stock and 6,250 shares of common stock for ft ; the present time engaged in manufacturing personal and other sheet metal products. It Is also converting mili- ft tary aircraft, principally Douglas C-54's and C-47's, into passenger ft and cargo, planes. It has a backlog of $8,000,000 in contracts from various companies, chiefly manufacturers of planes, but including $900,000 in orders for popcorn machines and $160,000 of miscellaneous used To Make Capital Distribution-*- incorporation to be ■ r./"d "'^4. / ' the partnership to will Three Point Petroleums Ltd., Calgary, Ala., Canada— midnight, : Sept. 30 filed a letter of notification with the SEC shares ($10 par) class A stock. Offering price $10 a share. company for 20,000 Proceeds ft airplanes •• failed Resolutions $8.50 per share. 106,250 are now outstandnig. In stock company has authorized and outstand-ft stock, common to .. - ;v, $125,000. : r-j * Co.—Plans New to, be undertaken bjr thlk East Orange, N. J., it is. company in the main shopping center of announced by DavidftTishman, President. formerly used by (North American Aviationt^.*^xhe company has purchased, from v the Baldwin Construction of the leased propeete,. is- approximately Co., the vacant plot at the northwest corner of Central Avenue and for a rental of.-.,&!4j%, of the first Halstead Street, measuring 154 feet on the Avenue-bjr1110 feet on the Street, with a 15-foot driveway In the rear to the $1,000,000* monthly collections with a mininuwm.iental of $16,667 per parking space, month and 3% of the excess over $1,000,000 to and is terminable by provide the site for a modern one-story,' air-conditioned store the lessor on 120 days' notice or without notice* in fcbe-event of k ^building, with full basement. , ,v 4f ■ portion of the machinery Inc. ft The The 4 national demand provides lease emergency. While , value aggregate $3,465,000. '' on 27,435 187,354 15,404 14,691 income. income 98,720 . 15,804 income— income——!— Net 1332. p. plant—.—- .ft: Income . , . 73,414 532,354 *80,401 ft- , General taxes. Fed,, normal and-surtax 1943 ftft 27,157 2,640,540 of $352,506 85,656 1,510,598 93,983 1 ft • income™. 1,250 shares of amortization of emergency facilities of $361,593 in 1946 in 1945. llncluding Federal excess profits tax of $1,510,000 ($387,000 in 1945) and Federal declared value excess profits tax of $260,000 ($3,000 in 1945). * % ^ CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET, of quent $289,889 ASSETS—Cash 2,351.896 256,227 railway shares in tion •Including and 1944 $2,697,310 1,595,036 8,9227,887 ft amort, $2,836,046 98,309 .' 96,842 . est ' 1 $5,204,913 $3,145,060 ' $5.32 $3.48 350,313 ft.: 309,756 div. ftft shares at $8.50 per share)— ' (68,482 common 37,173 —• 1——™— : .-$3,311,758 ; $3,199,431 net inc. of subsidiary106,845 54,371 MOPX v paid on prior preference stock— paid on common stock, 10% stock Divs. ft in ^ I% ftft —- utility 2,500 shares of preferred stock in proportion to their.investment , —-— ft- and $151,025 $143,919 ft ,' —vft Operating $392,741 1945 ; as, 2,375,000 $5,311,758: ; $3,162,258 net earns.of sub. subseq. to the acquis. ,} ' « 1 > - thereof a ' — - approving personal planes, and other sheet metal products. It continued as a partnership until its Incorporation In Delaware on April 29, 1946, and 4 the issuance of a permit to do business in Texas on June 17, 1946, when the business was conveyed by the partnership to the corporation " 3,797 Parent company's portion of, cos. Deprec. shares of 6% cumulative preferred stock ($100 par). Proceeds of this issue will he used, to obtain additional working capital and to retire bank loans." Company was organized as a limited partnership in November, 1945, for. the purpose of converting military aircraft and manufacturing 19,082 $4,630,000 etc.—- 1 Gross $324,397 59,091 ft 17,496 ft' 1 railway oper. addition ------- ——, expenses— on * -1946—12 Mos.—1945 July 31-r- ft 4.1946—Month—1945 ft revenues—.— . ft Maintenance^ ing 3,750 4 182,115 : 99,572 * from ry. The retired™^../------.—103,200 bond of Fed. for expense bonds on Amortization Prov. 198,457 paid, less interest received—. Interest from shares $6,485,066 742,815 interest,-etc,—— $11,326,287 —ft , . 983,300 deprec., Operating , 15 Nov. The company, with offices at Grand Prairie, offered 31,250 shares of common stock (no par) at • •Depreciation Period End. v.. treasury.—V. 164, p. 465, 1946 . $341,583 25,090 •21,690 Texas Engineering & $6,492,448 Dr7,381 $10,414,635 911,652 —: (net) 1— Offered— 16,921 2,687,366 1,481,692 income Jan. •Deficit.—V, 1G4, -'ft; Operating vote held in the company's are railway railway oper. income-.- ry. Gross * —<-—•—; — 73,403 Advertising and selling expenses——4,604,903 Administrative and general expenses^——'1*742,717 Other will 1 Nov. from From 57,275,692 inc. record from Net $67,954,119 oper. of ft".ft 1945 of Texas Public Service Co.—Earnings^ ■ lot, 1,700,000 sales, less ret., allow., frght. & cartage_ $88,969,163 sales, exclusive of depreciation — 72,133,505 farm opers., less storage and misc.'^Xf:--- Cost ^ of , Losses from Gross services. public of price purchase the 'Other sub¬ ft Net YEARS ENDED MAY 31 1946 promotional Offering for used Tennessee Central-By.—Earnings--*-. Fruit ' be will proposal to change the authorized capital stock from 200,000 shares, par $100, to 400,000 shares, par $50, two new shares to be, issued in exchange for each share held. Of the 142,000 shares presently issued, Net period. figures in the report do not include earnings of owo Stokely-Van. Camp of Canada, Ltd. and Hawaiian for disclosed. not equipment and to provide capital. Stockholders 7-year a Earnings sidiaries, consideration as was Proceeds - Superior Steel Corp,—Plans Stock Split-Up— * ~ • each. Monday, October 7, 1946 Operation at Gibson City, 111., were purchased to obtain needed facilities in corn growing areas. In bringing about these mergers and this acquisition, the company has issued or has reserved for issuance 52,660 additional shares of 5% prior preference stock and 23,148 shares of common stock. During the year Stokely-Van Camp effected a material saving in the cost of servicing its long-term debt by redeeming its 3Va % debentures due 1958 totalling $3,440,000 principal amount and borrowing, on June 5, 1946, $3,000,000 at 1%% under a term bank loan to be amortized The Shaut L, classification $100 shares, year a Mary stock The struc¬ three organizations and acquiring the assets of another. The merger in¬ volved the Columbus Foods Corp. The W. R. Roach Co., and The Hoopeston Canning Co. The company secured additional production facilities from Columbus Foods. W. R. Roach was already 70% oWned and Hoopeston 100%, and merging with these companies brought ft FINANCIAL CHRONICLE THE COMMERCIAL & 1766 - > -Construction , has only had company a its gross short period of operations, tained. the four months ending July 31, 1946, has amounted to $439,407, resulting from sales of $1,969,697 and a cost of sales of $1,530,290. Its profit from operations for the same period is $443,886. profit . for UUlt C; as F. A/ approval non-critical of negotiations are national chain is ob* and materials pending, for long organizations^ in¬ property.—V. 184, 096. p. J Y. .. ft The corporation has acquired the Aero Industries Corp. of New Haven, Conn., it was announced on Sept. 24. The purchase, it was said, -consolidates the: position ed .toe..purchaser ftaa .the>largest :fUted-base sales. maintenance service, overhaul and aircraft engines and"the--'-operation-'of . Sept. 27 approved a merger of Fohs Oil Co. Into on soon use that urOwMjpties^ in the country^^ and;;e3to»nd» its Operations to include general ing Approved—Reduces Bank Loans— The stockholders as extensive Transair, Inc., N. Y.—Acquisition— * PvAJn'oinir Ca K/iwlw a^ Producing CO.—Merger and r'ulf lexas started leases, with several large terested in taW*Jgftstores in the ' rp.vo. be for term These figures are prior to the deduction of income taxes. The earn¬ ings applicable to the 106,250 shares of common stock outstanding as of July 31, 1946, amount), to approximately $4.02 per share after deducting the dividend requirements on the preferred stock but before deductions for income tax. will call Plans equipment; Ttft is understood / conversion of aircraft and Government-approved- flying a 4,/' .. Sent. no. Fohs stockholders aDoroved the pro of the flying equipment brlngs the total number of aircraft Sept. 30, Fohs stockholders approved the nrounder Transair ownership to 33. With the exception ol 14 trainers, all "ft■"ftftft'/';ft:ftftvftft;: ^ •' ft: of the aircraft will be used in passenger charter service. Transair Texas Gulf's daily crude oil production will aver¬ $29,764,529. * * intends to move its own maintenance plant from the Newark (N. J.> . .$. • ,, , , * * . j age approximately 10,000 barrels, plus a substantial amount of natural Airport to New Haven and-perform'air of its work there; .ft * ft"' ' "* ( LIABILITIES—Accounts payable, $2,046,606; dividends payable, July, gas and its products, Lawrence S. Reed, President, said. 1, 1946, $96,835; accrued salaries, wages and other compensation, $688,■;j;The combined producing properties of Texas Gulf have estimated 666; accrued taxes, other than taxes on income, $280,180; accrued ftTransamerlca Corp^-Not to' Purchase Taylorcraft^-* proved net reserves of oil and condensat^of 46.191,427 -barrels, Ray¬ interest, $4,800; accrued freight etc., $12,832; advance payments on mond F. Kravis, independent petroleum engineer of Tulsa, LJkla., re¬ This corporation has decided, not to exercise the option it holds to ported. This does not include semi-proven or prospective reserves. ncome.Oess tax anticipation notes of $4,355,194 and including ac¬ 4 purchase-Tftylo^oraffr Aviation. Corp. stock, it was announced by Sam H. Proved net crued interest of $6,194, $827,065; mortgage bonds, on property ac¬ reserves^ of. company gas are estimated has 259^46,W^^,sjMUl^,E3^utive Vice-President ot Transamerica Corp natural owns.wholly and at thousand cubic feet. The a.share^the oution which exnired Sent iSS«i ch&r#. quired. 4%, payable September 1, 1952,. $80,000; minority stockholders' ;389 oil wells and 41 gas wells.; Non-producing preferred stock (par $20), $7,759,220; common Gulf »xrr Texas pffeotive Gulf, effective posal Sept, 26. With ft this merger, , ( ' • Jinfilled orders, $1,659,140; provision for Federal Interest, stock 5% $911,928; capital surplus, $3,262,900; total, $29,764,529.—V. 164, p. 870. ^ $301,858; (par $1), $11,832,490? . / and State taxes on ft; earned surplus, ' 1 " ' . five-story Mayer block in Erie, Pa., Leasing of the ' ' - ' the, company's manufacturing facilities will permit Rochester employees and floor space to the in¬ of FM radio-phonographs and community dial exchange telephones, Dr. Manson explained.; He added that approxi¬ mately 90% of the? company's floor - model rrdioa are now being equipped with two-band; push-button FM.—V. 163, p. 2627. I Expansion of of assignment creased more production Sun Elcctrie The in company Corp., Chicago—Stock Offered— September-offered 7,000 preferred stock at par ($100) acquaintances. Proceeds will of machinery, etc. ■ shares of -6% cumulative Y--ftftftft: Co, Inc., V. The Sept. company 24 filed for Tampa Electric Co.Period End. July 31— General $638,081 . $629,899 $7,678,952 $7,651,119 320,923 3,570,325 3,919,704 44,386 37,090 490,086 523,452 » — taxes Federal taxes 56,403 >.: on res. income 53,007 73,400 65,000 » accrls— ft:" 689,229 40,833 . Net from Net ry. : i 928,800 490,000 1946 -, 1 $192,254 65,337 railway,, income.^./ oper. Gross -V. ; ft 1943 .^103,897 35,064 75,826 . cft-ftftftft.' -ftftftft $137,687 $104,644 146 439 $1,510,512 3,971 $1,317,423 6,073 ft. , income— income 164, p. $105,083 $1,514,483 $1,323,496 3,293 3,165 38,476 78,875 $134,541 deductions—— $101,918 $1,476,006 ft 81,229 . to 60,902 1,627,383 ft, 791,783 mall 419,347 659,015 1946 Gross from railway—$8,728,811 Net from railway ft 1,641,199 Net ry. oper, income—. 1,209,984 Gross > Net from Net ry. - . ft ft 1945 ; ft -5,783,980 4,999,947 1,102,832 2,307,187 railway—v- i 68,017,648 to 84,032,139 89,688,019 88,044,446 13.258,155 33,792,265 9,340,224 40,098,061 46,470,460 10,664,586 19,549,944 oper. 8,939,755 income— —V. 164, p. 1253,- ■ , Operating revenues — Operating expenses tax aecruals " Jt. -320,097 1,387,423 254,437 (net Dr) 16,522 8,865 , 1,112,555 130,088 ry. Total Misc. 15,092,970 2,992,752 .' 172,343 rents facil. Net 1946—Month—1945 1946—8 Mos.—1895 $4,680,744 $6,651,109 $37,318,211 $54,227,777 4,005,151 27,908,971 30,643,038 3,602,359 (net Dr) oper. " 1,746,057 , ,73,764 $995,233 63,072 $5,173,845 '511,414 $6,671,948 $1,058,305 8,711 76,250 $5,685,259 82,805 $7,207,129 122,802 $569,423 ft income deductions ' $631,225 income- —— 61,802 ft shares to on Sept. 15 filed Edwin J. Shaut a 535,181 Mary L. Shaut for business and assets, 2,000 shares to the general public, and 2,069 shares to Edwin J Fixed 234,148 charges, 406,407 1,873,479 $388,366 $575,648 $3,728,975 j 2,378,159 letter of notification with the SEC' and —V. 164, p. 1253. — ft next, notice a aa^ of Wilmington, Del.", toft ft ft* "ft ft - in >he public financing of the corporation, shortly, Preston Tucker, President, has ' $4,706,168 J . . , . , to are : said he would file with the Securities and -statement providing the necessary figures and form the basis for the eventual: registration-of Exchange a and common an¬ ....... informa¬ $20,000,000 Proportionate amounts of each have stock. decided, but It is expected the stock will comprise the part. 'ft-..ft-:-ft. >'■ ft-ftftftftft;:;:*•'■:" •, , =,';ft.?•-^:• Proceeds of the sale will be used for the purchase of materials machinery, financing, tooling costs and providing working capital ft and for other purposes. The issues are expected to be handled large group of the smaller underwriters, Mr. Tucker said. Financing plans have been War Assets manufacture I Mr. will save other facilitated through concessions Administration which in connection Tucker Mr. pt his car,'it was said. Tucker disposed explained securities after- the original lease approximately $350,000 costs from now with leased '.ft. > the last war July a by surplus for the ft-' » by made ^ underwriters were more favorably modified, because the company month in rental, maintenance and was a until -next March. He said the has an' company option for ten years, instead of the original five, to buy the plantMr, to be Ttfcker expects to have known as the Torpedo, production under way be concentrated ages are ft on will the the first hand-made models ready by Christmas, and of his car assembly-line between next March and June. Production one model, a sedan. Materials and parts will short¬ not expected to retard output, he said. Mr. Tucker hopes and Net income 7, taken Dcdge-Chicaga .plant, rentals Equip, Oct. Oct. *24, in on been the Texas & Pacific Ry.—Earnings-— steps be ' debentures not ft . The company tion: of larger ft , Commission 1— railway before or held Tucker Mr. 1943 -1944 $9,338,374 $11,591,610 $11,229,876 r cn be to Tucker Corp.; Chicago—-New Fina,ncing Near—" expected 3,245,913 1,023,557 Jan. from -• stockholders meeting Preliminary . Texas & New Orleans RR.—Earnings— August— its to adjourned 1,395,985 509,559 oper. Other income Sunset Laboratories, Inc., Glendale, Calif.—Files With SEC— "'.v. for 69 • order provides that; Transamerica must set forth in proxy soliciting material to all stockholders the proposal of Mi*.'Gilbert that independent auditors be elected. The Court also ordered the company- .consider-the proposal.—V, 164, p. 1253. railway1,646,073 1,498,473 railway. —ft. 446,205": f 488,038 income— •. - 166,039 - ' - 241,997—V. 164, p. 1332. : ft ft -'ftftftftftftft .ft; $1,244,621 1638. head- f with ft/The ;-W $176,684 $249,928 - - from ry. Ry. Gross Net ft/.'-'ftft.'ir -V" 1944 1945 $177,564 r 72,404 from Net 500,000 $137,834 (net)—— corporation r facility of the national securities exchanges, to solicit or permit of any proxy in respect to capital stock of the -corporation without complying fully with the SEC Act of 1934 and the order of the Court. > 26,404 Period End. Aug. 31— Utility oper. incomeOther income Delaware a , Ry.—Earnings- , From Jan. 1-, -ftftiftftft^ft.ft 675,138 715,400 40,833 Corp., any . ' * railway.^. Gross, from From 1946—12 Mos.—1945 Transamerica use Earnings— 1946—Month—1945 - Retirement Income against- the , 164. p. 1252. SEC ft 293,769 revenues,— Maintenance notification with the Offering price, io cents a {.hare. officers of the company.. Proceeds will be ft development of mine and other expenses. working capital, Operating Operation letter of a common. defense motion for dismissal, Judge Paul Leahy in tb* Court,.,at.Wilnlingtorfr Del., on Sept, 9, granted a motion and Exchange Commission for a summary judgment Securities nounced for 250,000 shares (lc par) The shares, will be sold by used the quarter Fohs properties at Texas Mexican sec— « of ^ v-ft - Seattle, Wash.—Files With Denying a U. S. District net Income from;.4hieft:cb)nbined quarters in San Francisco, Calif, 1 * ,» ' approximately $500,000.- ft / ftft The actidn^was started by the SEC when the-company refused « % The stockholders also authorized the issuanc%bf;lH50,000 shares of . . , . T $100 par cumulative convertible preferred. This stock may q f John J. Gilbert, .of New York, a Transamerica stockholder, Lehman Bros.. New York, and Kebbon, McCormick & Cotf»Gttleaga/ Asr/ft Tor the election of independent auditors for the company, which co»•principal underwriters, if and when "it is considered to be in the stituted a non-compliance with the Commission's proxy rules, ftft;; best Interest of the company." Proceeds from' the sale would be "' Jtidge Leahy's opinion said that Transamerica is permanently enjoined from using the mails or any means of interstate commerce, or devoted to further reduction of bank loans. For further details, see third estimated Reed Mr. Texas Gulf and Net Sunrise Mining Drdered to Notify Holders of Election— and a substantial portion will be used to reduce bank- loans^out-fti; standing with the Guaranty Trust Co. of New York. The loans were incurred to finance recent purchases.' -ft-V//:,ft. '■ ft 4 • ft..- 4 August— to offioers and employees and business;: be used for working. capital, purchase ™ P ' ■v "■ - pany ■? The company was incorporated in Delaware Jan. 4, 1946, and ft acquired the assets of Sun Mfg. Co., a co-partnership.—V. 164, p. 1252. it acres. Texas Gulf had cash in banks of approximately $2,000,000. Mr. Reed said this sum is in excess of the normal needs ot tha- com¬ ' - „ as an additional manufacturing center for this company: was announced on Sept; 27 by Dr. Ray H. Manson, Presidents The compny expects to manufacture table model radios and undisclosed new products at the new plant, he said. Jeaseltoia^romtie^ft,he^ j» SSTlSi 141,361 On Oct. 1, Stromberg-Carlson Co., Rochester, N. Y.—Leases New Plant— aggregate eventually to produce 1,000 to 1,500 cars first cars, on which the public will form its impression day a employ 35,000 to 42,000 workers. The first 4,000 to 5 000 reserved- for purchase by employees, thereby insuring be cars that will be Volume and •; , Tucker Mr. of 10 aside set to ■, and inspected- Mr. Tucker said. He, also will attempt co. 12%>>of "production- for;export. s • < ;» signed contracts with approximately 2,000 dealers to add an equal number in the coming months, t, .'-;' ; built carefully j expects Torpedo will include advanced streamlining and engineering, including a itar end direct drive engine and will cost $1,500 to $1,600. preferred and share one of Proceeds common/ will used be for ' ^y authorized United Milk Products Co.- -To Retire 30% It of Pre- 27,217 shares * 1945; 1946 . Operating revenue $8,317,472 '/.Operating expenses and taxes^-j^-——. 0,777^800 Operating income ' t— $1,539,671 ifon-operating income -.i-——. 23^618' income Gross Amort.' of discount; on funded debt* debits Federal taxes on . * 649,979 $752,622 Z $504,218 ~.— Miscellaneous income——__—— 155,046 < at .the -V. 163. retire 30% about of the outstanding. Preferred stockholders part of their holdings to the company any at 1 sell will be of limited business on m. Oct. Oct. 14, transfer Oct. 160, - • with tenders 15 for sale Exchange due will of It ganization Filed With Court Second Mortgage i Committee Formed for — Jersey 30, Nov. on at the and of close will the business of. the formation of a-protective committee for; the mortgage refunding 3% income bonds due Dec. 15, 1946, was 7 folio wing; filing of a petition for re-organization in the New .York Supreme Court by the corporation. ; ' The committee consists of: Thomas F. Corrigan, Executive Vice-President of Adams & Co., Inc., real estate; Maurice Linker, who with members of his family owns 10% of the outstanding second mortgage bonds; and Sidney A. Shaskan of Shaskan & Co,, members of the New York Stock Exchange; with Katherine M. Hannigan of 120 Announcement . . . I Second mortgage1 bonds, for which this committee is acting, t The. committee's * fx statement further "The 2 Park Avenue premises adds: - : " 7 dividend cents 25 share has been declared per until - 'An** expansion of the by * J, which program the for increasing of will practically double for , , the , plan the the meeting special held Sept. on the 26, the stockholders'' -meeting, ensuing Thomas year: class A class and declared B and Oct. usual 15, 15 t The stock « " r stockholders 2-for-l and shares also approved increase to from ^outstanding. 294,419 ; the proposal a authorized shares. 400,000 common suit ap¬ reduce the •' — Prior Federal 800,000 debentures excess ■: Manufacturers Trust The of Edward R. Downing new to also cents per share stockholders declared the 1946, directors The for on 1, declared of the the 3%% common initial quarterly cumulative holders record of defendant officers ^: operated unregistered an holding .. \ .. • . hostilities ' April 30. -..•have- been . v Regular Preference Dividend— The-; directors on Oct. declared l A covers the three months payment of $2 per share-un Feb. on Aug. 14, 1946. wiped out all share the regular erence; stock.—V. x 1128. p. 1 '-- ' v. -i r: .it shares. united income Herrick, fund Waddell agent. United united accumulative income & fund fund outstanding stock purchase a registration statement with the SEC shares and united accumulative fund Co., Inc., shares shares New will is York, is exclusive be offered to being offered to agreements.—V. 163. o. which the public holders of United Insurers Service Co. of The ; for plants in that the first have quarter accelerated • , -[ > • • action in prominent position in the operations of United a & Wire Co., Calif., Oakland, United and States as furtherance a the/Geneva B. of a of Steel total cost of Black, United Steel Co., western in interests Provo,- Utah( $47;500,000. President States its Co. of Pacific and Gas Coluriibia of has recently more from ' « . program/for the; Federal f - Electric ) ' and Co., a Steel are Corp., and William A. Ross, President both located in San Francisco, Calif.—• - 7 ^ v , fs announced that thls; corporation has acquired substantial a in Zetka Laboratories, cathode ray- tube manufacturers. 7 The corporation has also begun production on a larger screen than the one now< being delivered to the public. This new super screen will measure 12 square feet—and the corporation predicts that jihis giant-size picture will, be on the market by. the end of the year. By smaller, "popular-priced sets will also be available in quan¬ tity, according to the announcement.—V. 163, p.: 2055. /; \ "V- 'i <?■};!Al rV',v» in the Our deferred demand result should - financial and cash for approximately > of present our fiscal year. housing facilities go in for our sales Fir program. advance of plywood the piling up and deliveries to products and and profits good, far and we f V. . in The shares New 3%% Trading p. 1128. in (Mo.)—Bond Financing—The company has been authorized by the Missouri State P. S. Commission to issue $1,000,000 1st mortgage 2Ys% bonds, due 1971. Proceeds will be used chiefly to refund $864,400 1st mortgage 3%% bonds, series A, due 1966. The plant facilities of any prior year. approximately $9,500,000 excess Co. . The Co. v & Telegraph company is controlled by the United Telephone (Del.), in turn controlled by United Utilities, Inc. United Transit Co.—Definitive Debentures Ready- debentures due I960 are now available temporary debentures at the Bankers Trust Co., 16 Wall Street, New York, N. Y., or at the option of the holder, at the Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago, 111.—V. 163, p. 2627. • ^ Definitive 4% for delivery in _ delivery of other prefabricators some increased our have Telephone issue has been sold to institutional investors. • production shipments. position is < Sales' sinkirig fririd exchange .. for - . G. L Woodham /interests, ization in Smith, Counsel Gwieral . ,, . Universal Pictures Co., Inc.—New Directors— for the J. Arthur Rank and Robert Benjamin, President of J. Arthur Rank Organ¬ this country, have been elected directors.—V. 164, p. 998. government bonds." Universal Winding Co.—20-Cent Common Lists 3%% Preferred Stock— ^ United production is reflected by additional as been so far in inventories have been that requested "The its area " increased were bottleneck a materials but Sept. 23 filed a letter of notification with the SEC for 14,500 shares ($20 par) 4% cumulative preferred and 14,500 shares (no par) common. Price, $20.10 a unit consisting of one share company stockholders and that time placed some time ago. ' "The softwood plywood industry has done a magnificent job in; cooperation with the Housing Administration, and fir plywood has not Missouri, St. Louis, Mo. e-■ It common Fortunately, our plants have been kept up to date and" our equipment is in excellent shape, for delivery dates for additional^ machineryr-espeeially required for new products, run from one to three years, as manufacturers are swamped- with orders from foreign coun¬ in —Files With SEC— our pre-fabricators Mve Selling Iflljt. the action. been The company on Aug. 30 filed covering on San of the interest this Interest 20 1946, to holders - further be should into , P t United Funds, Inc., Kansas City, Mo.—Registers With SEC— ii 164, l; 1946. 1946, and one of $7.50 per on the $3 pref¬ accumulations of the that United States Television Mfg. Corp.—Acquisition, etc. stock, series A, dividend listing for on states corporation production West Steel Columbia of 1946. quarterly stock, payable Oct. 19, of our Vefforts for sales increased Oct, 14, and director 1946. Coast which closed "The success a ended The steel the American Steel and reconversion, the results of our last fiscal year (ended 1946) should be considered quite satisfactory. They would substantially better but for the general lumber strike on-, tries tribution 10, months, three regular quarterly dividend of 75 cents per share on the outstanding $3 cumulative preference stock, no par value, payable Oct. 18 to holders- of record Oct. 11. This dis¬ . applied and received approval stock, without par value, common , • The court dismissed the complaint on grounds of lack of Jurisdiction. for the Government at 933A of 7 a holding company owning or controlling stpek subsidiaries, which principally conduct integrated various in ^acquired Ottinger, President, answering questions from stockholders at their annual meeting held Sept. 4, said; . ^"Considering all of the difficulties entailed in the termination of the West . •; 540,000 Lawrence com¬ and held stock of subsidiaries in violation of the Securities and pany -Exchange Act. ^ United, of has of in Alameda and Los Angeles, Calif. During 1945 the corporation initiated a $25,000,000 improvement and/expansion of the present capacities $1,786,084 dividend preferred Sept.- 20, Quarterly distributions of 20 cents each were made stock on? Jan. 19, April-20-and July 20,- this year.- Downing had charged waste; of assets as a .result of maladministration of funds and accounts. The complaint charged that the i the $1.34 of record Oct. ; in -J pteel Corp.—New Listing— Exchange. corporation, ,7——'. Steamship Co., operating a line of steamships in intercoastal and foreign service; operating Oil Well Supply Co. of California With offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco; Cyclone Fence Division; of $935,584 been Mr, shares f V. 164, p. 998. have share Oct. re¬ taxes and deferred miscellaneous r;A4.. v; "recognition of the increased as James directors per in¬ ac¬ Steel as the corporation has expanded its interests, which include San Francisco and Los Angeles as port Cities for the Isthmian United States Plywood Corp.—Initial- Pfd. Dividend— payable $86,116; with (after and sale of a wide; variety of finished products, made ijts entrance into steel mahu1930 through ' the acquisition of Columbia Steel Co. in Pittsburgh, Calif7 ; Columbia Steel maintains its principal offices in San Francisco,, Calif., and in addition to the main plants at Pittsburgh, steel mills are located in Torrance, Calif., blast furnaces, coal and iron mines in Provo, Utah, warehouses in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Calif.; Portland, Ore.; and Seattle, Wash. Since 1930 the —V." 163, p. 1911. Co., in-process deposits miscellaneous Steel Products Co. $0.54 stock). and inven¬ States $381,011 com. premiums, reserve cumulative (par value $50 per share), $2,104,800; value ,$1 per share),. $230,859; capital surplus, (since Feb. 1„ i.937), $1,357,558;' Wtal, West Coast has taken 310,500 Net income (finished market (after $1,151,336; : semi-finished and 1945 232,000 or 7 1946 receivable $105,745), surplus % Stock tacturing 175,820 surtax. (695,823 shares v operations the 7% prerecord profits tax... Earned per share cost of and supplies), $2,411,386; $27,156;-travel advances and (par corporation This $613,011 and discounts average earned 8,703,252 interest $1,610,264 George Whitney, , of 1966 are inow* available in the at normal Federal common to trade-accounts and the corporation in the West," $423,373 income split-up there were of America—Definitive Debs.— debentures due- April temporary the split to capitalization to the stock Francisco 189,638 Total 72,000 $108,038 dividends; on; the 6 % preferred stock, cumulative 1, 1938, amounted to $24 per share, or a total of $1,010,304. 164, .p. 998, * j • * * This 1945 $432,728 $7,874,129 $12,441,891, 6,522,182 9,976,297 928,574 : 855,330 income 191,600 $312,601 , . Co.—Earnings— . Other of United States 1946 41,600 Crl,32l , ..NOTE-r-Unpaid —V. per on surtax from Aug. holders of to June 30— Sales, less returns and allowances Cost of gQOdS sold Selling, igenX uod administrative expenses- $100,000,000 for himself and of the corporation against George H. Howard, Landon K. Thorne and other officers of United, has -dismissed byv Judge Paul Leahy in Ut. S. District Court- at Wilmington, Delaware. " * other Oct.- 1 $220,317 5,215 materials, preferred stock; $6,582,272. cents. payable $386,204; insurance $271,450; share, on 1, to holders of stock, payable Oct: .102,140 41,600 accounts lower $5,413,987 5,091,630 * $551,016 _ raw common paid on Jan. 2 and April 1, last. follows: Jan. 3"and July 14, 25 cents also^declared was' Months Ended cents , 6% were as United States Pipe and Foundry 6 United Corp,—Suit Against Officers Dismissed— The cents quarterly dividend of $175»per share fetred; stock' New York, N, Y.—V, 163, p. 2486. \ with * 20 gen. "1'• : 1945 $6,632,956 exp,5,980,940 101,000 :-;V7 7;7::V,v of MONTHS on income (estimated), $298,763; 5%. debentures, due Aug'i 1, $1,664,000 (against which a like amount of cash is on deposit1 trustee); note payable to bank (due Jan. 31, 1947), $1,500,000; 1946, Sept. 20.—V. 163, p. 1616. shares.—-V. 164, p. 16/ common United Biscuit Co. 'Definitive exchange for : taxes . common • dividend a SIX receivable, $4,370; property, plant, and equipment for depreciation of $3,344,309), $2,514,154; prepaid comes have FOR LIABILITIES—Trade accounts payable, $546,131; pay rolls and com¬ missions, $189,938; amounts withheld from employees for taxes and savings bonds, $45,927; local and pay- roll taxes, $36,846;. Federal . thg fofiowir.g were elected directors Ahearn, Jr., Daniel Moore Bates, $1,523,718 the charges, $1,550; total, $6,582,272. share "" Sept. 20. Like amounts The ' stockholders an the each he states. granted were X of 1% J. . Payments.Adoring 1945"were amendment to the articles of incorporation to preferred stock to 46,434; shares from 75,000 as a result redemption or conversion of 28,566 shares. The1 remaining 46,434 shares are unissued treasury stock. proved preferred , directors record authorized of * for common ACCOUNT tax)--estiraated companies, unexpired their stock for the basis on selling, admin. & doubtful serves United States Foil Co.—Declares Dividends— The United Aircraft Products, Inc.—Stock Split Voted— At . 0, V:Vv Cargo operations of United Air Lines showed an increase of nearly over the- same period last year, according to estimated figures released .today by M. P. Bickley, Managaer of cargo sales. The' corporation flew an estimated 849,000 cargo tori-miles in August>—V. 164, p. 1253. v;^" : 7% and 500,000 1946 125% j the to preferred. The new preferred stock will be convertible at;„ three shares of comirion stock. 1 5 will become effective when so declared by the board of —V, 164, p. 997. each; * stock of stock and 1% shares of — ' Holders common Consolidated net earnings after taxes— • United Air Lines, Inc.—Cargo Operations Up 125%— * shares. preferred stock common RESULTS FOR EIGHT MONTHS ENDED AUG. 31 plant.This plant is operating at Improved levels at present, but is still handicapped by shortage of labor and delayed deliveries pf steel, __V. 164, p. 1253. V of privilege of voluntarily exchanging preferred new convertible Conn., Providence, R. I., and Hartsville,-S. C. . that the company has the largest back-log of orders in for. steel-fabricated specialties produced at the Blue Island i.- INCOME profit counts .. added He present 200,000 the $4 for surance The company-is: engaged tin the business, of dyeing, finishing,and printing of textile products and operates plants at Norwich and Sterling, Sept. 10 of the Its1 history of amount interest, debentures (less other income) Federal norm^ inc.- tax and products, p. Wyman Carroll, Jr., Norman ,S. Goetz, John. P. Huntifcgton, A. Livingston Kelley, John P. Maguire, Grant A. McClatchie and Leonard A.: part i class new 5% in tories—at . , authorized 3Vfe% than more the CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET,' JULY 31, , involving the installation of additional heavy machinery and equipment should be completed in early fall and the second part involving extensions of several buildings should be ready by the first quarter of next year. The expanded facilities, Mr. Watters said, will increase employment in the Blue Island plant materially, but added that it was Impossible as yet to estimate how much. i ' $4 convertible preferred and program ; a ' . next, interest. payment, or accepting an extension of the a period of three years. On July 31, 1946, the $1,664,000 with the Detroit Trust Co., trustee, to (no excess profits for directors of the company. capacity on McClatchie, President, had decided to extend the period in which additional ^deposits of pre* time into The X the the from old 7% any payments "will be corporation's Blue Island plant was announced H. Watters, President, who added that the first of the will have new shares of . Chicago—Expansiori Union Asbestos & Rubber Co. of creation for 162, 30, paid ASSETS—Cash; A; company's-plan of recapitalization is designed to strengthen the capital structure and eliminate dividend accumulations. It provides the continued as long as business conditions permit.—V. 163, p. 1291. ; 1V 1946, . were full for Aug. of sales, Net The *•':A(fk*the a dividend of 25 cents was paid. directors announced that quarterly dividend The 31, Oct. Grant ferred stock: may be made. . common 20, 1944, * by " shares the : In view of the favorable response on the part of the preferred stock--■ in depositing their stock under the plan, the directors, it was stock on sto.ck, payable Oct. 15 to holders of record Oct. 1. This is the initial payment on this stock since the merger of Parker-Wolverine Co. into Udylite Corp., which became effective on March 1, 1946.^ The previous distribution was 34 cents per share on Jan. 3, this year, which was the sole payment on account:of 1945 operations. On Dec. , * of $1,500,000 at not 1946, holders of receiving date of Prov. holders Udylite Corp—To Pay 25-Cent Dividend— A 20, of Other-deductions company's announced 1, and 101 Operating profit Interest on debentures the of Nov. on at XProvljsion ^oradej>reciatlon by a vote df substantially1 more than outstanding shares of each class of stock, approved plan" iof ' recapitalization which; bad been distributed'i; to the stockholders on Aug.-12, 1946. -.",;7- _ July Cost 163, The stockholders' on Sept;. 30, the debentures Net- sales- :• two-thirds ' corporation will 1946' United- States Finishing Co. — Recapitalization Ap¬ proved—Time for Deposits^ Extended-^-Earnings Higher ' shares share.—V. ENDED JULY 31 ■ . « On CONSOLIDATED inception 14; years will remain in complete charge, thie announcement said.—V. p. 2772. ' .. , these $102 per to the amount of the outstanding 5% debentures. 1946, options had been exercised as follows: De¬ cash, $612,000; debentures for which maturity data is extended, $892,500; total options: exercised, $1,504,500; this left a balance of $159,000 debentures for which option had not been receiveclat Aug. 30, 1946. • The company has purchased the common stock of Lane Drug Stores, Inc., with headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., itr was announced on Sept. 21. involves 58 stores operating in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee^ Florida; and South Carolina; ' v > ago, assessed for: rear estate purposes $6,650,000, of which $1,550,000 represents laqd value. The improve•/ment is- a 26-story office building built in 1927 and now tfully { occupied. "The committee intends actively to participate in'the pending proV ceeding and all proceedings that may develop, affecting the. interests: t of the second ihortgage bondholders and will" endeavor to evolve a plan whldh will fully'recognize those interests." ^ \ "The first mortgage bondholders protective committee is headed by William J. Demorest, President of Wm. A. White & Sons.—V. 164, ■f';7|»/870//*7^ ///X at > this convertible ;; The transaction ;. H. C. Nay lor, President of the Lane chain since its are of 3,500 the balance , stock of the first steps in this program the company has con¬ arrangements with the New York Trust Co. for a five-year loan bentures „ at . 1946, one As ' , out¬ are that company deposited provide cash equal ' Acquires Lane .Drug Store Chain— standing, in the amount of $2,131,000. Both the first and: second mortgage bonds were issued pursuant- to a plan of reorganization approved by the! flew York Supreme Court in 1934. • / 7 . company's financial structure." maturity newly ■ acquired Florida stores .wills continue to- operate under the established name of Bay Drugs and ^ thatjao changes in policy or personnel are anticipated. v held r;v announced option in • Broadway, New York, N. Y., as Secretary and Wagner, Quillinan, Wagner & Tennant, and Abraham N. Geller, as Counsel. The plan of reorganization offered with the owner's/petition provides for extension for 20 years of the first and second mortgage bond issues due on "Dec. 15, 1946, under all the existing terms. The first mortgage bonds are outstanding in the amount of $4,810,600. ■ - company Fran&.G. Berlin in 1939 and 1940. Officials of United-Rexall said the made Sept. V in the amount of Co.—Buys Bay Stores— on Sept. 9 announced the purchase of the Bay Drug Sarasota, Bradenton, and Ft. Meyers, Florida. The transaction involves the inventories, fixtures,, and leases of the three Bay units which were established as an independent chain by second v shares. now < made be record ' The Stores Bonds— share - $100 per share and . is As United-Rexall Drug 1,050,000 each the in increase an to for dividend. outstanding 5% cluded Two Park Avenue Building, Inc.—Petition for Reor¬ shares share redeem -Pay¬ ment will be made at the Detroit Trust Co., Detroit, Mich., or at the Guaranty Trust Co., New York, N. Y. 'J "A. This decision was reached, Wesley J. Peoples, President and Chair¬ man, states, "as part of the over-all program for rearrangement of 1335. p. 525,000 additional United; States Radiator Corp.—Calls Debentures—Ar¬ its at the Place, stock from one ranges Bank Loan—{ 1 preferred stockholders of record agent, issue Approximately .1809. p. , 15. •' i redemption, if necessary, to preferred stockholders 25.—V. to which , to approving on company recently called for redemption as of Aug. 15,. its 18,250 shares of outstanding $4 cumulative preferred was held privately. of callable at a * - 100% a The all have per . , close apply 2406. p. sell exceed $100 Corporation Trust Co., City, N. J., before 11 a. The income Net to . The' offer to rv ».6,954 "2,156 * to preferred, .stock . invited holders. 1,252,319 funded debt par X have voted share. ,• ' . If less than 30% of the outstanding preferred stock is acquired by the company through sale by stockholders; the management proposes to redeem enough shares to make up the 30%, it was reported. The redemption, at $100.50' a* share, will' be effected; prp7 rata - from > all $1,920,694 151,343 6,843 2,500 Interest on no been 17,779 ' directors '•price" not? to $1,902,915 $1,563,290 - of $8,054,102' 6,151,186 —.—— ' The stock common is proposed as ferred Stock— 6 Mos. End/ June 30-* " a and Subs.)—Earnings— Twin City Rapid Transit Co. (& United States Potash Co,—Plans 100% Stock Dividend r and to increase surplus of United Insur¬ —Retires Preferred Stock— reciprocal insurance company under laws of State of Colorado,: ' .', 7, The stockholders will vote Oct. 15 an affiliate of the registrant. There are no underwriters. ers, • <V':V'n 17671 working capital of company has The . -7 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4531 164 York Stock Exchange cumulative this stock, preferred recently has approved the listing of 60,000 stock, series "A," $100 par value. issued, started on Sept, 24.—V. 164, value initial Dividend— 20 cents per share has been declared on the $5 par stock, payable Nov. 1 to holders of record Oct. 1. An payment of 10 oents per share was paid on this issue on A* dividend of common . : Ry.—Earnings— Utah Net ry. railway— from Net income oper. Net ry. —>V. 164, 30,196 10,176 18,816 r:-.; ; 91,027 Corp.—Consolidation Approved— Utility Equities determined as Montreal of p. 7' ^ 3724. • 31— 12 Mos. Ended July Operating revenues Operation " • — : Maintenance — - - 3,206,368 plant acquisition adjusts taxes (after extraordinary Amort. Of income Federal $2,738,237 of ductions 2,844,167 693,168 — — 072,862) re- $9,- period, (prior ; r — Other taxes • ———— — —.———_— Balance charges Special — . —-— amortization—__— and Interest — — 1,996,870 3,364,509 3,610,180 824,709 tNet income — 1,334,566 6,299,850 1,447,355 in Fed. income taxes. f Earnings requirements— dividend Preferred 3,805,271 $8,213,378 $11,695,548 7,634,416 9,504,021 - {Net income SSxtrordinary reductions 3,076,064. 6,427,957 1,447,348 stock — $4,852,495 $4,980,609 •Of (1) $824,709 (prior period, $2,380,806), representing pro rata amount of those portions of premiums and expenses on redemption of bonds which are equivalent to resulting reduction in Fedral income taxes, and (2) $1,424,465 in prior period representing pro rata amount of book loss on sale of transportation property in 1944 which because of write-downs in prior years is less than the pro rata reduction in Federal taxes resulting from such sale. K/C • tIncluding $578,962 (prior period, $2,191,527) pro rata amount of tax reduction resulting from sale of transportation property in 1945 at a book profit and pro rata amount of tax reduction, resulting from sale of transportation property in 1944, in excess of related book loss. {Excluding $578,962 (prior period, $2,191,527) pro rata amount of Applicable to common fax reductions. § Which - not offset by are special charges include, in and not to replace emergency - * • stockholders approved from sale of Oct. proposed as a Special reducing the capital of be on In •; RR.—Earnings—V Wabash V. 2. Gross Net ry. From Gross Net railway—,— income,— $7,167,292 1,963,260 $7,816,725 2,861,139 $8,162,564 3,320,900 595,102 712,670 940,892 579,561 7 oper. 1— Jan. railway 51,817,591 8,998,661 4,115,156 — income—_ oper. 63,376,915 24,715,411 6,037,324 64,672,505 23,833,955 6,217,570 62,768.291 26,635,983 7,799,151 —V. 164, p. 1254. • . i sales $410,734 : 1946—Month—1945 1946—8 Mos.—1945 7 $12,482,878 $9,869,210 $92,008,268 $75,911,119 ' . . *- $3,668,726 share "With . Co., Inc.—Initial Dividend— August— Gross Net 1,392,936 513,939 2,912,210 1,598,357 32,664,575 31,337,308 11,928,306 4,415,016 14,902,670 1,783,656 363,350 27,096,420 40,249,386 15,826,968 4,440,060 1— Net ry. 1 railway— railway —V. 164. p. 5,662.217 2,538,186 income oper. ' $5,527,723 400,266 from from 7,982.032 1254. Period End, Aug. 31,—V ——L Sales —V. 164, 1128. p.- - jV Pacific Western Holders Suit Washington Gas Light Co. 12 Months Ended July Operating revenues — 31— _ 1945 1946 '' . $14,546,526 $14,277,940 : 9,346.961 871,756 941,338 , —— Maintenance 923,058 charges deferred because of war Prov. for oper. 107,169 conditions : Depreciation General taxes Prov. for Fed. 830,343 864,282 255,900 .. — and exc. profits taxes inc. go Hulbert has ruled that tween suit the The court complaint.—V. 'v-V';""'I..." 608,440 25,561 Other income 159, p. \v'S.".* '• V. 776, • ' " 161, p. "*• ' 5,78 $2,355,129 p. 315,185 on 164, p. 470,015 $814,892 Balance -V. $1,432,340 451,524 preferred stock. 466. < Walker & Co.—Offering to > . i . ; $962,325 >u Stockholders Postponed— has advised the Detroit Stock Exchange that the pro¬ posed issuance of 29,283 shares of class B stock has been postponed, according to an announcement on Sept. 16. . The company > (par lc), ■ & Lake fered—Halsey, which 1%% Which on Oct. Erie Stuart 1 won filed with the SEC Aug. (6679) 922,789 $1,265,416 Dividends shares 1128. Wheeling 36,028 9,461 7^*74 681 400^)00 245^00 1,168,741 '?■ 245,000 1,037,592 & ' was , withdrawn Sept. points from Because fering . , Ry.—Equipment Trusts Of¬ Co., Inc., headed a group the award of $1,720,000, prices to yield from' 0.90% to 1.80%, according to maturity; Associated in the offering are Otis & Co. (Inc.); The First Cleveland of the of¬ Less than were Worumbo Manufacturing par equipment trust certificates. The certificates, $86,000 mature semi-annually , April 1, 1947 Oct. 1, 1956, were offered Commerce Commission approval, at the lew. j market conditions a substantial proportion reported to have been, left with underwriters. of shares stockholders The Series L, of to.. Oct. 2, subject to Interstate v offered at $100 a share, bid. $62 asked, following expiration of Subsequently the stock rallied several- taken by stockholders last June when they wero offered for subscription and the remaining 149,121 were offered to the public by a syndicate of 46 firms headed by Kuhn, Loeb & Co., E. H. Rollins & Sons and associates.—V. 164, p. 466. 16, I was 7.0CO 18.—V. 164, . quoted Sent. 30 at $60 Vz syndicate on Sept.. 27. the Inc.—Syndicate Dissolved— V- convertible preferred, originally $4.50 The was Statement 1 : ^The registration statement covering $2,305,788 Income 9,22S 78,000 3,125 24,010 11,089 20,127 3,765 54,167 ——— sterling account is stated at book value of $7,893, and was realized on Aug. 8, 1946. Willys-Overland Motors, of the agreement be accounted motions for dismissal of the 148. * • >. « ' . .! •.• * Co.—Registration Mining Tin Western v/: 7,526 148,000 $2,430,858 reserve a Preferred Stock Declines— $2,360,911 1,039,372 Gross must Sept. 30 denied several on Withdrawn— $2,280,227 the suit of stockholders ' ' ' seeks rescind an agreement entered into in 1943 be¬ corporation and the Foundation. It also asks that profits ' to accruing to the Foundation as a result for. Ordered in Rail Foundation of N. Y., Inc., corporation against the James to trial. 1, The 8,542.324 891,757 Operation 9,346.961 of the Corp.—Trial RR. James Foundation— vs. Federal Judge Murray (& Subs.)—Earnings— 108,728: The 1943 $4,291,968 922,308 Prom Jan. Gross -■ 1945 $5,015,371 income oper. ry. 1944 1946 $3,601,099 railway—— railway^. Net from" $322,673 189,064 stock RR.—Earnings^ v from ■ Wilbur-Suchard Chocolate Co., Inc.—100% Stock Div. directors have declared a 100% stock dividend on the common payable Dec. 9 to holders of record Nov. 27. At April 30, last, there' were outstanding 31,462 shares of $5 par value. Under a plan approved by the stockholders on June 27, 1945, the < authorized capitalization was changed from 7,000 shares of $50 par 7% non-cumulative preferred stock and 50,000 shares of 50-cent par value common stock, of which 6,167 shares of preferred and 31,462 shares of common were outstanding, to 12,500 shares of no par $5 cumulative preferred stock and 50,000 shares of common stock pf $5 par value. One shave of new preferred stock was issued in exchange for each two shares of old $50 par preferred, and one share of ?5 par common in exchange for each 50-cent par share. The new preferred ^, stock is now receiving quarterly dividends of $1.25 per share. Under the same plan, holders of the outstanding first income and fixed 4s due 1952 ($211,500 outstanding at April 30, 1945) were of¬ fered the right, prior to July 1, 1946, to exchange their bonds for new preferred stock on the basis of 11 shares of preferred for each $1,009 of bonds. At April 30, 1946, the bonds outstanding had been reduced to $99,000 principal amount, and there were outstanding 4,321 sharea of the $5 no par preferred stock.—V. 162, p. 176. ; , 21, 1946. San Western Pacific : $1,997,838 $70,000 229,620 ; $1,997,836 of $42,921, (Include $45,773 for estimated refunds of Federal income and excess profits taxes for the years 1941 to 1945, principally due to accelerated amortization of emergency facilities and carry-back of unused excess profits credit.—V. 159, p. 116. . | « , p 17, of 1 blocked •The 1948, the company issued through the First California Francisco, Calif., 100,000 shares of 5% cumulative convertible preferred stock at $10 par value. See V. 164, p. 1254. July - Total less initial quarterly dividend of 12 V2 preferred stock, payable Aug. 31, 1946, to the on holders of record of Aug. On ' - ■' 955 465,463 12,198 1 $2,430,858 Federal capital stock tax——-—.-—Accrued State and local taxes Accrued social security taxes— — Accrued salaries and wages. — I Miscellaneous accruals i— Bank loans, due after one year ulas8 A prefewewoe stock ipeJt $20)——— Common stock, without par value (authorized and issued, 42,100 shares) and surplus $549,204 937,716 24,256 ■ 955 683,913 13,352 — Accrued recently declared an directors per '* r—— —— ————— 14,193 • — Employees' funds and taxes withheld Accrued Federal taxes on income behalf of Henry L. Western Frozen Foods The cents ': 45,031 on company on 1945 $172,007 20,109 271,354 34,553 47,010 —.i (less reserves) within one year—— Accounts payable, -trade — ——i U. S. Govt., under agreement to purchase plant 250,000 shares shares ; —— at cost LIABILITIES— 370,695 . 14,700 1,070,800 6,895 Bank loans, due 275,233 . - Sales Increased 26.5%— Total Sept. 4 filed a letter of notification with the SEC of common on behalf of the company and 100,000 Rath, President. Offering price, 10 cents a share. Proceeds will be used for further drilling operations to develop petroleum gas. * ' The for —, - U. S. Govt and equip, Plant 919,899 Co., Venice, Califs—Files Oil Crude Western -r $167,791 294,308 • | tRefund claims, Investments — 164, p. H28: SEC— ' .78,000 York, blocked ster¬ i—I---———j-. Special engineering orders (in process) cost) ' 5,921,885 2,253,159 $2,079,486 ; ^245,791 Excess profits tax refund bojids—— — Inventories (at lower of actual or replacement 1946—6 Mos.—1945 685,967 1,274,775 Net earnings —V. trade receivable (less reserve) ——.—: ling $5,189,000 $65,858,000 $32,842,000 3,354,261 • 40,686 value) (less reserve) Accounts receivable, » provision Fed. inc. taxes— for Fed. inc. taxes . 149,649 *35,028 — - Guaranty Trust Co. of New 25 to holders of record before ■■ i $92,648 153,148 1946 ° $212,875 25,036 stock- (cash surrender insurance Other accounts declared on Aug. 21, is 1946—3 Mos:—1945 ^ $268,282 ,. ■ 2)r505 14,700 v ASSETS— Life Co. (Mo.)—August Sales— $9,70.1,000 sales—— 78,967 "78,271 1 $122,128 (net) — * Cash $5,348,000 4,353,000 Period End. June 30— Earns, income - BALANCE SHEET. JUNE 30 1946—Month—1945 1946—8 Mos.—1945 $2,747,000 $35,379,000 $17,034,000 2,442,000 30,479,000 15,808,000 31— < Combined Net federal inc. & exc. profits taxes Dividends on preference A ; . $267,777 • ——— - Patents and goodwill— sales Net Walgreen Co.—August Prov. for — Deferred charges:.——-^-———.——— Period End. Aug. Wholesale : * distributions were made on the common stock: 2, 20 cents each; and1 Oct. 1, 40 cents.— Western Auto Supply Retail ,,,, - • Total income record Sept. 13. Dividends previously Jan. 2 and April 1, 20 cents each; ' railway— from from Net ry. 1945 $7,303,821 1,519,695 railway from Net from V 2 and July April expenses ' Operating profit Non-operating income (net)-. $4,361,084 4,189,469 $4,085,817 3,739,264 - - — sold and operating goods Depreciation and amortization year-end dividend, of $1.50 a of Cost ; 164, p. 55. 1943 1944 1946 *"• August— ; declared 18 Sept. on the following 1945 .Tan. Company ■ Issue Dividend Paper Co.—Year-End payable on Oct. 1 to holders of paid this year were as follows: and July .1, 25 cents. for Resolution:— the company from $190,133, being the aggregate amount (after giving effect to a pre-,;, vious reduction of capital in the sum of $57,867 of the consideration for the issue and allotment of 826,666 shares without par value, being the outstanding shares of the company, to $140,533 in respect of the said 826,666 shares and that such reduction be effected by returning to the holders of the said 826,666 shares paid-up capital to the extent of 6c upon each of the said shares.—V. 157, p. 904; V. 151, p. 3580. will vote to ; . .Netv sales approving the note besides 18 Sept. on share on the common stock, payable Oct. 10. A payment of 25 cents per share, per Prov. Resolution V for an directors The , Ltd., Calgary, Ala., Canada —Plans Capital Distribution— A special general meeting <rf the shareholders will be held at the registered office of the company, 232 Lougheed Building, Calgary, ... Alberta, on Tuesday, the Fifteenth day of October, A.D. 1946, at the feour of 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose of considering and if thought fit, passing the following Resolution with such amend¬ ments and alterations (if any) as shall be decided at the meeting, Oct.1 15 , Co. of New York. are Vulcan~B*own Petroleums which O.—Files Sales Inc., Zanesville, Hardware . West Virginia Pulp & from amortization (prior period, facilities and excluding the $578,962 $2,191,527) pro rata amount of tax rductions resulting transportation property.—V. 164, pp. 998 and 466. cf Co.^ Pro¬ 1332. With SEC—, addition to the period, $2,191,527) referred to above, amounts which result from deductions, in excess of depreciation at usual rates, allowable for tax purposes as amortization of emergency facilities but not recognized in the accounts since such facilities are expected to be employed throughout their normal life existing facilities. lIBefore giving effect to tax reductions resulting ■- was formerly known as Hirsch-Weis Mfg. used for additional working capital.—V. 164, p. Wholesale y ' increase in the authorized $5 par capital stock to 750,000 shares from 627,848 shares to provide for the note conversion privilege and to make adequate stock available. Charles Dorrance, President told stockholders that recovering from labor difficulties the company got into its production stride in August when it earned approximately 30 cents a share. Operations in Sep¬ tember have been almost as good he said. Because of the coal strike in the second quarter the company reported a consolidated net loss of $11,000 for the first half year. Up to the beginning of September the company had at least covered out of earnings the dividend of 25 cents a share already paid. Dorrance predicted that the company would have relatively good earnings for the remainder of the year. He said he looked for a total of 50 cents a share in dividends this year but emphasized that a strong working capital position must be maintained.—V. 164, p. 1128. (prior $578,962 " (par) $100 and div. The. company Increased—Dividend Outlook, etc.— Stock also $11,300,826 $18,373,209 2,262,739 2,872,389 — Sept. 11 preferred stock 3,000 shares of 41/£% cumulative ■ $11,571,636 $18,454,306 270,810 81,097 — Stock Of¬ ; ;,The. company Sept.; 23 filed a letter of ^notification with the SEC a'maximum of $i50,000 (no par) common. Offering price, $100 a share. Proceeds will bemused for construction for corporate buildto be used to pay off $1,500,000 of back loans, ■%: tags and operating capital. . - - "' • ; $1,000,000 first mortgage of Ohio River Co., a subsidiary, and for \> *",; ' .. ' i ..; •,' y ■■-.7 '■ other corporate purposes. • . « . > < t /• 1945 ' The 4% note will be payable in instalments to 1961. It will be con¬ Wicholdt Stores, Inc.—Sales Increased .22.9 %— $46,247,052 common stock at a share. sinking fund v 17,957,159 ,;r vertible into VVUIAJ&U/Al OIUUU CV V $20 w ouaiv. The fixed OlUMUg IUUU 82 Week$ Ended July 27— ^4S8 4Q1' * .1946 ; , 1945 i5ni4w3 '°f $150,000 a year, compares with present requirements for debt veSales—_^i>.^$49,656,838 $40,397,61$ 3,301,434 tirement of $470,000 annually over the next five years. In addition, -r-V. 162, p. 2193. 693,168 the company will pay 25% ot any excess of net earnings over present dividend requirements, to retire the principal amount of the note Wico Electric Co.—Annual Report— at- par. 1 > 1 1,227,688 Years Ended June 30— 1946 > " 1945 the Mutual Life Insurance proceeds The " opersating revenue Other income (net loss) Net _ Stag Manufacturing Co.—Preferred , $40,630,233 16,953,513 ———————— Depreciation at The issue was sold Sept. 1, 1964. and other expenses. machinery offered t* 1946 , used fered—Conrad, Bruce & Co., Portland, Ore., on $3,000,000 4% convertible Sinking fund collateral notes, due ■b'~; The Co.—Earnings— Virginia Electric and Power ' • Sept, 23 filed a letter of notification with the SEC of 6% preferred. Offering price, $1 a share. Pro¬ for payment of outstanding indebtedness, purchase shares be White 1vately-The company has sold privately through Tucker, >: Anthony & Co., Caldwell, Idaho—Files Co. Pri- Coal & Coke Corp.—Notes Placed West Virginia -iat par to v, :■ will ceeds will be 1%; on at any office of the Bank bonds are payable.—V, 131, Payment will-be made where by their terms sa*d 2%. 1956. With SEC— shares 48,000 Products Earth company 36,000 ceeds , premium l&ZSZ ShM* SE due 100 and Interest, plus a due Feb. 15, 1947, V* of Nov. 1, next, at follows: On bonds on called for mortgage bonds have been first outstanding the of Canada—Calls Bonds Ltd., Toronto, Viceroy Mfg. Co., All redemption The for > Sept. 10 filed a letter of notification with the SEC ($4 par) common stock to be offered to common stockholders for subscription at $4 a share in the ratio of one share for each five shares held. Proceeds will be added to general funds. There are no underwriters. ' ' ' ' " 'i for National were: With SEC— 245,000 shares ($1 The company on .; They l%s; burgh, Co., Lima, Ohio—Files sale. the at of for Central company received were Cleveland, 99.50 for l%s; Salomon Bros. & Hutzler, Peoples First National Bank & Trust Co. of Pitts¬ 99.11 for l%s; Harris, Hall & Co. (Inc.), 99.05 for l%s; and National Bank of Cleveland, 99.90 for 1%3.—V. 164, p. 1255. Bank 99.41 Wash.—-Registers bids other Five Philadelphia plan and BOVo of the cost of 750 the exceeding proceeds will provide not 50-ton all-steel gondola cars. City under issued being are the ' , - . certificates The new ? ► ' •" ' above.—V. 164, p. 1128. Corp. - . Sept. 27 filed a registration statement with the SEC par) common. Underwriter, Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath, Washington, D. C. Price, $7 a share. Proceeds will be used for payment of various expenses, repayment of bank loans, pur¬ chase of equipment and for working capitah V-M'v The West Ohio Gas See First York ' ■ "White j • 930,905 193,130 :'L ,,;, • , Inc., Seattle, Coast Airlines, West ^ 1254. p. 20,550 907,061 • 923,922 159,134 s ' 178,912 v' .107,995 f 80,171 failwayi-—983,689 1 108,177 oper. income 40,413 :.v railway.——-, from 1943 v $118,782 1944 $101,723 if for from Net > •' Prom Jan. 1— Gross 1368. P. V-.j i 1945 $150,669 119,856 24,596 19,448 16,397 15,021 railway--- from v » 1946 August— Gross * ' 1213. V:V-:',-'.- .V.-' originally company Co.; and F. S. Corp.; Alfred O'Gara & Co.; Thomas & Yantis & Co.,'Inc. ' application to list these an ■. proposed to issue warrants to class B stockholders of record on Sept. 16, 1946 for the right to subscribe to these additional 3harcs on the basis of one new share at a price of $10 per share ior each seven shares held. It had been expected that the rights would be issued and traded on Oct. 1, and would expire at 12 o'clock noon, Nov. 9, 1946.—V. 157, The are to be offered at market (approximately) $14.50 Proceeds will go to W. Edward Upson, the seller.—V. 162, share. per shares. additional Shares Buffalo. ». recently approved had Exchange The Lockport, N. Y.—Files With SEC— Company on Sept. 20 filed a letter of notification with the SEC for ISO shares of common stock (par $10). Underwriter, Hamlin & Lunt, Upson Co., Monday, October 7, 1946 / & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE THE COMMERCIAL -1768 per Co.—Split-Up Proposed— Oct. 8 will vote on a proposal to change tha value of the prior preference and common stocks from share, 10 new shares to be issued in exchange for held. It on ; is ... ....... proposed to change the ' preference stock, par $100, stock, but with a par value shares of value.—V. common stock, 163, p. 1204. $100 to $19 each shara \ present 8,822 shares of $5 cumulative into. 88,220 shares of the same class of of $10 per share, and to change the 11,009 par $100, into 110,000 shares of $10 par [Volume 164 - Number 4531 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE ; State and "ft : f 1769 City Department BOND PROPOSALS AND NEGOTIATIONS ALABAMA ARKANSAS ?, Fairhope, Ala. Bonds Offered for Investment— X An issue of $345,000 Vk% natural anticipation bonds is being offered for public subscription by Marx & Co., of Birmingham. Dated Aug. 1, 1946. system gas revenue Denomination $1,000. Due Aug. 1, as follows: $5,000 in 1949, $6,000 in 1950, $7,000 in 1951, $8,000 in 1952, $9,000 in 1953, $10,000 in 1954 to 1958, $12,000 in 1959 to 1961, $14,000 in 1962, and $15,000 in 1963 to 1976. in Callable whole in or part in inverse order, from surplus revenue only on or after Aug. 1, 1951, on any interest date on 30 days' notice at." 103% and accrued interest; redemption priv¬ ilege not limited to surplus rev¬ enue after Aug. 1, 1956. Principal and interest payable at the Mer¬ chants National Bank, Mobile. Legality to be approved by Chap¬ An issue of $405,000 3%% natural system anticipation bonds is being offered for public subscription by Marx & Co., of Birmingham. Dated Aug. 1, 1946. Denomination $1,000. Due Aug. 1, as follows: $7,000 in 1949, $8,000 in 1950, $9,000 in 1951, $10,000 in 1952, 1954, 1956, revenue 1958 $11,000 $13,000 $15,000 to 1974, and 1976. in in in in 1953, $12,000 in 1955, $14,000 in 1957, $16,000 in and $17,000 in 1975 Callable Drainage Districts (P. O. Blytheville), Ark. in whole or : | $70,000 refund¬ ing bonds offered for sale on Sept. 28, were awarded to the First Bank of Sitka, 3s. Dated Nov. Denomination $1,000. 1946. 1, These in bonds 1948 to as due are 1963. Nov. on Interest 1, payable -M-N. The next highest bidder was the Channer Securities Corp., of Chicago, for 3 y4S. Sub-Dist. No. ? Treasurer, bonds ment Grassy Lake and Tyronza Drain. Dist. No. 9, bonds Nos. 12 to' 406. Dated Jan. 1, 1944. Due Jan. 1, 1949 1969. to Bonds surrendered of Nov. in Phoenix: 1 < l . : bonds, dated Nov. 1, 1922, 41 to 45, and 51 to 60 numbers all inclusive. . , , Water works extension bonds, dated Jan. 1, 1925, numbers 81 230, 236 to 447, and 499 to 475 to all inclusive. • Interest cease as on all above bonds will of Nov. Mohave 1, 1946. f. ■ County (P. O. Kingman), Ariz. ; Bond Call by William Treasurer, bonds ment ; — are as of We T. are informed Brooks, 1hat the State following being called for pay¬ Nov. 1, at his office in the Capitol Building, Phoenix Road bonds, dated June 1, 1920, numbered from 201 to 213, 216 to 220, 221 to 240, 241 to 260, 261 to 267, 269 to 279, and 281 to 300, all •<v,'. '■ Hospital bonds, numbered from 56 to 80, inclusive. Dated June 1 inclusive.. 1920. ■■■;■' ;/:■ . ,V; ; Anderson-Cottonwood numbered from 51 Los Angeles), Calif. Bond Sale—The $350,000 bonds offered for sale recently, were These District, Cat. Bond voted tion Board unanimously to call of check for of the to Angeles County Sch. District O. Los Angeles), Cal. (P. Bonds Authorized—Leda Doug¬ lass, School Bond Clerk, has ad¬ vised that bonds the voters amounting election held to would agency Fallbrook the on 1 On $140,000 District Aug. 9 Baldwin Park O11 Aug. 13 Culver : cut sell the bonds didi not as The. directors, sit f board of equalization, a proved at assessed valuation in two instances. The Bureau of Reclama¬ revenue from higher than the election Sept. 17. Monterey County (P. O. \ : Salinas), Calif* \ Bond Co., for sale awarded to C. •• Oakland. of Oct. 1, White & on N. Dated Oct.- 1, 1949. Denom. $1,000. These bonds are due on Oct. 1, as follows: $2,000 in 1947 to 1951, and $1,000 in 1952 to 1966. The next highest bidder the Security Bank, Pacific Grove. Dated was Oct. 1, 1946. Due $7,600,000 in collection would approxi¬ new revenue. The new revenue pile will also augmented when results of a recently and Note Sale—An issue of $1,000,000 tax notes was offered for said on Sept.-10 and . enacted new that for.,theiiscal 30 of'the first monies col¬ Los Oct. also disclosed from previous busi¬ year Bond Election Voided Clerk of the Board of that State Addie J. on suance of $1,000,000 and Civic bonds. . be the furnished without successful certified bonds bidder. check for charge stricken general from is It — the the a 1% of the for, payable Supervisors. to the , Los ballot at Memorial Auditorium v Los School the November: District (P. O. Kennedy, Angeles), Calif. voted held down at Aug. 6. on a.m. on the bonds election wasi^ held ovu Sept. 27. Los Angeles County Sch. Dists. (P. O. Los Angeles), Cal. Bond Offering—J. E. Moroney^ County Clerk, will receive sealed bids until the purchase bonds bear 10 Oct. 8, for» following; $230,000 tqh the Baldwin Due School Nov. 1* $5,000 in 1947 to $10,000 in 1957 to* 1965. . interest: Park, bonds. follows: ; 1956, and . on of amounting to exceeding 5% District . a.m. not $140,000 - • 90,000 West Covina School Dis-trict bonds. Due $5,000 Nov» -1,' 1947 to 1964. • Dated Nov. 1,1946. bonds Denominatidn,! check * for bid for, a of 3% payable ? the& to the> Chairman of the Board of Super<- ; Los f. ; Angeles County,- Sunshine Farms County Water Dist. CP. 0. Los Angeles),. Cal. Defeated—An Bonds $37,000 water system issue bonds of was advised construction W. Counsel, County that has the latest •; ~ semi¬ Bond O. Bakersville), Juvenile Detention Home Construction bonds. Offering—R. J. Cal. 2,600,000 County - Museum and Exposition Park -Additions Veon, County Clerk, will receive sealed bids until the 11 a. purchase m. of on bonds. Oct. 7, for $4,000 400,000 Dec., school ■"=.' will bonds be sub?» elecion in November. At the samet time the ballot will carry the pro¬ posal to have the above Authority annexed > Water to v the Metropolitan* Cali¬ District of Southern fornia, ■ * Stanilaus County, Prescott School Dist. (P. O. Modesto), Cal. > Bond Offering C. C. Eastin, County Clerk, will receive sealed bids until the purchase 2 p.m. of on Oct.; 15, for $20,000 school bonds, to bear not exceeding 5%, interest. Dated Nov. 1, 1946. De¬ Exhibition 4,600,000 Incinerator tion bonds. Principal and inter¬ payable at the County Treas¬ urer's' officd.' Enclose a certified and . ; Land ; ing .; Land : ' Construc¬ Acquisition _. .■• payable at the County Treasurer's office. for 5% Enclose a certified check of the bonds bid for pay-; Greater Beach Park able to the Chairman of the Board Acquisition and BuildConstruction bonds. t - - of Supervisors. y v: 8,200,000 of the bonds bid for, payable to the County Clerk. by Building and nomination $1,000. These bonds are Park Landscaping bonds. due $1,000 from Nov. 1, 1947 to 1,275,000 Art Institute Building 1966. Principal and interest (M-N) > Construction bonds. bonds, to bear not exceeding 3% interest. Dated * Sept. 3, "1946. Denom. $1,000. These bonds are [check for 10% 1 stated mitted to the voters at the general . 2,000,000 County, Red Rock Sch. Dist. (F. is Acting Secretary of the Au¬ thority that $2,000,000 pipe linci Harold — Election—It Bond the County (P. O. Angeles), Calif.?: Defeated / est , State Treasurer, will receive 11 Cal. construction at be Angeles Bonds Gallatin Kern by City V Bond Offering—Chas: G. John¬ son, 500,000 ratified Supervisors, VisorS.:^%; in were election due in 1949. sealed bids until Angeles), multiples of Y4 of 1%. Enclose $32,000,000, .election bonds that to Enclose bid Board of stated California (State of) p Interest ••;' the Clerk, that at the general election in November, the voters will be asked to pass on the proposed is¬ Building Los certified Aug. 30 the Board adopted following bonds aggregating Bond Sale—The $50,000 bonds Oct. 1947 to offered for sale recently, were Jones, 4. due Nov. are 1971. Los Burhank, Calif. Mrs. Oct. on was; elec^., an 1, in $19,000,000 county courthouse and defeated at the election held bit payable office building; $5,000,000 county Aug. 20, lacking tile necessary? Principal and interest (M-N) pay¬ jail; $2,000,000 juvenile hall favorable majority to carry. able at the County Treasury. A center, and $6,000,000 refuse in¬ San Diego County Water Author*? satisfactory legal opinion approv¬ cinerators bonds. These are the ity (P. O. San Diego), Calif., ing the legality of the bonds will to. . is issue $1,000. Rate of interest to be iqfc order that the an - Election—It Held—An Bonds Voted—An issue of $!,-» $1,810,479 the Angeles County (P. O. Angeles), Calif. ;, Sch. Angeles County, Inglewood Elementary Sch. Dist. (P. O. that ended June from up as official returns show that the fol¬ follows: $2,000 in 1951, and $1,000 in 1952 to< 1966. awarded to the Bank of America lowing bonds amounting .to $43,Bidders; will vlbe -permitted to National Trust & Savings Asso¬ 075,000 were defeated at the elec¬ specify different rates of interest ciation, of San Francisco, as 2y2s, tion held on Aug. 6: for different maturities. Prin. and at a r; price of 100.78, a basis of int. payable at the County Treas¬ about 2.418%. Dated Oct. 1, 1946. $19,000,000 Court House and Of¬ fice ury. A certified check for 10% Denom. $1,000. Building Construction These bonds are of the bonds bid for, payable to due Oct. bonds. * 1, as follows: $2,000 in the Board of Supervisors, is re¬ 1947 to 5,000,000 County Farm Jail Con1956, and $3,000 in 1957 V struction bonds. .1: quired. '• to 1966. • Bond held as stated by Sue B.~ Rankin;; Deputy 1, Dated Nov. 1, 1946. Denom. $1,000. bonds Election are Los Salinas), Calif. Sale—The $130,000 school on . Los professional license taxes were Greenfield Union Sch. Dist. (P.O. Bond Citrus $400,000 construction bonds tion ; tax previous .^ear to $2,062,495.55. lected from the 1946/47 tax levey, bonds offered for sale County, V . ; • \y ..? submitted to the voters at Clerk 31, 1946, and able out Bond of c revenue ness and said to be pay¬ . tax compiled. Bank, of Los An¬ geles, at 0.48%, plus a premium of $8.93. These notes mature on Dec. are fabricators' professional The: City awarded to was California on 1 annual source be the " . - M-N, Sale—tThe $25,000 school bonds offered were ■ may run originally esti¬ this . County (P. O. Fresno), Calif. 1, 1947 Aromas Joint Mmion Sch. Dist; increase) on were awarded to a syndicate com¬ posed of Blyth & Co., of San Fran¬ cisco, C. N. White & Co., of Oak¬ until Dec. 1. The Board asked At¬ land, and Hannaford & Talbot, of San Francisco, as 2s, at a price of torney L. C.Smith to make 100.30, a basis of about 1.96%, changes in the document and the bureau. source mate latter would leave the Dashboards in its irrigation dam at Redding it to this was from Fresno ' Angeles School Dist. (P. O. Los Angeles), Cal. ; days (some experts expect them to ap¬ held . .v-v If sales tax collections continue for the remainder of the year at the average set for the first 50 1956, was Covina District bonds. mated. - the tion presented a proposed contract to the District under which the system bonds 16 ^ C; Aug. West . City Clerk's total was com¬ piled after the first official col¬ Cal., sewer School. V. On $90,000 lection; of the^city sales tax had been made and indicated that $75,- 000 , . City District bonds. The $ Sanitary District, School bonds. $300,000 Los at following closed. as Bonds Voted—An issue of elec¬ an private concern'if the Dis¬ tiling Oct.? 1, authorized $530,000 dates: the May 11 to June 30, a report from City Clerk Walter Peterson dis¬ Denom. $1,000. due are $15,000 in 1947 to $20,000 in 1957 to 1966. and refinancing the District according to press reports. The a bonds follows: Election—The for debt 80 inclusive .,''«••• t .*;«'• ••. Interest on all above bonds will cease as of Nov. 1, 1946. : : - : to Los Veon, 000,000—The city's new y2 of 1% municipal sales tax produced $1,055,000 in new revenue for the first 50 days of its operation, from 1,1947 to 1970. Dated Oct, 1,1946. Irrigation Directors of the above District has Refunding bonds, dated May 1 1935, $25,000 Oct. maturing after Jan. 1, awarded to a syndicate composed Coupons payable on or be fore that date should be detached of Blyth & .Co., Security-First Na¬ and presented for payment in the tional Bank of Los Angeles, R. H. usual manner. Interest ceases on Moulton & Co., William R. Staats Co., and Redfield & Co., all of Los date called. Angeles, as 2y4S, at a price of 101.18, a basis of about 2.126%. CALIFORNIA State 1, at his office due are 1948. informed are Brooks, J. Income Exceeds $1,* Enterprise School District (P. O. These that the following being called for pay¬ are as Park We certified These bonds pre¬ T. R. — bonds Nos. 14 to bonds Nos. 6 to 139. ■ — Offering ' Flagstaff, Ariz. William Bond 10% Francisco, William R. Staats Co., bonds bid for, payable and Redfield & Co., both of Los County Clerk. Angeles, as 2V4S, at a price of v; % Sub-Dist. No. 4 of Grassy Lake 101.76, a basis of about 2.067%. Los Angeles, Calif and Tyronza, Drain. Dist. No. 9, Dated Oct. 1, 1946. Denom. $1,000. ; Sales Tax sent Bond Call County, Vaughan Sch. Dist. O. Bakersfield), Cal. (P. These 1 of Carson Lake ARIZONA by bonds. — Drain. Dist. No. 9, trict -Sitka, Alaska 1929 . to A Bond Sale—The of Kern $800,000 Improve¬ - his ^ Act Harbor bonds are the balance of the $2,It is stated by El¬ County Clerk, will receive sealed Sartain, District Secretary, 500,000 issue, of which $1,700,000 bids until 11 a.m. on Oct. 7, for the hat the following refunding bonds bonds Were sold on Sept. 24. purchase of ■ $5,000 school are bonds, to bear not exceeding 5% being called for payment on Compton City School District Jan. interest. Dated Sept. 3, 1946. De¬ 1, 1948, at 102 V2% of the (P. O. Los Angeles), Calif. nomination $1,000. These, bonds principal 'amount of each bond, Bonds Sold—The $600,000 bonds are due $1,000 in 1947 to together with accrued interest to 1951. offered for sale recently, were date called, at the Union Planters sold to a syndicate composed of Principal and semi-annual interest National Bank & Trust Co., of payable at the County Treasurer's Blyth & Co., Security-First Na¬ office. The bonds will be sold for Memphis, or at the American tional Bank of Los Angeles, R. H. National Bank & Trust Co., of cash only and at not less than Moulton & Co., all of Los An¬ par and accrued interest. Enclose a Chicago: ;/■';■ gles, American Trust Co., of San Bond Call inverse order, from Reconstruction Finance Corpora¬ surplus revenue only, on or after tion holds $308,000 of bonds of the Aug. 1, 1951, on any interest date, District at 4% interest. Stranaon 30 days' notice at 103^ and han, Harris & Co. has offered to accrued interest; redemption priv¬ take the securities for 3%. ^ 5 W. E. McCabe, Chairman and ilege not limited to surplus rev¬ enue after Aug. 1, 1956. Principal Director Howard Duncan, previ¬ and interest payable at the Mer¬ ously objected to calling an elec¬ chants National Bank, Mobile, Le¬ tion, but both said they had gality to be approved by Chapman changed "their minds when W. C. Worthington, RFC official, said Cutler, of Chicago. ALASKA Francisco liott in part for the purchase of ment coupons Foley, Ala. Bonds Offered for Investment— gas 17, San County for payment should have attached & Cutler, of Chicago. man Mississippi THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE 1770 4 Vz% series that mature on and after redemp¬ Geneseo, III. Of* Bonds Voted—An issue of $150,- tion date." B, Territory of Hawaii public im¬ 4 v [<&■ v 000 hospital bonds was approved provement bonds of 1926, Nos. 1 v Coupon bonds registered as to to 1805, are called for payment on at the election held on Sept. 16. principal should be accompanied Oct. 15. Dated Oct. 15, 1926. De¬ Iroquois County Community High by proper instruments of assign¬ nomination $1,000. These bonds ment and transfer in cases where School District No. 250 (P. O. are due Oct. 15, 1956, optional on * payment to anyone other thap. the Watsekd), 111. —100.00 Oct. 15, 1946. On and after date "fft Bonds Publicly Offered—An is¬ registered4owner is >tdesired.. called the Territory of Hawaii will Interest ceases on date called. ;:U sue of $213,000 2% building bonds ':''::':k-"Fort, MyerMfFld., V v %\ ,c'J y.^ % ,v\ b & •; .1 f t f, -> y'y ' ^ pay, either at the Territorial is Certificate Sale—The $275,000 being offered for investment by Munster School Town, Ind: Treasurer's office in Honolulu, Ballman & utility revenue certificates offered Main, of Chicago. Bond Offering—The Board of Oahu, T. H., or at the Bankers in for sale on Sept. 30, were awarded Dated Oct. 1, 1946. Denom. $1,000. Trustees will receive sealed bids Trust Co., New York City, the These bonds are due on Jan. to the Milwaukee Co., of Milwau¬ 1, as until 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 30, for the principal upon presentation and follows: kee, at 23/4S, at a price of 98.018, $3,000 in 1956, $20,000 in purchase of $65,000 building bonds surrender of said bonds accom¬ 1957 to 1960, $21,000 in 1961 to to a basis of about 2.875%. Dated bear not exceeding 3 % % inter¬ panied by all appurtenant cou¬ Oct. 1, 1945. These certificates are 1963, $22,000 in 1964 and 1965, and est. Dated Sept. 1, 1946. Denomi¬ pons maturing after said date, and due on Oct. 1, as follows: $3,000 $23,000 in 1966. Principal and in¬ nation r.$1,000. These bonds are the interest accrued thereon upon terest (J-J) payable at the Amer¬ in 1948, $8,000 in 1949, $9,000 in due July 1, as follows: $10,000 in presentation and surrender of any ican National Bank & 1950 to 1965, and $24,000 in 1966 Trust Co., 1947 and 1948, $11,000 in 1949 to matured coupons. Interest ceases of Chicago. to 1970. Interest payable A-O. Legality to be ap¬ 1951, and $12,000 in 1952. Rate on Oct. 15, 1946. proved by Chapman & Cutler, of of interest to be in multiples of Fort Pierce, Fla. Chicago. V\ of 1%. Said bonds are being is¬ Certificates Purchased—An is¬ IDAHO sued subject to approval as to Park Ridge, III. sue of $500,000 municipal electric Franklin Independent School Bond Sale—The $100,000 munic¬ legality by Chapman & Cutler, of plant revenue certificates was District, Ida. ipal garage and fire station bonds Chicago, such opinion to be furpurchased recently by Thomas M. Bonds Voted—An issue of $13,- offered for sale on Cook & Co., of West Palm Beach. Sept. 24, were nishdd tp; the successful bidder purchase bonds awarded to the First National at, the expense of the Town. I^p These certificates were sold as 500 school site Walter, Woody & Heimerdinger, City Clerk that at the elec¬ J. M.,Dain & Co., ,V tion held on Aug. 20, the follow¬ Dolphin & Co., ing bonds aggregating $1,150,000 Atwill & Co., and were defeated: $480,000 recreation Thomas & Co., jointly, For $625,000,and buildings; $400,000 street improve¬ ments; $445,000 sanitary sewer $485,000, 3y4s Torrance, Calif. Bonds Defeated—It is stated by , the . and drain installations, and 000 police $185,department fire and bonds* : COLORADO i Garfield County, Union High Sch. Dist. (P. O. Rifle), Colo. Bonds Voted held At — election an 6, the voters are said to have approved the issuance of Sept. on $209,000 construction bonds by small margin. a Larimer / County (P. O. Fort Collins), Colo. Bond Election of issue An — $150,000 court house and jail con¬ struction bonds will be submitted 5. Nov. on . , An — ,, issue of $150,000 court house and jail con¬ struction bonds will be submitted to the voters at the general elec¬ tion to be held in November. ' : bonds Sold The following purchased recently by were Boettcher — - & Co., * and Peters, Christensen, both of Denver, jointly; Writer & $14,000 1%% building bonds. Due $7,000 Sept. 1, 1947 and 1948. 216,000 1%% building bonds. Due Sept 1, in 1949 to 1956. . Dated Sept. <M-S) payable Treasurer's at office. - the an Aug. payable 5, are limited ad against all the from taxes on un¬ levied ' taxable property in the District. Legality approved by Myles P. Tallmadge, of Deliver'. CONNECTICUT New Haven, Conn. * Bonds Authorized—It is stated Invited Tenders — It is stated by John C. Ferris, City Manager, that the city will receive offers for the purchase of approx-1 imately $125,000 electric revenue rate Cecil J. Marlowe, City Con¬ troller, that the following two is¬ sues of bonds aggregating $684,000, authorized this were bty the Finance: $534,000 Gen¬ Public Improvement No. 11, $150,000 Veterans Temporary eral and of 2% annum, per payable 11 Certificates Validated—On Sept. ,19, the State Supreme Court vali¬ dated the $150,000 electric power ized certificates March on tion on is scheduled now Oct. for 8 the proposed issuance of $280,- 000 follows: $100,000 street right-of-way; $100,000 water system; $65,000 sewerage system and disposal plant, and $15,000 electric system 21, by the • City divided bonds, Daytona Beach, Fla. bonds Sept. 30, dicate offered wore for awarded to sale a on syn¬ composed of John Nuveen & Co., of Chicago, Equitable Se¬ curities Corp., B. J. Van Ingen & Co., of New York, Stranahan, Harris & Co., Inc., of Toledo, Leedy, Wheeler & Co., of OrJando, Clyde C. Pierce Corp., of Jacksonville, v- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane, of New York, Ranson-Davidson Co., Al¬ len & Davis Co., of New York, Welsh, Co., of Chicago, Robert & Hawkins & Co., of Boston, T. Nel¬ son O'Rourke, Beach, and Inc., of Daytona McDonald-Moore & Co., of Detroit, at a a price of 100.01, net interest cost of about 3.06%, follows: for $945,000 maturing 1, $25,000 in 1951 to 1954, $35,000 in 1955 to 1958, $40,000 in 1959 to 1961, $45,000 in 1962 to 1966, $50,000 in 1967 to 1971, $55,as June 000 in 1972 and 1973 as 3s, and $165,000 maturing $55,000 June 1, 1974 to 1976, as 3^4s. Dated June 1, 1946. Denomination $1,000. The next highest bidder was; Shields & Co., Stroud & Co., Miller, Kenower & Co., Robinson-Humphrey Co., Herbert J. Sims & Co.,. y,' . . Community High School -District No. as construction Brown the bonds Bond Election The following totaling $2,600,000 will be bonds submitted — the to voters election to be held at the Oct. 29: $1,- 011 school improvement; $1,county sanitary sewage 250,000 house; $150,000 office building, ahd $50>000 library building bonds. $150,000 court Fulton , Bond County (P. O. Atlanta), Ga. Validated Aug. 14, was declared valid on Sept. 9, by A. L. Etheridge, County Superior Court Judge, overruling objections of indicated that Attorney Alexander would appeal the decision to a higher court. The case decided on the above date hinged on a conflict between a provision of the stitution and amendment County. and on amendment State Con¬ constitutional affecting only Fulton Both the: local passed new a the the Constitution amendment same required day. that - was The bonds could only be voted by two-thirds of a majority of the qualified vot¬ on sold. . These bonds had will consid¬ be certified check fqr J-J. The next highest bidder was'-J the Rush County National Bank, been offered contingent upon their ap¬ proval at the Nov. 5 general elec¬ Rushville, for l^s, at a price of 100.50. tion. County Community Highr Alten $241,000 1%% County fP< O. Fort Wayne )+Ind* Election—An Bond issue :: •; Wayne Township Sch. Twp. (P. O. Indianapolis), Ind. » Purchasers—In connection with^ INDIANA the sale of the $325,000 construc¬ tion bonds to Raffensperger, of voters at the election to be held Main, of in November. 100.22, a basis of about 1.73 %. Dated Aug. .Bedford, Ind. 15, 1946. Denomination Bond Sale Details—The $20,000 $1,000. These bonds are due Dec. 1, in fire equipment bonds awarded on 1951 to 1965. Aug. 16 to Raffensperger, Hughes and Co., of Indianapolis, —v. 164. Canton, 111. p. 1129—were sold at a price of awarded to Ballman Chicago, at a price of about 1.215%—v. & it is of Additional Information stated by It is — the City Clerk that sewer main improvement bonds sold to Quail & Co. of Davenport, as 2%s, as here, were purchased at a noted price of mature on in 1969 and 1970, and $20,000 in 1971; op¬ tional on Nov. 1—$5,000 in 1949 to 1955, and $35,000 in 1956, giving a basis of about 2.47%. Interest Nov. 1 102.00, as and follows: $25,000 payable M-N. school bonds chased recently; by & Co., as Allamakee sale Bank, 100.26. Oct. on the First Elkhart, of at Dated July 1, a 2!/4s, at a issue was 57 of pur¬ Halsey, Stuart price of 101.- 072, a basis of about 2.14%. Dated June 1, 1946. These bonds are due June 1, as follows: $7,000 in 1948 to 1955, $15,000 in 1956 to 1964, $14,000 in 1965, and $15,000 in 1966. Legality approved by Chap¬ man & Cutler, of Chicago. with $100,000 , S County hospital general to ' issue, bonds the election voters be to v'.i (P. O. Election—An submitted i, were National price the ;; in the purchase df "Waukon),' la. Bond Bond Sale—The $150,000 build¬ ing,,.sewer and street bonds of¬ to associated were •IOWA of will be in ■ ■ > ■; Henry -County (P. O. Mount' of ! . the at held November. ^ f Pleasant), la. 1946. These Bond are due on July 1, 1951. The highest bidder was Fletcher Trust Co., Indianapolis, at a price bonds Bonds Purchased—An $220,000 nati, Elkhart, Ind. for 1255—^ p. Indianapolis,^ above company the bonds. July 1, 1947 to Jan; 1, 1957. awarded 164, stated that Kenneth f3,, & Co., of Mullaney, Ross & Co., of Chicago, j V and Fox, Reusch & Co., of Cincin- ^ 101.283, a basis of about 1.009%. Dated Aug. 1, 1946. These bonds are due on Jan. and July 1, from fered now Johnson Iff K County next sealed Offering—J. Treasurer, bids until 10 P. will a.m. 33rown, receive) Oct. on 8, for the purchase of $75,000 hosV; of 100.017. pital bonds. Bonds and attorneys' opinion will be furnished by the County. A certified check for 2% Indianapolis School City (Pi O. Indianapolis), Ind. - ■ Notes Sold—It is stated by the of the amount of bonds offered^; Secretary of the Board of School •payable to the County Treasure^ Commissioners, that $400,000 tem¬ is required. porary loan notes were offered Jesup Consolidated Sch. Dist*. Sept. 24 and were (P. O. Jesup), Iowa .i.:. syndicate composed Bonds Voted — It is reported^ of the Union Trust Co., the that the voters approved recently ; Fletcher Trust Co., the Indiana the issuance of $75,000 construe- < National Bank, the American Na¬ j East Side Levee and Sanitary Dist. tion bonds. t. -i tional Bank, the Indiana Trust (P. O. East St. Louis), III. Co., and the Merchants National Lohrville, Iowa j -Ivd! Bond Offering—Charles E. MelBank, all of Indianapolis, at Bonds Voted An issue of $10,-1; vin, Clerk of the Board of Trust¬ 0.75%. Dated Oct. 2, 1946. Due on 000 Water softening plant ees, will receive sealed bids until Dec. bonds'5^ 31, 1946. Payable.at the of¬ was approved by the voters at Hae'% 2 p.m. on Oct. 10, for the purchase fice of the Treasurer of the above Aug, ,22 election. of $300,000 2% storm water drain-; for sale on *■ • awarded to a — Board. age bonds. Denomination, These bonds are due on coupon $1,000. Dec. 1, as follows: $10,000 in 1948, Lebanon, Ind. Bond Call—A. 'Newton,-■ la:\:':\[]-- \ Offering—H. J. Lammers, City Clerk J;. will receive sealed and open bids until 7:30 p.m. on * j Oct. 7, for the purchase of $15,000 as proving to rate or opinion amount. The ap¬ terest in the amount of 6% sewer 1946. bonds. The from Nov. bonds Dated are 1, will be furnished. Enclose fied check for of the bonds. of the of Chapman & principal amount thereof, plus Territory of Hawaii, Hawaii Cutler of Chicago, will be fur¬ accrued interest to' date of re¬ Bond Call—W. D. Ackerman, nished. Enclose a certified check demption, upon surrender of said Jr., Territorial Treasurer, has ad¬ for $1,500, payable to the District. bonds with all coupons attached , Sept. T,;;l due $3,000 ' 1948 to 1952. Bid-5 ders should specify the rate of > interest. Principal and interest i payable at the City Treasurer's of-'' fice. The approving opinion of ']! Chapman & Cutler, of Chicago, j - ation .'j 1 Bond E. Lewis, City ers, while the new Constitution to 1951, $20,000 in 1952 to 1956,, Clerk-Treasurer, calls for pay¬ said that only a majority of those' and $40,000 in 1958 to 1961. Prin-, ment on Nov. 1, out of the moneys voting was necessary for a valid cipal and interest (JrD) payable of the electric utility revenue bond bond issue. at the District Treasurer's office. fund, $30,000 aggregate principal The bonds may be registered as amount of the City's 2%% elec¬ .■•'4*1'" • Thomasville, Ga.^ly^ to principal only in the name of tric utility revenue bonds bearing Bond Sale—The $200,000 water the holder on the books of said Nos. 163 to 192, dated May 1,1942, and light improvement bonds of-! District in the office of the Dis-; maturing May 1, 1956 and 1957. fered for sale on Sept. 24, were ; Said bonds will be paid on and trict Treasurer. Said bonds will be awarded to the Commercial Bank general obligations of the District after date called at the City and the Bank of Thomas County, payable from ad valorem taxes! Cleric-Treasurer's office, or at both of Thomasville, jointly, as levied upon all the taxable prop-} the La Salle National Bank, Chi¬ IV2S, at a price of 101.75. erty in the District without limit¬ cago, at par, plus additional in¬ HAWAII a building bonds offered for sale re¬ $1,250,000 war memorial coliseum Hughes & Co., of Indianapolis, as bonds will be submitted to the iy4s, at a price of 100.25, a basis cently-v. 164, p. 1639 — were The on was held County Sch. Dist. No. (Pi O. Mt. Prospect), III. various issues of bonds amounting to $20,000,000 and authorized at H. A. Alexander. It ap¬ Cook — bids about ;L14%;^ Interest ;?payabl£^te Sept. 10—v. 164, p. 1129—were Sch. Dist. No. 67 (P. O. Mt. Sterling)Sill. , Issues on not was election De Kalb County (P. O, Decatur), the $70,000 water and Ga. III. 304, Bonds Voted—An issue of $65,000 now the election held Bond Sale-—The $1,110,000 storm Bowen bonds. author¬ Commission. sewer - ,, Union Township School Township (P. O. R.R. No. I, Glenwood), Ind.' Bond Sale—The $25,000' build-i v Whiteside County (P. O. Bonds Voted —* An issue of ing bonds offered for sale recent--:$525,000 construction bonds was Morrison), III. Bonds Not Sold — It is reported ly, were awarded to Kenneth SJ approved at the election held on that the $400,000 bridge construc¬ Johnson, of Indianapolis, as ltys,; Sept. 14. tion bonds scheduled for award at a price of 100.62, a basis otU Bond Sale—The Cairo, Ga. system; Bartow, Fla. revenue ■ $500, payable to the School Towp.V . I, Bond Election—The City Clerk and Treasurer states that an elee* , FLORIDA conditional GEORGIA 000,000 line ■ ered. Enclose approved at the election held Bank, of Chicago, as l%s, at a Sept. 16. price of 101.029, a basis of about 1.64% The next highest bidder ILLINOIS was Crummer Co., for 2s, at a price of 101.77. Bellwood Sch. Dist. No. S8, III. plant and distribu¬ tion system. year of Housing bonds. f was quarterly, in the denomination of proved at $1,000 each, to be secured excluh5 July 27. sively by the income and revenues by Board > on certificates to bear interest at the bonds election held valorem Smyrna Beach, Fla. New Certificate County These authorized at a 1, 1946. Due of its electric X, 1946. Denomina¬ tion $1,000. Principal and interest ' price of par. Dated Oct. as follows: $10,000 in 1947 to 1951, $25,000 in 1952 to 1956, $35,000 in 1957 to 1961, and $40,000 in 1962 to 1966. 2%s, at Montezuma County High School j District (P. O. Cortex), Colo, fiBonds ' u? Election Bond - ; to the voters at the election to be held - . tjJfcAtfSffiMK _ Monday, October 7, 1946_ vised that rail of the 1 • a certi- 2% of the amount ,: ' V:, Red Oak Sch. Dist. (P. O. Red Oak), Iowa Bonds tion held Defeated on — At the • * elec- ' v ' Sept. 19, the proposal^ Volume 164 ' Number 4531 fTHE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE calling for the issuance of $225,000 construction bonds feated, lacking the vorable t bonds Spencer, Iowa \ Bona Exchange—M. M. Moulton,-City Clerk, has announced that Shaw, McDermott & Co., of will voters carry. /i City, La. ^ ; MASSACHUSETTS " ! issue An — at submitted be ' Bond the to Des Moines, has arranged for Oct. 29. , Offering — ceive sealed bids until 11 \ Oct. Calcasieu Parish Sch. Dist. No. 23 (P. O. Lake Charles), La. 000 '• 9 for the sewer 1946. Bond Sale—The re¬ a.m. on purchase of $147,- bonds. Dated Oct. 15, These bonds Denom. $1,000. $275,000 build¬ are due Oct. 15, as follows: $5,000 exchange of $101,000 2VZ% re¬ ing and- equipment bonds* offered in 1947 to 1973, and $4,000 in 1974 funding, municipal heating system for sale on Oct. 1—v. 164, p. 1369-«^ "to-1976. Bidders to name one rate revenue-bonds for a like amount were awarded to Barrow, Leary & of interest in a multiple of V4 of of outstanding 3 %s. Co., of * Shreveport, at a price of 1%, Principal and interest pay¬ 100.182, : a net interest cost of able at the Second National Bank KANSAS 21305%, as follows: for; $63,000 ma¬ of Boston. These bonds will be 15, $15,000 in -1947; the V7' Beloit, Kan. •0V •' turing Feb. general obligation of the Bonds Voted—An issue of $400,- $16,000 in 1948 to 1950, as 2y4s, Town.; The bonds will - be en¬ and $212,000 maturing Feb.* 15, graved under the 0Q0^ municipal power and water supervision of plant construction bonds was $17,000 in 1951 and 1952, $18,000 and authenticated as to ap¬ genuine¬ proved at an election held in 1953 and 1954, $19,000 in 1955, re¬ ness by the Second National Bank and 1956, $20,000 in 1957 and 1958, cently. ': 1 of Boston and their legality ap¬ $21,000 in 1959 and 1960, and $22,- proved •; by y Ropes,; Gray, Best, Harpef, Kan, > 000 in 196.1, as 2Vzsi Dated Aug. Bond Sale Details Coolidgez & Rugg, of Boston, in connec¬ tion with the sale of the bonds 1, 1946. Denom. $1,000. The next whose opinion will be furnished highest bidder was the Provident the purchaser. The bonds will be aggregating $113,000, noted here Savings Bank & Trust Co., Cincin¬ delivered to the purchaser at the —y.164, p. 1368—it is now re¬ ported by the City Clerk that the nati, and Associates, for $275,000 above- Bank on, or about Oct. 18, $50,000 swimming pool bonds were 2y2s, at a price of 100.289, a basis 1946, against payment; in Boston of about &465%; , ✓ sold to the; First funds. National Bank of Harper, as Lafayette, La, ! iy4s, at a price of Bond Beverly, Mass. Election—It is reported par, and mature $5,000 in 1947 to Bond Sale—The $250,000 sewer 1956; t the $63,000 sewer bonds that the issuance of $1,700,000 the •-.? - *' ■ v Purchaser—The Town Treasur¬ er Elizabeth W. Hooker, Town Treasurer, will . on .N; Amherst, Mass. ( be held the election to Southbridge, Mass. • of $583,000 various improvement fa¬ necessary majority to Bossier Election Bond de¬ was 1771 . reports now that construction sewer Aug. 15 0.75s, at as the notes $40,000 sold on $1,000 from April 1, 1948 to 1975, incl. Interest payable A-O. Le¬ gality approved by Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone of Detroit. 164, par—v. Troy Township Sch. Diet. No. 6 purchased by the (R.F.D. No. 4, Birmingham), Mich, Corporation. Due Bond Call—E, M. Schroeder, $8,000 from Aug. 15, 1947 to 1951. District Secretary, calls for pay¬ Interest payable F-A, ment on Nov. 1, at par and ac¬ Wenham, Mass. 'y1 crued interest, refunding bonds / Bond Sale—The $290,000 water Nos, 110 to 113, dated July 1, 1943, bonds offered for sale on Sept. maturing May 1, 1967, optional 26, were awarded to a syndicate on and after May 1,194.5.> composed of Estabrook & Co., Wakefield Sch. Dist. (P. O. Lee Higginson Corp., and R. L. Wakefield), Mich. Day & Co., all of Boston, as l^s, Note Sale The $35,000 notes at a price of 101.57, a basis of p. 1257—were First Boston ... — about 1.385%. Dated Oct. 1, 1946. Denomination $1,000. These bonds are due $10,000 from Oct. 1, 1948 to 1976. The next highest bidder the First National was offered for sale awarded - to Sept, 13, were on the National First of Wakefield, at 3%%. Sept. 25, 1946. These notes due on Jan. 15, 1947. Bank, Dated are Bank, Bos- ■> . , ton; for iy2s, at a price of 101.46. MINNESOTA — , , were of Wichita, at vided as submitted to the voters at election scheduled for Oct. 22. price of par, di¬ a follows—$30,000 as iy8s, to 1951, and dueJ6,000 inrj947 $33,000 iy4s, due $6,000 in 1952 1953, and $7,000 in 1954 to and 1956.;j* ^■ ' '■ Bond ; Wichita^ Kan, Election 5,059,700 An — issue of civic improvement be: submitted to the tha general election to be held in November* bonds • Ashland, Ky. . following bonds amounting to $450,000, to bear not exceeding 4% interest, be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held "n November: $150,000 flood wall onstruction; $150,000 sewage sys- dm, and $150,000 street improveent bonds. Denomination $1,000. hese bonds Bonds due in are not said more • purchased by the price of 100.009, a Due $1,000. on Dated Dec. 1, Bond clusive. Principle and interest (J-D) payable at the Whitney Na¬ tional Bank, New Orleans. Tenders MAINE X I Wanted—W. Maine (State of) Bonds Defeated It L. nuckles, Jr., State Local Finance ffice, will receive sealed tenders ntil 1 p.m. (CST), on Dec. 2, t his office in is — ported re¬ by Fred W. Hollingdale, Commissioner of the Treasury, that $3,000 in 1950 to 1956. These 1946. bonds are Interest dated at Bond chool Sale—The Amendment $24,000 2% building bonds offered 102.00, a basis of 1.41%, to maturity. Intert phyabfe M-S. ■ ' v- • &:A i* V Silver / Kenton County (P. Q, \ ' ' •».,"* - /•' Covington), Ky, ; Election—The following issue proposals aggregating 1,250,000 will be submitted to he voters at the November genral election: ?; $1,000,000 court and ouse or■' boys. $250,000 county home ' _ * , * y1 » ' r~ \ .: *> *. Bond caiia No. I" ' & Trust Co. of Montgomery County, of Rockville, as previous¬ ly noted in v. 164, p. 1256—were sold.as l%s, at par. Other bids: /• •' Bidder Alex. • "Bond (P. f % awarded to White, Hattier 2.72% a a net interest cost as follows: for 52,000 maturing Oct. 1, $2,000 in 948 and 1949, $3,000 in 1950 to 965 as 2%s, and $3,000 maturing ct. 1, 1966 as 2%s. Interest payble A-O. Dated Oct. 1, 1946. De- 100.20 14, for $85,000 name which he Dated the rate of interest at Oct. purchased by sealed nom. Due on payable A-O. Cambridge), Note Sale will pay at least par. Mass. The $325,000 tem¬ offered for sale on . porary notes Oct. 1, were awarded to the Na¬ tional Rockland Bank, of Boston, discount, of 0.399%. Dated Oct. 4, 1946. These notes are due April 23, 1947. The next highest a will without charge. check the bonds Enclose a certi¬ accompany for $2,500. 'Village bids Clerk, for until the 8 receive on Oct. p.m. purchase Lar¬ B. will 23. of bonds. $17,000 Dated Oct. 1, 1946. Denominations $1,000 and $500, These bonds are due Oct. Atherton Sch, Dist. (P, Q, to 1, as follows: $1,500 in 1948 1957, and $2,000 in 1958. Bid¬ ders to These at name the rate of interest. the are bonds held election the authorized Sept. on 23. Principal and interest payable at any suitable bank or trust com¬ pany designated by the purchaser. The printed bonds and approving opinion of Dorsey, Colman, Bark¬ er, Scott & Barber, of Minneapo¬ lis, will be furnished. A certified check for $340, payable to the Village Treasurer, is required with bid. -m/ I i ; r"v.<* • Lakes Detroit • >< School • ',rr >0 y r> -a Minn. Bonds Voted—The $200,000 con¬ struction. bonds w^f.e approved at the election held on Sept. 10. ' * Dist., ■ Fosston, Minn. lows: $150,000 as of Oct. 23, and 1946, of Nov. 23, 1946. are due on Feb. 1, $150,000 These as notes 1947. Denomination and form of notes to be at the option of the purchaser. Principal and interest payable at the office of the Treas¬ of urer the shall Bids Board be of Education. conditioned upon 164, Minneapolis—v. 873—were awarded as p. 1.60s, at par. Dated Aug. 1, 1946. on Aug. 1 in 1948 to 1966. In¬ terest payable F-A. Due Renville County (P. O. Olivia), Minn. Election Bond $200,000 r— hospital submitted the to the An bonds issue will voters , of be the at unqualified opinion of the Na¬ purchaser's attorney approving November general election. rate of the legality of the notes* The cost MISSISSIPPI of such opinion and the cost of printing the notes shall be paid Bolivar County, M erigold S c par ate Pitt8field, Mass, by the purchaser. Enclose a certi¬ Road District (P. O. Bond Sale—The $223,000 incin¬ fied check for 2% of the par val¬ Cleveland), Miss. erator bonds offered for sale on ue of the notes, payable to the Bond Sale — The $73,000 road Oct. 3, were awarded to' Robert District. and bridge bonds offered for sale Hawkins & Co., of Boston as 1Y2S, recently, were awarded at a price Macomb County (P. O. Mt. at a price of 101.11, a net interest of 100.125, a net interest cost of cost of 1.046%. Dated Oct 1, 1946. Clemens), Mich. about 2.33%, as follows: for Denom. $1,000. These bonds are Bond Sale Details—The $145,maturing May; 1, $2,000 due Oct 1, as follows: $23,000 in 000 bonds and certificates award¬ $57,000 in 1947 and 1948, $3,000 in 1949 1947 to 1949, and $22,000 in 1950 ed on Aug. 13 to Paine, Webber, to 1951, $4,000 in 1952 to 1962,-*as to 1956, Interest payable A-O, Jackson & Curtis, of Detroit—v. 2y4s, and $16,000 maturing $4,000 164, p. 1130—were sold at a price May 1, 1963 to 1966, as 2V2S. Inter¬ Somerville, Mass. of 100.138, a basis of about 0.953%, est payable M-N. Other Bids—The following is a Dated Aug. 1, 1946. Denom. $1,000, Greene County Supervisors Dist. list of the unsuccessful bids (all Interest payable J-D. No* 3 (P. O. Gloster), Miss. for Is)-submitted for the $235,000 1 Michigan (P. O. Lansing), Mich; 1 Bonds .Voted — It is reported municipal relief bonds, maturing Bonds Called—Charles M. Zieg- that at a recent election the vot¬ from 1947 to 1951 incl., which ler, State Highway Commissioner, ers approved the issuance of were awarded on Aug. 23 to Tyler has announced that various assess¬ & Co., of Boston, as Is, at a price $100,000 industrial plant bonds.: ment district highway improve¬ of 100.44, a basis of about 1.842%. Harrison County (P. O. • ment refunding bonds amounting —v. 164, p. 1256. Gulfport), Miss. 'to $204,000, are being called for Bidder i: Price Bid Note Sale—The $4,800 school payment on Nov. 1, at par and Middlesex County National accrued interest. These bonds with transportation equipment notes ;' Bank, Everett ,.100.356 all offered for sale on Sept. 12—v, coupons appurtenant thereto, National Shawmut Bank, should be presented to the paying 164, p. 1257—were awarded to the :v Boston 100.33 agent as specified in the bonds on J. S. Love Co. of Jackson, as 3s, bidder was the Merchants a . .. option of the purchaser, and the approving opinion of Niles, Bar¬ ton, Morrow & Yost, of Balti¬ Sept. on sealed bids until 7:30 p.m. on Oct;' Price Paid—It is now stated by 7, for the purchase of $300,000 tax the Village Clerk that the $44,000 1, anticipation notes, to bear not ex¬ funding bonds sold to the Allisonceeding 6% interest. Dated as fol¬ Williams Co. of 100.315 1, 1946. Denomination Laidlaw & Co. $1,000. These bonds are due $2,000 First Boston Corp. 100.279 in 1947 to 1956, $10,000 in 1957 to Merchants National Bank, Boston 1962, and $5,000 in 1963. The bonds _____100.275 will be delivered in Salisbury, Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis inn^^Q Philadelphia or Baltimore, at the fied of der to $13,000 2s, $21,000 21,000 3s.,;>.v ' • v:-. and purchase of 1946 coupon bonds. Bid- more, 2%s, the sewer omination $1,000. The next highwas Charles F. Boagni, st bidder or v -^ W^de H. InsEgan Drain Dist. ley, Jr., City Clerk, will receive Crowley), La. sealed bids until 8 p.m. on Oct. 100.028, - Bank, O. Sale—The $55,000 public about Jtnfc. Rate Rate Bid 1.90% 100.18 ; Sons Salisbury, Md, Sanford, of New Orleans, at rice of ■ & . improvement bonds offered for ale on Sept, 26—v. 164, p. 1369— ere ■ Brown Suburban National Silver Springs Bond Offering Parish, J • Details—The $132,refunding bonds awarded on Aug. 23 to the Farmers Banking LOUISIANA . Springs); Md, Sale 000 Bond ond such Maryland-National Capital and Planning Commission (P. O. of bout. - for MARYLAND Louisville, price providing issuance. for ale recently, were awarded to thp ankers Bond Co., of a bonds, by failing ratify the State Constitutional to :y-,v Oct Middlesex County (P. O. East at . Soldiers' Bonus Daviess County (P. O. Owehsboro); Ky. ■f.y ] were son, v the general election held tional Frankfort, for the Bank, Boston, at on urchase of $5,000 Sept. 9, the voters rejected 0.57%. 3% funding the proposal to issue $16,000,000 opds, dated July 1, 1940. , and on the South Range State Bank. a basis of about 1.20%. Sept. 1, 1946. Denom. $1,000.f These bonds are due Sept. 1, as follows: $15,000 in 1947 to Dec. 1 in 1947 to 1965, in¬ . \ 6 Bond sale held Dassel, Minn, Offering—Theo. 100.365, 1945. . , ...... a election Dated ■' connee-- basis of about 1.375%. Denomina¬ The — Butler Couny, Ky. j Sept. for V< $70,approved was $1,000. Dated Aug. 1, 1946. Feb. 1, in 1947 to 1951. Prin. and int. (F-A) payable at were firm at tion Authorized nds. t offered were , City Council is said to have adopted nd ordinance authorizing the isuance of $150,000 flood wall i bonds bonds to Whitem, Hattier \ Port Hope), Mich. Sanford of New Orleans, and 1962, and $10,000 in 1963. Interest y Bonds Voted—An issue of $100,000 construction bonds was ap¬ associates, as noted here, it is now payable M^S. reported by Fred C. Selby, City proved at the election held on yw Lawrence, Mass. Attorney, that the bonds were Sept. 14. Bend Sale—The following bonds sold as 2s, are in the denomina* Augusta,Mich* tion of $1,000, and mature on July aggregating; $45,000, offered for Bond Sale—The $18,000 water 1 in 1947 to 1976, inclusive/ Prin¬ sale recently, were awarded to revenue bonds offered for sale re¬ cipal and interest (J-J) payable Robert Hawkins & Co., of Boston, cently, were awarded to the at the National .Bank\ of Com- as iy4sy-at~a price of 100.293, a American National Bank, of Kal¬ basis*,otabout 1.195%: merce in- New Orleans. amazoo, and the State Bank, of Vermilion Parish Road- District $12,000 water mains bonds. Due Augusta, jointly, as 3s, at a price Oct. 1, bs follows: $2,000 in No, J (P. Q. Abbeville), La. of 100.834, a basis of about 2.90%. 1947 and 1948, and ; Additional Information—It is $1,000 in Interest payable J-J. no\£ 1949 to 1956. reported that the $200,000 Battle Creiek Sch'.' Dist.? Mich. * public improvement bonds sold to 33,000 first veterans housing Note Offering—Lila E, Cannon, bonds. Due Oct. 1, as follows: White, Hattier & Sanford, of New $4,000 in 1947 to 1949, and District Secretary, will receive Orleans, as iy4s, as noted here last han 20 years. , that & December, the at A. : '' Bond Election— The will ",yi SoldJ\ is stated by Kellow, District Secretary, $30,000 coupon heating plant hospital bonds 14, , will oters., at ' Details?—In an school 'v i Sale Bonds H. 000 street improvement Oct. on 2, were awarded to the Beverly Na¬ tional Bank, as V/48, at a price of tion with the sale of the $750,000 •.v^ - Hake Charles, La, y:\ * Bond as Adams Township Sch. Dist. (P. O. South Range), Mich, | Benson, Minn. Bonds Voted—An issue of the South Range State Bank. De¬ bonds offered for sale public improvement bonds will be sold to the Dunne-Israel Co. MICHIGAN Whiting, Weeks Second National &"stubbsl_ 100.219 Bank, Boston Halsey, Stuart & __„_100.179 Somerville National Bank, Somerville _100.00 * before Nov. date interest 1, 1946, on which at par. Dated Aug. 1, 1946. Due; Aug. 1 in 1947 to 1952,' Interest payable F-A. Sec-; $800 ceases. on incl. • Tawas, Mich. ond Bonds Sold—It is stated by Al¬ bert H. Buch, City Clerk, that best after were sewer extension sold privately as 3s, been offered for having public sale without success - on July 8 and on July 29. Denom. $1,000. Dated April 1, 1946. Due bidder was the Gulf National Bank of Gulfport. - $28,000 water and bonds ; 100.19 Co. or ' Hazlehurst, Miss. Bond Sale—The $150,000 indus¬ trial plant bonds offered for sale recently, were awarded to a syn¬ dicate composed of the Deposit Guaranty Bank & Trust Co., of and Oct. 6% 1, 1946. Town. Interest . : 1956,'-and $3,000 in 1957 to 1961. Bronxville, N. Y. Pending Issuance Bond — The of V\ of 1%. $2,000, Education; [ • : ; Houston, Miss. • Rate of interest to be in multiples is said resolution to Board Village Details—The Town states that the $100,000 Sale to , An — eral election to be held in Novem¬ ber. ' - . approved as to legality by Charles & Trauernicht of St. Dated July 1, 1946. Louis, Mo. ;-r* v ; Bonds of $40,bonds was first second series Oct. Dated bonds. i Vi series V and * $18,000 $9,000 Nettleton, Miss. Sold—An issue < * inclusive. Elms ford, N. Y. i » * ' < -f.i industrial 2*4% on vember. Mo. Fulton, call to Planned Fall this election an On t- City Council voted the Sept. 19, valid and legally binding ob¬ are ' Election to M-S. Interest payable ligations of the Borough. A cer¬ tified check for $540, payable to r. j. /• -J" ^ Ohio / ■ $2,- 1 Chauncey-Dover Exempted Village School District (P. O. Chauncey), Ohio Bond Offering—Stewart Robin- ette, District Clerk, will receive sealed bids until noon on Oct. 18, for the purchase of $85,000 build¬ '] NORTH DAKOTA , interest. 3% % Denom. due Dated Nov, <1, 1946; $1,000. These bonds are $5,000 from Nov. 1, 1964. now by the District Clerk that the $65,000 school bonds sold to the School Land Department of reported 1948 to of interest to be in Rate multiples of % of 1%; The bonds authorized were election held unlimited from able at the primary May 7, are pay¬ on The taxes. Bismarck, at par, as noted here) approving opinion of Squire, San-; May, were awarded as 2Vzs,x ders & Dempsey, of Cleveland, are dated'July 1, 1946, and ma¬ last ture July 1 on as follows: $4,000 in 1951, and $3,000 in 1952 to 1966.; Interest payable J-J. 1947 ' Bond ( ' • • Bond Election—An issue of ...w* Bowman, Twin Butte Sch. Dist., N. Dak. Bond Sale Details — It is offered 1, 1946." Denomination $1,000. for sale on Oct. 3—v. 164, p. 1642— These bonds are due Oct. 1, as June 24, by a syn¬ were awarded to Tilney & Co., of follows: $6,000 in 1947 to 1949, $5,dicate composed of the Max T. New York,, as l%s, at a price of 000 in 1950, and $4,000 in 1951. Allen Co., of Hazlehurst, J. G. Rate of interest to be in a mul¬ 100.215, a basis of about 1.46%; Hickman Co., of Vicksburg, and $162,000 street improvement Walton-Hamp Jones Co., of Jack¬ tiple of % or, one twentieth of bonds. Denom. $1,000. These son, at a price of 100.25. Dated 1%. Principal and interest (A-O) bonds are due Sept. 1, in 1947 June 4, 1946. ' Legality approved payable at the Hudson Trust Co., to 1956.' • ; MMt Union City. The approving opin¬ by Charles & Trauernicht, of St. ion of Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, 13,000 fire truck bonds. Denom. Louis. of New York will be furnished the $500. Due on Sept. 1, in 1947 to 1955.. MISSOURI ' successful bidder, that these bonds 000 purchased ' , . ing bonds, to bear not exceeding | ' [ Bond Sale—The following bonds amounting to $175,000 and 1 100.209. <r • School District, 925,500 building bonds will be submitting to the voters at the general election to be held in No¬ will registered bonds totaling $27,000, to bear not exceeding 6% interest: \ . -y,iy y.' t.;v, .yr' Canton ; sealed bids until 8:30 p.m. on been of submitted to the voters at the gen¬ receive unable to let the contract due to on March 1, 1949 to 1966. The next Oct. the unavailability of construction highest bidder was Barcus, Kin¬ Dated Sept. 1, 1946. 8, for the purchase of the follow¬ materials. dred & Co., for 314 s, at a price of ing street assessment coupon or Due on Sept. 1 in 1947 to 1956, $283,000 1%% and 3Vz% construction bonds is said to have issue of Clerk, Borough Jr., '-'V . issue $25,000 water supply bonds will be — Approved . Election—An Bond , Bond Legality v Canfield, Ohio ; for the Board oft payable to The approving opin¬ ion of Reed, Hoyt & Washburn, of have New York City, will be furnished of Y4 or one-tenth of 1%, and must passed a , purchase the purchaser. A certified check Clerk now be the same for all of the bonds. property for a. vehicular under¬ for $6,000, payable to the State industrial plant bonds sold to the Principal and interest payable at pass, to be financed by the issu¬ Houston State Bank, and the Bank Treasurer, must accompany the the City Comptroller's office. The ance of $190,000 bonds. ,. bid. of Houston, jointly, as 2s, at par J;;/;'.;i-i[ Sr.';® opinion of Hawkins, Delafield & —v. 164, p. 1000—are dated Dec. Wood, of New York; will be fur¬ Castile, Silver Lake Water Dist Louisburg, N. C. :: No. 1 (P.O. Castile), N. Y. 1, 1945, in the denomination of nished the successful bidder, that Bond Sale—The $93,000 street Bonds Not Sold—It is reported $500 each, and mature on Dec. 1 the bonds are valid and legally improvement bonds offered for as follows: $2,000 in 1946 to 1950; binding obligations of the City. by the Town Clerk that the $5,000 sale on Oct. 1—v. 164, p. 1643— $4,000, 1951 to 1960, and $5,000 in Enclose a certified check for $700, not to exceed 5% registered ex¬ were awarded to McDaniel Lewis 1961 to 1970. Interest payable tension bonds scheduled for award & Co., of Greensboro, as 3s, at a payable to the City. ; ' on (J-D). Sept 5—v. 164, p. 1258—were price of 100.64, a basis of about Kosciusko Sch. Dist. (P. O. Fairview, N. J. not sold, all the bids being re¬ 2.938%. Dated Sept. 1, 1946. De¬ Kosciusko), Miss. Bond Offering George Ebel, jected.' because the District was nom. $1,000. These bonds are due ; Bond a-certified ''check Enclose at place of purchaser's choice. Bidders are requested to name the interest rate or rates in multiples ery for, , deliv¬ tiple of Y\ of 1%, payable" M-S. obligations; unlimited tax; the amount of payable to the V,;/ bid bonds of 2% for check inter¬ Denom. $1,000. These bonds are due Oct. 1, as follows: $2,000 in 1947 to as'»2s. Bank, both of Hazlehurst, payable M-S. • exceeding not Dated est. Planters & Merchants the bonds, Hazlehurst, Jackson, the Bank of Monday, October 7, 1945 FINANCIAL CHRONICLE THE COMMERCIAL & 1772 to will be furnished. fied Enclose certi¬ a check for $1,000, payable to the Board of Education, Clinton Township School District 'Fargo, N.. D. (P. O. Tiffin), Ohio ; Bonds Voted—An issue of $75,Bond Election The following 000 fire fighting equipment bonds, to bear not exceeding 2%% in¬ bonds amounting to $32,000 will — ' — N. Middletown, Y. Bond Sale—The $135,000 public be submitted to the voters at the terest, was approved at the elec¬ November general election: $12,improvementbonds offered for tion held on Aug. 27. 000 sale on Sept. 25, were awarded to garage and $20,000 buses Bond Call *— It' is stated that >•>; the Orange County Trust Co., of Willis Towhship (P.v O. Sawyer), bonds. N. D. Harry S. Reichenstein, City Clerk, Middletown, as 1.10s, at a price of Coldwater, Ohio Bond Offering—Mabel V. Riley, is calling for payment on May 2, i00.10, a basis of about 1,08%. Bond Issuance Deferred —^ The' Township Clerk, will ; receive 1947, a • total of $1,165,000 4% Interest payable A-O; sealed bids, at the County Audi¬ school bonds, dated May 1, 1907, $73,000 storm sewer and outlet and due on May 1, 1957. Each Ticonderogct' and Hague Centrap tor's office in Minot, until 10 a.m. construction bonds authorized last Sch. Dist. No. 1 (P. O. on Oct. 7 for the purchase bond will be redeemed at par and of November are not likely to be of¬ Ticohderoga), N. Y. accrued interest upon presenta¬ $2,500 township bonds, to bear not fered for sale Until later in the I, Borough, is required. the ' voters an issue of the submit to $200,000 water and electric light general obligation bonds. Lilbourn, Mo.' ' v1 » ~ < revenue to as . An 3%% water works Bond Legality Approved issue of $40,000 — bonds has been approved legality by Charles & Trau¬ ernicht, of St. Louis. Dated Sept. 1,1946. ^ Purch^edU-The $40,000 Bonds 3%% water works purchased were Municipal bonds revenue by Corp., Bond the of recently St. Louis, at a price of par. (Dated Sept. 1, 1946. Legality approved by Charles & Trauernicht, of St. Louis. Newark, N. J, ■. < specified payment Each bond surrendered Maple wood, Mo. Election — un¬ only to be made will a registered owner. An issue of public improvement will be submitted to .the 7,1946. Denom. $500. These bonds are due $500 in 1948, 1950, 1952, bids until 1 p. Legislature in multiples of A4 or 1 Jersey (State of) New the voters Housing Bonds—On Sept. 30, at a special session of the State Legis¬ of will Antwerp, Ohio Council , Minneapolis, 2%s, at of Associates, and price of 102.00, a about 2.36%. as basis a due on Ogallala Sch. Dist., Neb. ^ $250,000 construction be submtited November of issue An — bonds to the voters will at the general election. was North Bergen Township, Ni J. Bond Sale—The $200,000 sewer and street improvement sale Oct. 2—v, basis of about 3.038%. Dated Oct. Denom. $1,000. These $10,000 Oct. 1, 1947 to 1966. Interest payable A-O. 1946. 1, bonds are due , Wilmington "V • $50,000 Election — to the election to be held Saunders County will voters be the Oct. 29, on (P. at O. Andoverl (P. Bond — Reginald J. Wahoo), receive sealed bids until on Neb. Oct. for the 10, 10 :H| ;,:|s • _ NORTH CAROLINA Election — An issue of $14,250 purchase . be Bridgeton, N. J. Bond Offering—Ivan F. Brown, City Clerk, will receive sealed ready for delivery to the suc¬ cessful bidders at the Town Clerk's office, approximately 30 days after the date $120,000 water, has sale. of sale, and are general Austintown), passed Bond h of 11 sewer pon the purchase of provement Oct.'15 for $35,000 water im¬ or registered coupon and sewer authorized for E. m. of on Oct. $300,000 Easter- 8, for the water Ohio Village Sch. Dist., are Offering—George B. Lin¬ the Board of Educa¬ Bowersville Bond $139,000 general School Election — 900,000 Bond election to „be for in New York City; rate of interest in a ; Offering—John general [ . ? H. on Sept. 5 of the $1,- refunding bonds to: the bids received were as follows: V For l%% Bonds Field, Richards & Co., Bro- V, ' Braun, Bosworth & Co., Inc., and •; -' j:- •" '' Stranahan, Harris & Co., Inc., purchase of $200,000 3% bonds. Dated Sept. 1, Denom. $1,000. These bonds '--100.356 jointly National City Bank, *" New York l Sept. 1,j194& Bidders may bid for a National City Bank, Cleveland. rate of interest in a mul¬ due $8,000 from 1972. certified check for 1%. Is, at a price of 100.137, a basis 164, p. 1371it is now stated that the next best the 1947. a of about 0.95%—V. building different real certified 15, as the held; < in .. choff, District Clerk, will receive sealed bids until noon on Oct. 17, to upon Nov. Bidders may bid for Cleveland Trust Co. of Cleveland, Local School District (P. O. Cheviot), Ohio able a from $60,000 the award Bridgetown June 1, 1946. Denom. $1,000. These bonds are due June 1, as follows: $6,000 in 1949 to 1958, $8,000 in 1959 to 1963, $9,000 in 1964 to 1971, $10,000 in 1972, $11,000 in 1973, $12,000 in 1974, $13,000 in 1975 to Enclose construction bonds will November Principal and interest (J-D) pay¬ taxes 15, 1946. $6,500,000 issue authorized at the November election, in 1945. Prin¬ District, Ohio An issue of and bonds, to bear not 6% interest. Dated coupon ed Enclose of Other Bids—In connection with submitted to the voters at be are valorem due different a Board of Education. 1977, and $14,000 in 1978 to 198U ad Drake, Board the Dated Nov. bonds. 1948 to 1967. multiples of V4 of 1%. Enclose a certified check for $6,000, payable obligations payable frond unlimit¬ property. W. V. Denomination $1,000. These bonds ■ bids until 8 p. m. on — of cipal and interest payable at the Chase National Bank, New. York. Legality to be approved by bid¬ der's attorney at bidder's expense. Commission, will receive exceeding Offering Clerk-Treasurer $1,000. These bonds are due $3,000 on April and Oct. 1, in 1947 to 1966. Rate of interest to be in issue of street been Offering—W. a. as Second price of 100.15. multiple of y4 of 1%. These bonds are payable from an unlimited ad valorem tax and are part of the sealed bids at his office in Raleigh, until of Columbus, Ohio Co. at a Bond City tion, will to the purchase to the receive sealed bids un¬ til noon on Oct. 17, for the pur¬ chase of $120,000 building bonds, ■ to bear not exceeding 2V2% inter¬ est. Dated Sept. 1, 1946. Denom. ling, Secretary of the Local Gov¬ ernment by a Landis, N. C.>,< I stated is It . Bond * of war of the Town Clerk. The bonds will NEW JERSEY Bonds Authorized—An m. — Agnes Brown Cain, City Clerk, that $39,900 promissory notes of¬ fered on May 24, were awarded Township Sch.- Dist. Bedford, Ohio Authorized — The .- ton, Clerk of price of 100.011, a basis of about 1.995%. Interest payable _ a. memorial building $150,000 county hospital bonds coupon or registered bonds, to interest. will be submitted to the voters at bear not exceeding 3% the election to be held on Nov. 5. Denom. $500, one for $250. These bonds are due March 1, as follows: West Point, Neb. $3,000 in 1947 to 1950, and $2,250 Bonds Voted—An issue of $35,- in 1951. Rate of interest to be in 000 swimming pool bonds carried multiples of y4 of 1%. Principal at the election held on Sept. 24. and interest payable at the office .Bond : Bonds Council a bonds Sold $520,000 construction bonds will best bidder was J. A. White & Co., the voters at the offering 100.032 for Is. general election to be held in No¬ Cotumbus City Sch. Dist., Ohio ' vember. ' Franklin, N. C. Sootheran, Town Supervisor, will Notes issue trunk sanitary Columbus, Ohio improvement fj(:J %■' $100,000 be submitted to Tilney & Co., of New York, as 2s, J-J. and sewage treatment plant Is, Bellville at of sewer ordinance bonds, of $51,000 bonds. O. Andover), N. *Y. Offering issue Election—An $9,000 water improvement bonds offered for sale on Sept. 24, were awarded to NEW YORK of issue bonds revenue,: submitted An an V:.'.'Ohio Bond . Osceola, Neb. Bond issue Sale—The Bond the voters at to resolution re¬ Education, will receive sealed bids until noon on Nov. 5, for the pur¬ cently, calling for the issuance of chase of $1,200,000 2% school cou¬ (P. O. Wilmington), $15,000 storm and sanitary sewer bid. bonds of¬ 164, p. 1642—were awarded to B. J. Van Ingen & Co., of New York, at a price of 100.059, for 3.05s, a on for (P. O. West ,,j '■ of current State revenues. fered for NEBRASKA Election program : an water works system bonds. % be legally binding general obligations, of the District. The bonds will be delivered in Ticonvalid and pany Denomination These bonds are Sept. 1, in 1948 to 1966. $1,000. Bond out emergency an housing approved [ A ustintown veterans' adopted, calling for an issue of bonds Sidney, Mont. deroga, about Oct. 20, or at such Bond Sale—The, $175,000 water amounting to $35,000,000 subject other place as may be agreed upon to referendum in November, and system revenue bonds offered for With the purchaser, A certified appropriation of $6,000,000. sale on Sept. 20, were awarded to an check for $240, payable; to the These bonds would be financed Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, of Board of Education, must accom¬ lature, MONTANA Bond Election Authorized—The lution to submit Authorized—The Village Bonds one-tenth of calling bonds The • College CoYners, Ohio the November general election, an (Feb. 1) payable at the office the President of the Board of Education. year. Village Council has passed a reso¬ OHIO %, and must be the same for all Principal and inter¬ est Veterans' Approves 1954 and 1956. of the bonds. on at, the election to be held Oct."15. \ exceeding 3% interest. Dated Oct. will receive sealed m. on Oct. 15, for District Clerk, purchase of $12,000 building bond registered as to both prin¬ registered bonds, to bear not ex¬ cipal and interest, be accompanied ceeding 5% interest. Dated Oct. by all interest coupons accruing 15, 1946. Denom. $1,000. These after the redemption date. Pay¬ bonds are due $1,000 from Feb. 1, ment of any bond registered as to 1948 to 1959. Rate of interest to be $576,000 bonds must, less it has been converted into principal ? ■ Bond bond. the in Bond Offering—Helen Pearson, of tion and surrender at the place , 4 - - _ —, ; _ . ;.\*—-100.351 . . , . ^.100.212 ? ■6j ., ;".:W Dennison, Ohio ' Bond Election—An issue Lowellville, Ohio " < v * s ,f • 1; 1948, and re¬ Sale—The $10,000 street deemable Oct. 1, 1940. 1 it bonds offered for Payment of the principal amount sale recently, were awarded to the of both of the- above issues so i eral election to be held in Novem¬ ber. Lowellville i •' ' "■ ■ Elyria, Ohio Bonds Purchased B. D.. — with Savings & Banking 1J/2S, at a price of par. In¬ terest payable M-S. tVrvp- ■' - called Co., - i Madison Sy- Rural Sch. (P. Dist. O. & Bank New York. Trust - r Co., of 1 < Election $250,000 main water issue for of Enclose vember. Bond $420,000 Sold—It stated by is E. L. McCormick, City Auditor, chat $8,852 street improvement bonds have been purchased by the City Sinking Fund Trustees. Geauga County (P. O. Char don), Ohio Bond Election—The issuance of v $500,00 hospital submitted bonds the to will voters be the at general election in November. 1 ' bonds. Due $156,000 flood wall, and, $32,000 fire truck purchase bonds, in 1955. Mifflin Hamilton, Ohio, issue An of submitted tion, for the at voters' considera¬ November;, general election, 'V';,l Hicksville, Ohio Bond Election bonds The following — amounting to $48,000 Offering—V. Oct. 1951 to 1953, Oct. 1, November general election: $30,<000 water softening plant,- and and Oct. Bonds Authorized—The1 Village has passed a resolution Council calling for $1,250. $2,500 issue an ■? extension sewer of $25,000 bonds. Denom. These bonds are due on March and Sept. 1, in 1948 to 1957. ? G. the April $1,000 1954, 1963 to 1965, $1,000 April and 1, 1966, and $2,000 April and $1,780 Oct. 1, 1967. Rate of interest to be in multiples of V4 t>f; 1%. Enclose a certified check for $2,000, payable to the Board of $2,000 Oct. Education. Huron, Ohio Bond Election — issue An - Montgomery County' (P. O. Dayj of ' bonds will voters at election. , be " considered by the the November general ' . , . v ^ Indian Hill and Terrace Park Sch. Dist. (P. O. Terrace Park), Ohio Bond Election A proposal to Issue $514,000 school construction ' : Petition1 Election | The 4he general election in November. At an election last March the voters rejected a proposed of $450,000. assue the voters the at November issue of $2,000,000 fair ground coliseum bonds, an New Riegel Sch. Dist., Bond Election Sch, general Dist,, Ohio election will consider an building bonds. the voters issue of $139,000 \ ; to , $25,000 f bonds will voters at the election to on be submitted to the be held / Nov. 5. Lorain, Ohio Bond Election—An issue of po¬ the voters vember general New at the No¬ Bond Chas. J. Kaiser, has Advised that the $2,800; heating system bonds Offered for Sale on July 1, were awarded to*a local bank, as l%s. Interest payable M-Ni —r - Sold—It is Bond Election $100,000 — An issue of Bond Election to An — the voters tion to be held Smith issue •S- on Election $120,000 Bond stated by at the elec¬ Nov. 5. An — construction issue bonds bit will voters at the Election An issue ' New State Bond Call Lexington, at Bridge — It is par. Commission reported by Ray Palmer, Secretary-Treasurer of the State Bridge Commission, that the following State Bridge Commission bridge revenue re¬ funding bonds are called for pay¬ ment on Oct. 1: Steubenville - Weirton $75,000 Bridge 1%%, aggregating $50,000. Dated Sept. l,r ,1940.- . Due! Oct. 1, >1950 aggregating $300,000, will be sub¬ mitted to the voters at the No¬ vember general election. and redeemable April sewer — system bonds will election November. to be held in , will at be submitted to the; voters election to be held on the submitted to Bond Offering —Vance Clever Clerk of the Board of Education, will receive sealed bids until noon of on Oct. 15, for the purchase $120,000 bear not building bonds, to exceeding 2Vz% inter¬ Dated Sept. 1, 1946. Denom $1,000. These bonds are due $3,000 on April and Oct. 1, in 1947 to 1966. A Rate of interest'' to' be; in 1, 1941. multiples of Va of 1%. Enclose a Sandusky Bay Bridge, 2% ag¬ certified check for $6,000, payable gregating $174,000. Dated Feb. 1, to the Board of Education. the voters the at Oct. 8: on ' $30,000 site purchase and water plant construction bonds. 5,000 fire apparatus bonds. > 7,000 fairground building im,i provement bonds.' 6,000 park site purchase bonds. r 1 Guthrie, Okla. , , Bond •: Election election to be held an Offering—R. offer for following 739 p. •— 7: water Wolfe, that Mabel Clerk-Treasurer of C. of the Education, has advised $100,000 bond anticipa¬ the & Trust Election—An ; issue of $800,000 memorial building bonds will be submitted to the voters at : .* Due $11,000 in 1966. "rjf.v.'W — Nov. 1, 1946. Denom. Bidders to name the rate of interest. Principal and inter¬ est (M-N) payable to An election. the . issue voters ity to be approved by the Attor¬ ney-General and purchaser's at¬ torney. Purchaser to pay for at-, torney's opinion. New , Bond Cordell, Okla. Sale—The $15,000 com¬ munity building bonds offered for sale on the Farmers June 17, were awarded to National' Bank Bond ; at These cost follows: for as of about 1.40%, as maturing in Is, $3,000 maturing in 1950 114s, and $9,000 maturing $3,- 1949 $3,000 as 000 in 1951 to 1953 v„ , p I 1 f as of the Bonds ' Ohio issue :'.y- Wellington, Ohio Sale — The bonds offered for sale were awarded to J. : $4,750 special of . r,; street assessment on A. , . , *' 1 Sold , 1- Not and Sold—- Wilson, City Clerk, has an issue of $95,000 sewer plant bonds offered for sale recently, was awarded as 2s. The following bonds amounting to $399,000 $42,000 were not sold: • • main bonds. 87,000 water main bonds, ;; 33,000 white way bonds. • '"'J. 37,000 storm sewer bonds, y;'; 200,000 hospital bonds. sewer These bonds were at the election held all approved on v Aug. 20. University of Oklahoma (P. O. Norman), Okla. Sold—An issue ^ of $!,500,000 dormitory revenue bonds purchased recently by a syn¬ was sewer bonds will be submitted to the voters at the Bond ' V Robert W. bonds $175,000 sanitary improvement, iy2s.'' t Perry, Okla. v Bonds Election—An of Cordell, at A price of p&ry £ ngt ' due in 15 years. Waterville, the fiscal at agency in New York City. Legal¬ $50,000 construction bonds will be submitted $6,000. Dated , Election Enclose certified check for $1,000. Washington Township Sch. Dist. (P. O. Centerville), Ohio Bond as sewer system Nov.i l, as fol$17,000 in 1949 to 1965, lows: November, i system, 1, announced that , V v-'< Nov. sanitary V bonds. were Washington County (P. O. Mori etta), Ohio '■ \ Bond totaling works Due interest — auc¬ certified check for $23,300. 1300,000 and Warren City School District^ Ohio Purchased public fol$65,000 in 1949 to 1965, and $60,000 in 1966. Enclose a a .. Notes at bonds coupon bonds. ' 1, and $1,000 on Oct. 1, 1947; $2,000 on April and Oct.-1, 1948; $1,000 on April 1, and $2,000 on Oct. 1, in 1949 to 1951; j Interest pay¬ able A-O. sale $1,465,000:'; S. Is, at par, as Davis, ;• City Clerk, has announced that he will follows: $2,250 on April as ; L. tion until 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 14, the and awarded mature Oct. 29. on Muskogee, Okla. cancelled. 164, of lows: Cancelled—C. —v. issue $715,000 civic improvement bonds $1,165,000 Board .... An — will be submitted to the voters at Township Sch. Dist. (P. O. election to be held in November. , Springfield Rural Sch. Dist. (P. O Mansfield, R.F.D., No. 6), Ohio est. j Vermillion^Ohio. ; of general of exceeding — election to be held Bond are bonds -offered Ohio were awarded to McDonald 8c Co., of Cleveland, as l%s, at a price of 102.083, a basis of about 1.541%. Interest payable M-S. The next highest bidder was J. A. White & Co., for i%s, at a price of 101.239. November ; v- Zanesville, Ohio Election The following $48,000, to bear not 3% interest, will be the general election to be held in be submitted to the voters at the 1, were purchased by the Peoples National Bond ly, , of Township School District (P. O. Beloit), Ohio South June r Sale—The $100,000 build¬ ing bonds offered for sale recent¬ system bonds will be considered by the voters at the and the Union Savings November general election. Co.; both of Warren. . voters at the bonds totaling purchased recent¬ ly by the Second National Bank, Smith Local Sch. Dist. (P. O. Beloit), Ohio of will OKLAHOMA Bond tion notes sewer E. A. Davidson, Village Clerk that the $2,000 street improvement on Urhana), Ohio ; ■ Board Silverton, Ohio I lice and fire station site purchase, construction and equipment; bonds Sale District; Clerk, issue bonds .. Urbana Township Rural Sch. Disi. M (P. O. R. F. D. No. 1, ^ ment vember.' blectibn. Straitsville, Ohio on - were Bond of held Warren, Ohio general election to be held, in No¬ Lawrence County Bond general election. construction Carnegie, Okla. A mitted Bank (P, O, Ironton), Ohio " Election—An issue of cemetery site purchase — Sharpshurg Local Sch.'Dist. (P. O. R.R, No. 1, Fort Recovery), Ohio Ohio issue election of was - ® • the Bond -x Sale be submitted to the * Bond Election—At the Novem¬ ber An ■ Walnut $160,000 school bonds will be sub¬ Bonds Jefferson <— Aug. 14. general mitted to at issue bonds Nov. 5. $120,000 school bonds will be sub¬ election, defeated the declined to approve the request of bond 3 plant to 1950 to 1952. — ibonds will be placed on the ballot to be considered by the voters at of the County Fair Board to submit Defeated —An construction Local election to be held in November.; . Rejected— County Commissioners have Bonds be (P. O. Election—An $130,000 be submitted to the certified check for $6,000, pay¬ able to the Board of Education. $50,000 Township to Willoughhy), Ohio Bond a Upper Township School District (P. O. Coal Grove), Ohio of and site pur¬ School District in Bond Election—An issue of $2,Bonds Not Sold—It instated by 000.000 storm sewer bonds will be P. Rudolph, Director of Fi¬ submitted to the voters at th^ nance, that the sale of the $75,000 election to be held in November. lVz% semi-annual refunding of Additional Information —' The 1946 bonds which had been sched¬ uled for Sept. 9—v. 164, p. 1131— City Auditor now reports that the was abandoned. Dated Sept. 1, $16,250 street improvement bonds sold to the City Treasury Invest¬ 1946. Due $25,000 on Oct. 1 in ton), Ohio1 $130,000 water mains construction be E. , $1,000 April and Oct: 1, 1959 to 1961, $1,000 April; and $2,000 Oct. 1, 1962, $1,000 April and Oct. 1, to y4 of 1%. No bids for less than par and accrued in¬ terest will be considered. Enclose Shake'r Heights, Ohio ;: Willoughhy to of at the November April, and $1,000 April 1* 1955 to 1957, $1,000 $2,000 Oct. 1, 1958, interest 1947 proposed is¬ Weller, Clerk of the Board of Ed¬ $114,000 municipal building ucation, aniiounced that the sale of the $66,000 3% improvement bonds will be among the ques¬ tions to be presented to the voters bonds scheduled for Sept, 20, was Bond Election sue of and in Ohio "issue an — the voters at the election held in November. Miller sport ),Ohio Dudley, purchase issue November the of 1, multiples of Reading, Ohio Sept. 1, 1946. Denom. $1,000, one for $780. These ; bonds are due $1,000 April and Oct. 1, 1947 to 1949, $1,000 April, and $2,O0O Oct. 1, 1950, $1,000 April and Oct. 1, $2,000 ^ at An election. $48,780 building bonds, to bear not exceeding 2% interest. Dated will j'^'i^HwWHicksville,OhioW: for 17, be submitted to the voters at the $18,000,water.mainjbonds,. due are Local Sch. Dist, Bond voters Oct. Bond Election ; An issue of $75,000 town hall addition bonds submitted : Rate •.... treatment sewage will; be Clerk of the Board of Education, will receive sealed bids until noon on $435,000 Coliseum bonds will be bonds (P. O. Mansfield,R. F. D. No.2), Ohio . — $100,000 — of and ' - Election Bond issue of $280,bonds. Dated Denomination $1,000. sewer Sept J1, re¬ from accrue Oxford, Ohio MiddleburgHeights (P. O.Berea), 20,000 sanitary sewer bonds. Due 1 $2,000 Sept 1,1948 to 1957. Election to cease after Oct. 1, 1946. vember: ; Bond all the above bonds on bonds $4,000 1948 to 1962. shall Ohio $60,000 trunk line sanitary s Interest general election to be held in No¬ Village or / surrender; bonds amounting to $188,000 will be submitted to the voters at the ordinance on Guaranty Trust Co., New York City. Coupons maturingOct. 1, 1946 ' and prior thereto will be paid upon the presentation and Martina Ferry, Ohio c Election—The*; following - Authorized—The City Council passed an recently passed resolu¬ tions calling for the issuance of cently calling for an the following bonds amounting to 000 3% refunding Dec. 1, 1946. These $80,000: called for so made accompanied by all April 1, 1947 and subsequent coupons at the Bond Bonds be after Oct. 1, 1946 on surrender of bonds in negotiable form, tion. Bonds Authorized-^-The 1966. - said of building Council - issue An — school Greenville, Ohio •' amount of these bonds noon purchase sur¬ J redemption' will ; bonds will be considered by the voters at the November general elec¬ Gallipolis, Ohio Bonds Election and Pomeroy-Mason Bridge, 3y2%, aggregating $31,000. Dated Oct. 1, 1936. Due Oct. 1, 1956, optional April 1, 1937. 1 ' ' ■ Payment of: the principal ; Exempted' Village Sch, Dist,, Ohio X presentation April and on ' con¬ Mariemont' ne¬ Co., New York, or ajt the. office, Columbus. Coupons maturing Oct. 1, 1946 and prior thereto, will be paid the for-the Election chase bonds will be submitted to Dated Sept. 1, 1946. Denom. $1,000. These bonds are due $3,000 Trust upon 15, Bond $225,000 construction $120,000 building bonds, to bear exceeding 2lk% interest. State Treasurer's render. Wickliffe School District, not 1, 1946, surrender of said bonds in Oct. on April 1, 1947, and subsequent cou¬ pons, at the Chemical Bank & $19,000, payable to the Board general election to Jae held in No¬ after Oct. or (P. O. will receive sealed bids until gotiable form, accompanied by all certified check a of Education; will bonds be submitted to the voters at the on No bids for less than par sidered. An — 1%. and accrued interest will be Euclid, Ohio Bond Union Local Sch. Dist, for on 1773 Mansfield, R.F.D. No. 2), Ohio > Bond Offering—H. S. Pittenger, Clerk of the Board of Education, a be made Secretary of the Board of Mansfield, R.F.D., No. 4), Ohio Bond Offering—Harold F. LingSinking Fund Trustees, has an¬ nounced that' the Sinking Fund ley, Clerk of the Board of Educa¬ has purchased an issue of $72,000 tion, will receive sealed bids until water works refunding bonds, as noon on Oct. 16, for the purchase Is. Dated Aug. 1, 1946. Denom. of $380,000 not to -exceed 2% $1,000. Interest payable F-A. building bonds. Dated Sept. 1, These bonds are due Feb. 1, as 1946. Denom. $1,000. These bonds follows: $3,000 in 1956, $15,000 in are due $10,000 April and $9,000 1957 to 1960, and $9,000 in 1961. Oct. 1, in 1947 to 1966. Hate of Principal and interest payable at interest to be in multiples of V4 Chemical Oct. redemption, together premium of 1% of such principal amount on the Steubenville-Weirton Bridge bonds, will as mons, the Due improvement submitted to the voters at the gen- '■ 1940. Bond of $8,000 fire apparatus bonds will be f * "* • < x,«'- i x COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE THE Number<4534 iVolurtie164 Sept. 28, White & Co., of Cincinnati, as 2s, at a price of 100.484, a basis of about 1.91%. Dated June 1, 1946. These bonds are due on Dec, 1; $250 in 1947, and $500 in 1948 to 1953. The next, highest bidders were rthe P'rovident Savings Bank & Trust Co., Cincinnati, for 2.%'s, at a price of 100.109, First Wellington Bank, for 3s, at a price of par. dicate composed of the Lee Hig- ginson Corp., Barcus, Kindred & Co., both of Chicago, Boettcher & Co., of Denver, R. J. Edwards, Inc., of Oklahoma City, Baum, Bernheimer Co., of Kansas City, E. Edgar Honnold, and the SmallMilburn Co., both of Oklahoma City. No public reoffering of the bonds is to be made. OREGON Brownsville, Ore. / Bonds Sold—It is stated by Jes¬ sie Howe, City, Recorder, that $40,000 water revenue bonds were for sale on Sept. 3 and were purchased by Fordyce 8c offered Co., of Portland, the only bidder. ; + THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL 1774 Due in $2,000 1947 PENNSYLVANIA in¬ 1966, to clusive. These • at bonds were price of 98.00, a 3.744%. a sold as 3y>s, basis of about ; , y;y Bond Oak Lodge (P. O. Portland), Ore. Bond Sale—The $365,000 gen¬ eral obligation bonds offered for sale on Sept. 3—v. 164, p. 1131— Offering—Robert E. Rit- ter, Director of Accounts and Fi¬ will receive sealed bids 22, for the purchase of $400,000 improvement coupon bonds, to bear not ex¬ ceeding 2% interest. Dated Nov. until 11 a.m. Oct. on in $32,000 in 1962, $1,000. These bonds are due Nov. 1, as follows: $40,000 in 1948 to 195V$40,000 in were awarded to the United States National Bank, of Portland, Ps 1952 to 1954, $30,000 in 1955 and 2V4s. Interest payable J-J. Dated 1956, and $20,000 in 1957. Rate of Midland Trust Co. of New York, Oct. 1, 1946. Denom. $1,000. interest to be in multiples of Vs New York City.. Legality , ap¬ Registerable as to prin¬ These bonds are due on July 1, in of 1%. proved by Barnes, Dechert, Price, cipal only. These bonds are is¬ 1950 to 1975. •yyvv;.y:,::. Smith & Clark, of Philadelphia:-'*. sued subject to the favorable Cottage Grove, Ore. opinion of Townsend, Elliott & Plains Township Sch. Dist. (P. O. Bonds The Voted $300,000 Munson, of Philadelphia, and will Plains), Pa. water system bonds were ratified be delivered to the purchaser Bond Sale—The $70,000 coupon at the election held on Sept. 17., only if and after the proceedings playground bonds offered for sale authorizing the issuance thereof on Gresham, Ore. ••••; Sept. 10—v. 164, p. 1259—were have been approved by the De¬ Bonds Sold—It is stated awarded to E. H. Rollins & Sons, by partment of Internal Affairs. En¬ of George W. Page, City Recorder, Philadelphia, as 2y2s, at a price close a certified check for 2% of that $35,000 of 100.159, a basis of about 2.475%. street improvement the face amount of- the bonds, Dated Sept. 15, 1946. drainage bonds were offered for Due $5,000 to the City Treasurer. from sale on Sept. 13 and were award¬ payable Sept. 15, 1947 to 1960, incl. 1, 1946. Denom. ; Portland; Tripp Co., of i ■ ■■J These bonds were sold at as bonds These • originally were scheduled for sale Oct. 1. on y ;, Interest payable M-S. The only other bidder was Singer, Deane & Allentown School District, Pa. Scribner, offering 100.00 for 3 Yi % Bond Sale—The l^s, bonds. price of 100.41, and mature Oct. 1, as follows: $3,000 in 1949 ing to & :Go.pof .Nashville, Rhode Island (State of) Bond Election — An issue $20,000,000 soldiers' bonus of bonds the November general election. Columbia, S. C. Election Bond — An in 1963, it of " issue voters tion to be held Price 19 DAKOTA to offered awarded were at $9,000 building sale recently, Piper, Jaffray for to John $800,000 build¬ and improvement bonds Co., and the Corp., jointly,! net a interest about! of cost v. ;T64> P.- 1259—were purchased Hopwood, of Minneapolis, as 13/4s, at a price of 100.522, a basis ,by the said films at a rprice of & of about 1.58%. Dated Aug. 100.042. 1, 1946, Denomination $1,000. These bonds are due $1,000 Oct. 1, 1947. to 1955. Bonds maturing on and , Giles County (P. O. Pulaski) Tenn. Bonds after Oct. 1, 1951, to be subject to redemption and prepayment on Oct. 1, 1950, and on any interest payment date thereafter. Legality approved by Dorsey, Cdlman, Barker, Scott & Barber, of Minne¬ Sold — following The bonds totaling $58,500; have been I sold as l%s, reports G. B. Aber- nathy, County Court Clerk: $33»500 school buses, and 25,000; bridges and drainage bonds/ of¬ Rankin, Pa. apolis. 25—v. 164, Bond Offering—Joseph L. Bam¬ p. 1371—were awarded to a syn¬ ' Faith, S. D. 1.44%. * dicate headed by Halsey, Stuart & bino, Borough Secretary, will re¬ ; Bonds Sold—The $50,000 3^% Co., including W. H. Newbold'S ceive sealed bids Until. 7 p.m. on water system revenue- bonds" au* Jefferson County Union Sch.'Dist. Son & Co., Yarnall & Co., and Oct. 10, for the purchase of $60,000 thorized at the election held on No. 1 (P. O. Madras), Ore. i Dolphin & Co., all of Philadel¬ borough coupon bonds, v Dated June 4, were purchased recently Bond Sale Details—It is now re¬ phia, as iy2s, at a price of 100.348, Oct. 1, 1946. Denom. $1,000. These by i the - Allison-Williams Co., of ported by the District Clerk that a basis of about 1.47%. Dated bonds are due Oct. 1, as follows: Minneapolis, f Dated June L 1940. the $92,000 school bonds sold to Oct. 1, 1946. Denom. $1,000. These $4,000 in 1948 to 1952, and $5,000 These-bonds are due In 15 1952, and $4,000 m 1953 to 1957, giving a net interest cost of about & 2.41%, for $175,000 as 21As, and $125,000 as 2%s, as noted here— fered for sale on Sept. a Nuveen Nashville Securities (P. O. Bath), S. Dak. Bond Sale—The bonds Paid—It is now reported; by the Town Recorder that the $300,000 water works revenue, Se-1 ries A bonds awarded on Aug. 23 Brown County Common Sch. Dist. No. in] iy4s.j Tenn. Erwin, the elec¬ Oct. 22. on SOUTH at $13,000 in 1964, $12,000 1965, and $13,000 in 1966, as Ifiterest payable A-CX $2,000,000 school addition and improvement bonds will be sub¬ mitted to the price of I a 1957, $13,000 in 1958, $12,000 in! 1959, $13,000 in 1960, $12,000 in 1961, $13,000 in 1962, as iy2s, and; $50,000 maturing April 1, $12,000 % SOUTH CAROLINA > V > ot 100.102, / a net interest cost of! about 1.375%, as follows: for $75,-! 000 maturing April 1, $12,000 in: will be submitted to the voters at — ed to the Charles N. Monday, October. RHODE ISLAND 1963, in 1964, $34,000 in 1965, $35,000 in 1966, $36,000 in 19»T7, $37,000 in 1968, $38,000 in 1969, $39,000 in 1970, $40,000 in 1971, $41,000 in 1972, $42,000 in 1973, $43,000 in 1974, $44,000 in 1975, $45,000 in 1976, $46,000 in 1977, $47,000 in 1978, $48,000 in 1979, $49,000 in 1980, $50,000 in 1981, $51,000 in 1982, $52,000 in 1983, $53,000 in 1984, $54,000 in 1985, and $15,000 in 1986. Principal and interest payable at the Marine $33,000 Allentown, Pa. nance, Clackamas County, Water District $31,000 CHRONICLE Hickman County, Wrigtey .'Sch, Dist, (P. O. Center- ' ■* , ville), Tenn. . First National the land— awarded at interest net the on 164, v. of Port¬ 1132 price a of cost bonds Bank p. of — 100.00, about divided were bonds Oct, 1, in 1947 to payable A-O. Belle $35,bonds street 1953 to 1960. Bidders to name single rate of interest in amul- Registerable as The purchaser will receive without charge the opinion of Bergwin & Churchill, to principal • * r ' ....• . Lincoln County, Southwest Lincoln ' .Water District (P. O. Waldport), Ore.. Bond Offering — The District , Secretary will receive sealed bids p.m. on Oct* 10, for the until 8 were:sold on Aug. 3, as 2s. est payable^ J-J. year^, v only. improvement $36,000 as lV2s, due $6,000 from Sept. 1, 1951 to 1956; $12,000 as will be submitted to the voters at of Pittsburgh, that the bonds are the election to be held in Novem¬ iy4s, due $6,000 on Sept. 1 in 1957 valid general obligations of the and 1958, and the remaining $44,- ber. Borough, payable from ad valo* 000 as l%s, due on Sept 1: $6,'• rem taxes. Enclose a certified Butler, Pa. 000 in 1959 to 1964, and $8,000 in Bond ElectionIt is stated by check for $1,200, payable to th6 1965. Interest,payable M-S^ << Philip O. Miller, City Clerk, that Borough. J■■■'< • r at the general election in Novenit Lane County, College Crest Redstone Township Sch. Dist. ber the following bonds aggre¬ Water Supply Dist. (P. O. '• (P. O. Republic), Pa. gating $400,000 will be submitted Eugene), Ore. Bonds Not Sold—It is stated.by. to the voters: $150,000 swimming -Bond Sale Details—It is now pool; $150,000 street and sewer Leonard De Luzio, District Secret reported by the District Secre¬ improvement, and $100,000 incin¬ tary, that $150,000 coupon school tary that the $10,000 water bonds bonds offered for sale on Sept. 19 erator, bonds. ■ , sold on Aug. 5 to the Chas N. —v. 164, p. 1372—were not award¬ Tripp Co., of Portland—v. 164, p. yyCoraopolis, Pa. ed as no bids were received. He 875—were awarded as l^ts, at a Bond Election—It is stated by says that ; a proposal made; by price of 100.017, a basis of about Edward N. Weaver, City Clerk, Deane • & Scribner of 1.245%. Dated Aug. 1, 1946. Due that at the general election in No¬ Singer, Pittsburgh, was tabled for the; $1,000 from July 1/ 1948 to 1957, vember the following bonds will present. Dated Nov. L 1946. Due inclusive. Interest payable J-J. be submitted to the voters: $125,• Bonds Sold—The Clerk of the County Court has'announced that| the $20^)00 construction bonds 1 Bond aggregat-| irig $11,500,000: ...! . 4,500,000 school construction. ? ' 1,500,000 street improvement. 11, for the purchase of $6,000 re-, bonds, to bear not ex¬ ceeding v. 2%% interest. Dated Sept. 1, 1946. T Denom. $1,000. ^500,000 playground sites, are due $1,000 op 1, in 1947 to 1952. Enclose certified check for 5% of the These" bonds Lexington, Tenn. Not, Sold—It is Bonds Dec. ■ stated $260,000 not to that exceed. 2% semi-ann. electric system revenue,] amount bid. Series C bonds Sept. 12 but Huron, S. Dak. y Bond Offering—It is stated by M. lC offered were were not June-1, 1946.4Due 1947 to 1973, incl. Auditor, that he will receive Sealed bids untilV Oct^ : $5,000,000 civic center. funding FH Walt, City Tenn. Contemplated-^-1 on Graves, City Auditor, will receive sealed bids until 1:30 p.m. on Oct. a Election An election is being contemplated the following bonds Faulkton, S, D. -Offering — E. NolThan; Bond Intejr-1 . Knox ville, optional after, 7 years. tiple of Va of 1%. Vernon, Pa. Bond Election—An issue of 000 in a a 1.47%, follows: as due are 1976. ' Interest s sold. on] Dated June 1 in! on r Trenton, Tenn. fof; the purchase of the following' , . . % Bond Offering—James O. Bark¬ bonds aggregating $607,^ ; ; 4 coupon er, 000: until Mayor, will receive sealed bids 2 p.m. Oct. on 15, for the $384,000 water works bonds. Due* purchase of $105,000 1V2% indus¬ trial coupon bonds. y t ort July 1; $42,000 in 1947, and Dated Jan. 1, 1947. Denom. $100. ./ $38,600 in 1948 to 1956. These bonds] . 73,000 sanitary sewer-bonds. Due are due, July 1, as follows:-$2,500! on Nov. 1 in 1947 to 1968. $ 000 park, and $97,500 library y y^^on -July 1; $4,000 in 1947 to inf1948 to 1951, and $5,000 in 1952 j r.. • i A- (;• • ■ ; •• • t; >, bonds. 1953, $5,000 in 1954 to 1956, to 1970. Enclose a certified check] Scrouton, Pa. and $3,000 In 1957 td 1966. * % for 5% of the bid. ./.y-vy ; Bond Sale—The $80,000 edupOft Danville fP a. 150,000 storm sewer bonds. Due Bond Sale—The $126,000 gen¬ municipal property and improve¬ TEXAS : on July 1; $8,000 in-1947 to ment bonds offered for sale on eral obligation bonds offered for 1956, and $7,000 in 1957 fo sale on Sept. 13—v. 164, p. 1259 Sept. 11 — v. 164, p. 1372 — were Albany, Tex. I960.' Bonds Voted—An issue of $65,purchased -by the City Sinking —were awarded to John L. Ray, ] Denomination $1,000. Dated 000 hospital-bonds was approved of Danville, as 1.40s, at a price of Fund Commission, as 0.50s, at par. No other bid was received, ac¬ July L 1946.-/Bidders are to name at the election held on Aug. 31. 100.81, a basis of about 1.33%. to - Foster W; Nauman, the rate of interest. Principal and Dated May 1, 1946. Denomination cording A mar ill o, Texas $1,000. ' These bonds are due on City Controller. Dated Oct. 1, interest payable as designated by Bonds Voted—It is stated" by Nov. 1, irf 1947 to 1971. The approving Interest 1946. Due $8,000 from Oct. 1, 1947 the/ purchaser. Katheryn - BurwelU City Secre- j to 1956, inclusive. Interest payable opinion of Dorsey, Colmari, Bar*payable M-N. The next highest tary, that at the election held On \ ' . / bidder was the Danville National A-O. ker, Scott & Barber of Minneap¬ Sept.- 14 the voters approved by- a olis, will be furnished the pur¬ narrow Bank, for 1.40s, at a price of 100., ' . \;. : ; - < purchase of $24,000 general obli¬ gation water coupon * bonds, to bear not exceeding V-k% inter¬ Dated Oct. 1, est. 1946. Denom. $1,000. These bonds are due April 1, as follows: $1,000 in 1951 to 1958, and $2,000 in 1959 to 1966, optional on April 1, 1951. Prin¬ cipal and interest (A-O) payable at the First State Bank, of Wald¬ port. Enclose a certified check for $1,000, of or upon a bank do¬ ing business in Oregon, in favor of the District. ^ ^ . . , West 008. (P* , Harborcreek ; Bond • Election — issue An of $3,000,000 civic center bonds and issue of $2,000,000 war me¬ Sch. Sale—The Bond Dist., Pa. $40,000 school bonds offered for sale on June 27, to awarded Schmertz '.*-t & Phillips, of Pitts¬ Robinson, burgh, as iy4s, at a price of 100.20, a basis of about 1.18%. an morial will bonds be submitted to the voters at the general elec¬ tion to be held in November. Reedsport, Ore. Bond Call—The above City calls for payment of $13,000 on Oct. 15, an issue refunding general bonds, dated Oct. 15, 1941. Sch. Dist. ■■■ O. Terrace), — V < — The $200,000 cou*school bonds offered for sale Bond Sale pon Sept. 9—v. 164, jointly to on Sale —The $40,000 water bonds offered for sale awarded to on the Sept. 27, First Inc.,;.and S. K. Cunningham & Co. of Pittsburgh, as iy4s, at a price of 100.059, a basis of about 1, 1946. Due Authority, Pa. $20,000 from Oct. 1, 1947 to 1956, incl. Interest payable A-O. Sec¬ The $1,350,000. 2Vz% water rev¬ ond best bid was submitted by a enue bonds are being offered for group headed by Harriman Rip¬ public subscription by a syndicate composed of Allen & Co., of New ley & Co., Inc., an offer of 100.613 /. /.j' York, Robert Hawkins & Co., of for 1 y2%• bonds. Boston, A. Webster Dougherty & .V." ..l West View, Pa. Co., Dolphin & Co., both of Phila¬ Bond Sale —The $60,000 bor¬ delphia, Phillips, Schmertz & Robinson, Fauset, Steele & Co., ough bonds offered for sale on both of Pittsburgh, and Jenks, Aug. 13 —V. 164, p. 875 — were Kirkland & Co., of Philadelphia. awarded to Moore,' Leonard & Dated Na¬ Aug. ination at follows: price of 98.00, a basis of about 4.02%. Dated Oct. 1, 1946. These a are due Oct. 1, as follows: $21,000 in 1953 $2,000 in 1948 to 1950, $3,000 in $25,000 1951 to 1930, and $4,000 in 1961. $27,000 Interest payable A-O. ' : $29,000 Bailey County Road District, No. 1-A (P. O. Muleshoe), Tex. ' Bonds Voted—An issue of $625,- Rapid City, S. D. 1 Bond Details—The Sale $125,- 000 municipal equipment bonds awarded' on Sept. 16 to the First Natiohal Bank of the Black Hills, 000 * and the construction bonds carried the election held $1,000. 1, 1946. Denom¬ Aug. 1, as Due Lynch, of Pittsburgh, as ^ond Offering — at Sept. 10. V . <• y The City Sec¬ retary will receive sealed bid.* p. 1644—were sold as l3As, at* until 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 23, for th< price of 100.40, a basis of about purchase of the following coupon 1.605%. Dated' Sept,: 1, 1940. bonds totaling" $650,000, to bear Denom. $1,000. These bonds are. not exceeding 2%% interest, auJ due $25,000 on Sept. 1, in 1947 to thorized at the election held or 164, a 1951. . Sept. 11: Wagner School District, S. D. Bonds Sold—The $30,000 re¬ funding election y : bonds authorized at the held on June 18, have ; in one Crockett County ■" - {P. O. Alamo) _ r to 30 years, i optional ir 15 years, y : r y-' j 225,000 sewage system bonds. Dut, in one to 30 years, optional ir 15 years.- TENNESSEE ■ , $375,000 water system bonds. Du( been sold. l%s, at $20,000 in 1949 and 1950, a price of 100.012, a basis of about in 1951 and 1952, $22,000 1.745%. Interest payable F-A. and 1954, $24,000 in 1955, Dated Aug. 1, .1946. Denom. $1,in 1956, $26,000 in 1957, 000. These bonds are due $2,000 in 1958, $28,000 in 1959;, in 1960, $30,000 .in 1961, from Aug. 1, 1947 to 1976, incl. on Ballinger, Tex. Rapid City National Bank, Rapid City, jointly—v. of both : bonds. City » i payable 1259—were Blair & Co., Bonds Offered for Investment— tional Bank, of Portland, as 33As, bonds to W.; H. Olson, Treasurer, is required, y v Rtf, . Scappoose, Ore. were of the amount of bonds bid p. awarded 1.235%. Dated Sept. Oakmont Municipal Pa. , Bond margin the issuance of the $2,000,000, water works ' revenue A certified check for 2% chaser. . were Portland, Ore. Mifflin • * . 50,000 street improvement bonds; Due serially in 1961. Denomination $ll,000. Principal' road and interest (A-O) payable at th< bonds offered for sale on May 6, Mercantile National Bank, Dallas approved by • McCall were awarded to J. C, Bradford Legality ■ • fly} Bond Sale—The ^ ' $125,000 - Number 4531 Volume 164' f Y • v# i • election Voted Bonds $100,000 Voted—At Sept. on Dalhart Sch. 1 certified check for 2%. a Bonds hehL Dallas. of Crowe, Parkhurst- & an favorably voted held on Sept. 5. the voters are 11 Dist., Texas — | said to have approved the issuI ahce of the following bonds aggregating $650,000: $375,000 water system; $225,000 sewage " system, An bonds the at : | Election Bond election is scheduled to be held was the election > HillsborO, TexasProposed —An . of issue construction question Denton> and $50,000 street i Bond bonds. yY'y yyY; YifY Y (P. O. San Antonio), Texas Bonds Defeated—It is stated by Secretary of the Board pf ^'Commissioners that at the elec¬ the sanitary ■ and storm following offered aggregating $2,270,000 will for sale $6,510,000 bonds Sept. 30—v. on $!,- Bros., of New York, Halsey, Stuart & Co., Phelps, Fenn & Co., be submitted to the voters at the election to be held Oct. 15: on York, and consisting of Blair & Co., Inc., Stone & Web¬ ster Securities Corp., Salomon Bros. & Hutzler, Estabrook & Co., R. W. Pressprich & Co., L..F. system; $225,000 street im¬ $15,000 city hall im¬ provement; $20,000 park improve¬ ment, and $35,000 fire depart¬ ment bonds. 1. ' provement bonds. Edinburg, Board of Regents of The University of Texas (P. O. Austin), Tex. Bond Offering City Brown, Bond Sale —The $575,000 col¬ lege* of mines and metallurgy dor¬ mitory revenue bonds offered for sale on Sept. 20—v. 164, p 1372— were awarded to Rauscher, Pierce & Co;, of Dallas, and R. J. Edwards, Inc., of Oklahoma City, jointly, as 3V4S, at a price of 100.00i: Dated Oct. 1, 1946 ; Denom¬ ination $1,000. Interest payable | Rothschild & Co., Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Geo. B. Gibbons & Co., Inc., Hemphill, Noyes & Noble Co., Bacon, Stevenson & Co., Tex. — Ruth will Secretary, New of re¬ & Knickerbocker, of Houston, at price of 100.11, for $250,000 as 2s, and $150,000 as 214s. reports a Los Indios of ' until bids 2:30 p.m. Neches $70,500 now County Treasurer, has announced that "the series B, refunding road tin. Dated Oct. These $1,000. y 1962; called. ' ■ ■ ■ ' of construction par yy; bonds, as ■ 540,000 , storm bonds, sewer as 2 %s. '■ 2%S. as 60,000 public library bonds, as incinerator 100,000 ghrbage bonds, as 2y4S. bonds, of which $9,- 1180,000 public health and wel¬ 000 are 23/4S, due $1,000 from "p was submitted to the voters at an fare bonds, as 214s. election held on Sept. 28. 1 • • July I; 1950' toyI958, and J 510,000 /park and recreation i .• V'YiY $16,000 rare 3s, due $2,000 YY'*: bonds, Castro County (P. O. Dimmitt), from July 1; 1959 to 1966, all 450,000 sanitary sewage system !;' k Y-Y. •' _Texas v yYY; ",incl. Interest payable J-J. bonds, as 214s. J 'Bonds Approved—An issue of 510,000 storm sewer bonds, as 57,000 water and sewer revenue V/2%, 2% and 2%'% road im¬ m 2i4s. bonds, of which $10,000 are provement bonds amounting to 2%s, due $1,000 from July I, 150,000 street improvement bonds $200,000 have been approved as to as 2%s. 1947 to 1956, the remaining legality by Dumas & Huguenin, of Dallas.' Dated July 1, 1946: These $47,000 are 3s, due on July 1 t 500,000 sanitary sewage disposal system bonds. —$2,000 in 1957, and $5,000 b'onds were favorably voted at an in 1958 to 1966, all incl. Inter¬ election held recently, Dated Nov. 1, 1946. Denom. $1>$25,000 : 1981, and • -■■■* x v. •♦ !■ /Y;/YYY'YY7 > , y . . revenue # £w Y> Y' ■:'-j-Y Y'•••• Y'-. YY:;' Sold—It Bonds that nounced " ' est payable J-J. Childress, Texas • bonds ^election held heen sold as has been an¬ $250,000 water the authorized the 20,'. have Aug. on 2V2S. at Dated Sept. 1, .1946." These bonds are '-'years, optional in 10 due in 15 Dated Call due all Hutchinson County , Haskell, V^vVyy: >;;;•■' Bond ; Legality issue of Stinnett), Texas Approved — $88,000 water works and revenue : bonds has Bond An been y'- approved as to legality by Dumas Cisco, Tex. y YYyYy. & Huguenin of Dallas: The bonds Hal Laveny, City are dated July 1, 1946. Secretary, has announced that the City's water works and sewer sysHenrietta, Texas Bond are on Nov. 1, from 1947 to 1976. July 1. 1946. Bonds will be on and after July. 1,1961. 1 V- bonds callable sewer years. These 000. — $250,000 Election - county (P. O. An issue airport of bonds election to be held to match Federal Oct. 12, funds for the on springs. ( tem revenue refunding, series of 1941 bonds and the 3% refunding, Bonds Frank . Sold—It is stated Jefferson •Y Indep. Sch. Dist. (P. O. Hamshire), Texas not sold as coming/ Bonds bids no were bonds Clarksville, Texas * water rie<i at f ; : extension Bends Voted—^An issue of $75,an and sewer bonds election held Y y car- 000 in 1947 214 s, due Y recently. : * Y Y': Columbus, Texas ' Bonds Sold—It is stated by R. to bonds, divided $16,due on April 1 to 1951; $40,000 as 214 s, as on 1961, and due on April 1 in 1952 $84,000 as 23/4s, April 1 in 1962 to 1976, all inclusive. '.YV'y: Y Hastedt, Town Manager, that Y $77,500 city bonds, approved by 50,000 sewer bonds, divided $5,tjie voters on March 30, have been ; 000 as 214 s, due on Oct. 1 in sold.. " ; '■ ■■ y Vy. Y 1947 to 1951; $5,000 as 2y2s, Dee 1947 to 195 5, inclusive. Interest Water District No. 4 (P. O. Beaumont), Tex. Voted—An issue of $2,750,000 sewer construction bonds was favorably voted at an election held recently. Y Bonds subject Bond . the (P. O. Texas Albany), Y to Shackelford County 4, Amount Specified — The hospital bonds ap¬ amount of the proved at Sept. 5, was the election held on $65,000. Sweetwater. Texas Bonds Voted and Defeated—At the election held on Sept. 10 the following bonds aggregating $364,000; were approved: $160,000 wa¬ sewer extension; $128,000 paving and grade separa¬ tion, /and $76,000 hospital im¬ street provement bonds. At the • tion Building, and $46,000 public library bonds. ,:Y"Y:YYYyY Brady, City Clerk, has advised that the City is planning to sell on Oct. 17; the $5,700,000 public improvement bonds," orig¬ inally offered for sale on June 27. } - / •. County (P. O. Weatherford), Texas YY:y~Y;YYYv Price Paid—It is now stated by the County Judge that the $50,000 hospital, series of 1946 bonds sold to the First 1) National Bank of ' • . '• -Y ' YY" :• •' '"YY series 000 of 1946, hospital bonds awarded recently to H. D. Shaffer & Co.; of Amarillo—v. of Bank, Tulia, with associated was 164, p. 1372 also purchased by the First National which the above named, paying a price of par, as follows: $5,000 maturing $1,000 Aug. If 1947 to 1951 as l%s, $19,000 maturing Aug. 1, $1,000 in Weatherford, V taking $10,000 as 1952 to 1956, $2,000 in 1957 and iy2s, and $40,000 as l%s, as noted 1958, $5,000 in 1959 and 1960 as here—v. 164, p. 1132—it is now ■l%s, and $76,000 maturing Aug reported by the above official that 1, $6,000 in 1961, and $7,000 in bonds bank at were awarded price May 1, 1946. a of the to Dated par. :Y Pasadena Indep. Sch. Dist. (P. O. con¬ with the report .given July that $680,000 school bonds had been : purchased (by Moroney, Beissner & Co. of Hous¬ ton, as l3/4s and 2s, at par, it is in Due • on refunding ' bonds. Aug. 10 in 1947 to ' Texas (State of) Fiscal Year to Start with Large — It estimated was re¬ cently by George Sheppard, State Comptroller, that Texas will start its new fiscal year on Sept. 1 with a surplus of $26,342,938. He reported also that approxi¬ mately $1,000,000 of the money appropriated for use in this fiscal year will be unspent and revert to the State general fund. By special provision that appropriation for a new State office building will be carried into the next year. Mr. Sheppard - Yf said July receipts $34,851,338 making a total of $314,890,643 for the year. A por¬ were 595,000 2% refunding bonds. Due on Aug. 10 in 1950 to 1961. Denom.' $1,000. Dated Aug. 10, 1946. Legality approved by Chap¬ man 23As. These bonds as all dated Aug. 1, 1946. Surplus Pasadena), Texas $85,000 1%% 1962 to 1971 are & Cutler of Chicago. Inter¬ est payable F-A, tion of these totals are non-rev¬ receipts, being paid in to; the State merely to transfer to others such as the payment on enue Y road bonds. ; y , \ Crowley Independent Sch. Dist., , ' Bonds Approved—An issue of $20,000- 3% construction bonds due on and ; : - Tex. the Oct. 1 in 1952 to 1956, remaining $40,000 as 23/4s, due on Oct. 1 in 1957 to 1976, all inclusive. * . was approved on Attorney-General, Sept. 12, by the r Dated tion Oct. Revenue Kerrville, r Tex. Bonds Sold—An issue of $400,water works revenue bonds 000 was purchased on June 22, by a syndicate composed of Crummer 1, 1946. Denomina¬ & Co., of Texas, of Dallas, Russ & $1,000. Interest payable A-O. Co., of San Antonio, and McClung •< Swisher County (P. O. Tulia), Tex. 1 • Bond Sale Details-YThe $100,- —were Parker Y Y time the following same bonds aggregating $161,000, were defeated! $60,000 park improve¬ • y-Y" 1949. Jefferson County $50,bonds sewer Sept. 23. on : — Frank W. :: payable F-A. of issue ments; $55,000 Police Administra¬ San Antonio, Tex. Bond Offering Scheduled ^fer 000 sold were election forth¬ , ' Texas Sold—An is said to have been purchased by Crummer & Co., of Dallas. These - Lerner, City Secretary, Bonds Sold—It is stated that series of 1941 bonds, are being that the following bonds aggre¬ $150,000 school bonds were pur¬ now stated that the original pur¬ called for payment on Nov. 1, at gating $190,000, were sold recently chased on Aug. 8 by the Dallas chaser of these bonds was a syn¬ the American National Bank, at par to Crummer & Co, of Dal- Union Trust Co., of Dallas, as 114 s, dicate composed of R. A. Under¬ 'Austin. .Interest ceases on date at a price of 100.20, a basis of wood & Co., of Dallas, and asso¬ •''■'called. ' *':■ ' -:f;yYy yY; $140,000 works 1 and main about 1.459%. Due $15,000 from ciates, as follows; '"X:' * ' • 000 water works and $25,000 water works system bonds offered on Sept.. 14, but were CountyHamshire-P{ew here Ip'V Holland by J. •' Seagoville, W nection . .• on par ter and Novice, Texas Additional Information—In project. optional 1, 1956, at tional Bank in San Antonio, or at the Peoples State Bank, Rock- re¬ will be submitted to the voters at an becoming after July July 1, 1946. est (J-J) payable at the Frost Na¬ Bonds Not Sold—It is stated by H. G. Adams, City Secretary, that I. the Tex. — yv $1,000. Dated Principal and inter¬ Y. held fol¬ Denomination , election an were as yYand interest. ■ cently: sewer - v . at Co., of 740—It is 21/£s, and mature terest. were P<''y214s.y-'YY;Yv ;:V'' by H. L. Shaffer & Co. of. Lub¬ 4 p. 85,000 street improvement bonds. ; Due on July 1 in 1947 to 1981; Y 'bonds maturing in 1957 to Munday, Tex. ratified 164, $40,000 water revenue bonds. Due on July 1 in 1953 to 1973; opY tional on and after July 1, Y 1956, at par and accrued in¬ Bonds Voted—An issue of $50,000 street improvement bonds was YY 450,000 permanent paving bonds, •'-"'•"as bock; $70,000 various purpose bonds incinerator 2V4s. . is stated that the following bonds aggregating $82,000, have been purchased at .y; garbage bonds, as 2%s.' 60,000 traffic signal Friona, Texas Carrizo Springs, Tex. „ 210,000 Bonds, Sold—It y y; 'Bond Election Held—An issue ( Tex* Dist., gymnasium Aug. 31. on date on! ceases Sch. as 2J/4S. separation bonds, 30,000s grade as<2^s. bonds carried'at the election held 10, 1941. Denom. bonds are due in Interest Frankston 000 1935, amounting to $127,000, are called for payment on Oct. 10, at the State Treasurer's office, Aus¬ K ) 120,000 bridge bonds, Sept, 14.- Bonds Voted—An issoe of $30,- ; ^ bonds, Nos. 1806 to 1918 and 1922 to on \ ■ ■' lows: — tion; held " ■. . reported that the bonds sold revenue recently by the Robert Mclntyre Co., of San Antonio, as 3V2S, at a price of par. Dated July 1, 1946.. Legality ap¬ proved by Dumas & Huguenin, of • Jones, Tex. Bond Sale Details—In connec¬ tion with the sale of the $125,000 bonds to M. E. Allison & • . Dist., Rochsprings, Texas ■< trille), Texas Call—W. R. 1 construction bonds was approved at the election held on • I Bond / Sch. San Antonio—v. sewer Dated March on 250,000 bonds was purchased * Trustees. Due 1966. Sept. 21.-; New Oct. on Pickens, Secretary of 1946. Bonds Voted—An issue of $1,- Lott, Tex. Bonds Sold—An issue of and 1, Port , I E. Weigold & Co., all of Dallas. < s,;;y York, R. S. Dickson & Co., 24, for the purchase of Marion County (P. O. Jefferson), I of Charlotte, Laidlaw & Co., of $266,000 sewer revenue bonds, to Texas/yY'YYY'.'Y. New York, G. H. Walker & Co.,. I" ?/YYY' •;';; bCar not exceeding 5% interest. Bonds Sold—The of St. Louis, City National Bank $25,000 3% Dated Oct. 1, 1946.- Denomination series of 1946, airport bonds have & Trust Co., of Kansas City, Mc¬ $1,000. These bonds are due seri¬ been sold to the E. Kelly Brown Donald & Co., of Cleveland, Fort ally in hot to exceed 35 years. The Y Worth National Bank, -of Fort Investment Co., of Dallas, at a bonds are to be optional five years price of par. from date at par, plus a premium Worth, Stern Bros. & Co., of Kan¬ sas City, Gordon Graves Si Co., v Bond Legality Approved — An of 3% which shall be reduced on A-O. Charles Clark & Co., both of New issue of $ $25,000 3% airport bonds, each annual maturity date there¬ ' Brazoria Cif jV Texas.' after at a rate of y2 of 1% so that York, F. S. Yantis & Co., of Chi¬ series of 1946, has been approved Bond Sale Postponed— It is 10 years after date the bonds shall cago, Chace, Whiteside & War¬ as to legality by Dumas & Hugue¬ ren, of Boston, First National nin, of Dallas stated by Sophie B. Hoefle, City be These bonds are optional at par and accrued in¬ Secretary, that the saleYpfY-the terest. The successful bidder will Bank, of Memphis, Dallas Union dated Sept. 1, 1946.; Trust Co., of Dallas, Chas. B. : $50,000, not to exceed 4% semi¬ be furnished the printed-bonds, White & Co., of Houston, McDon¬ Memphis, Texas annual water works and sanitary copy of the proceedings, the ap¬ ald-Moore & y Co., of Detroit, 4 Additional Information — It is Yi sewer, system bonds, .which had proving opinion of McCall, ParkThomas & Co., of Pittsburgh, and now stated by the City Secretary t been .scheduled for Sept. 24, has hurst & Crowe, of Dallas; the John C. Clark & Co., of New that the $15,000 21A% municipal been postponed. bonds will be delivered to the York, at a price of par, a net in¬ airport site purchase bonds sold Capitaly National Banker; Austin, CameronTex,. "Y ~ terest cost of "about 2.19%: These recently —v. 164, p. 1132 —were Bond v Election An issue of without cost to the purchaser; all bonds are divided as follows: purchased jointly by the First Na¬ bids must be so conditioned. • Y $500,000 electric light revenue $1,260,000 sanitary sewage dispos- tional Bank, and the First State bonds will be submitted to the f' Bank, both of Memphis, at a price Farmers Branch, Texv';;val bonds, as 2s. lyvoters at an election to be held 240,000 permanent paving street of 100.006, a basis of about 2.49%. Bonds Voted—An issue of $70,on Oct. 8. Dated July 1, 1946. Due $750 from improvement bonds, as 2s. Y:; 000 Y water and fire protection July 1, 1947 to 1966, incl. Cameron County- (P. O. Browns- bonds was approved at the elec¬ 1,140,000 airport bonds, as 2V4S. sealed ceive Chas. . due Nov. 1, $750 in 1947 to 1958 and $1,000 in 1959- works O. Board in 1947 to Independent Schoot : District, Tex. Bond Sale—The $10,000 refund¬ ing bonds offered for sale on Sept. 19, were awarded to the RansonDavidson Co., as 4s, at a price of par. Dated Nov. 1, 1946. Denom. $1,000 and $750. These bonds are water A. the March 1 Tex. 164, p. 1644—were awarded to a syndicate headed by Lehman provement; im¬ sewer Bond Sale—The i tion tion on Sept. 7 the voters rejected the proposal to issue $9,069,000 ♦ Houston, >.}■■}• Election —The $200,000 225,000 water and sewer system; $750,000 power plant and distribu¬ Metropolitan Water District Bexar bonds Tex. issuing of on bonds for various purposes. • * t ^ 1775 —■ "$ Enclose 4 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE * • < willi Phillips Indep. Sch. Dist. (P. O. Phillips), Texas Bonds Not Sold The $438,- receipts for July were $27,036,364 and the revenue of the year so total far $277,262,222. — 000 not to exceed 2% school house bonds offered for sale —v. all 164, bids p. on Aug. 14 were Uvalde, Texas Sold—It is stated by R. W. as Evans, City Secretary, that rejected, the following bonds aggregating 740—were not sold received Bonds THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE s 1776 * V Monday, October, 7, 1946 1 VERMONT were awarded on Sept. 12 "to Russ & Co. of Sari Antonio, $230,000, Ripley, W. Va. 'Pp Waterbury, Vt. and Bonds Offered for Investment— An issue of $89,000 2 % % sewer associates, on a non-callable Bond Issuance Proposed — A revenue bonds is being offered by basis, at a net interest cost of about 2.34% : $150,000 street;* $50,- recommendation has been made Widmann & Co. of Cincinnati, for for the issuance of $80,000 water 000 general subscription. Denomina¬ sewer, and $30,000 airport bonds. Runner-up in the bidding R. J. Edwards, Inc., and;as¬ was sociates, offering net a interest cost of about 2.45%. bonds. 'v4y V ( Orange Indep, Sch. Dist, (P. O. West Orange), Texas V Bond Sale Details—The District Secretary now reports that the $250,000 school bonds sold on Aug. 1$ as l%s—v. 164, p. 1004—-were purchased by H. J. Lutcher Stark, of Orange, at par. Due from 1947 to 1966; optional on Jan. 1,1957. WASHINGTON ^ / Burlington, Wash. < % | * . Bonds Offered—The City Clerk West , tions received sealed bids until 5 p. m. On Oct. 1, for the purchase of $60,000 general obligation bonds, at not exceeding 6% interest. De- $1,000. These bonds are due $3,000 in 1948 to 1963, and $4,000 nom. ! Other billions are added to the Bond Peck, Shaffer & Williams, of Cin¬ Offering—Carroll Carter, County work backlog by Federal - aid highways, rivers and ; harbors, flood control projects, Federal Treasurer, sealed bids until 10 will a. m. receive on Oct. 15, for the purchase of $180,000 post offices and buildings,: and school bonds, to bear not exceed¬ Veterans Administration hospitals ing 3% interest. Dated Nov. 1, the or are $11,000 in 1948, $12,000 in 1949 to 1953, $13,000 in 1954 to 1957, $14,- The Federal Works Agency has vequests from advances to plan counties for 560 cities States, and 000 in 1958 to 7,- 1961. $2,757,136,- totaling projects 1960, and $15,000 in Principal and interest pay¬ able at the County Treasurer's of¬ fice or at the fiscal agency of the 599, and as of June 30 these local governmental units had completed their own plans for 5,500 projects to cost $1,350,000,000, according to FWA records. Denoni. $1,000. These bonds due on Nov. 1, as follows: 1946. partially by national government. <■ i-Jrp wholly State in New York City. Said bonds will be sold with the opin¬ ion of Preston, Thorgrimson, Hor¬ owitz & Turner, of Seattle, ap¬ V;. * Congressional act, FWA ;; Pullman, Wash. to assist States, Bond Sale Details—It is now cities and counties in planning reported by the City Clerk that non-Federal public works. the $120,000 sewage treatment Advances are repayable with¬ plant and water works revenue out interest upon the beginning of bonds sold at par for $84,000 as construction. Otherwise, they, are 2s, and $36,000 as 1 Vzs, as noted free, but George H. Field, com¬ here—v. 164, p. 1132—were pur¬ missioner of FWA's Bureau of chased by the Washington Trust Community: Facilities, said ap¬ Co. of Spokane, and the. First Na¬ plicants "must show capacity to tional Bank of Pullman, jointly. build with their own funds within Interest payable J-J. Under has four > $65,000,000 years" before they get an ad¬ " V • ■ & Co., of Cincinnati,\'Pp- ciiPpp, Wyoming (P. County O. . Pineville), W. Va. Bond Option Granted—In con¬ nection with the offering on Sept. 14 of the. $975,000 2% coupon building and improvement bonds —v. 164, p. 1260—it is reported that a syndicate composed of Blair & Co., Inc., the Commerce Union Bank of Nashville, Walter, Woody & Heimerdinger, Westheimer & Co., Widmann & Co., all of Cin¬ cinnati, the Wheeling Dollar Sav¬ ings & Trust Co. of Wheeling, and Wm. Seufferle & C. Co. is given to local agencies that have voted bonds to 'finance projects. ...(■^/''■■}\Ppp : Preference approved to Aug. 31 was for planning water main, paved street and sewer ex¬ tensions ; and improvements and for new school buildings and ad¬ The bulk of advances ditions. Bonds Offered for Investment— Dominion Securities Corp., Ltd., and W. C. Pitfield, Ltd., are offering for public subscription an issue of $1,050,000 2%, 2%% and 3% local improvement de¬ bentures, divided as follows: ^ Date of CUntonvUle Sch. Dist. No. 1, Wis. Bond Offering—R. L. Lendved, District Cllerk, will receive sealed bids until 7 p. m. on Oct. 10, for the purchase of $325,000 building bonds, to bear not exceeding 2% Dated Oct. 15,1946. De¬ $1,000. These bonds are due April 15, as follows: $15,000 in 1949 to 1955, and $20,000 in 1956 interest. nom. multiples of % of 1%, Principal and interest (A-O) payable at the Interest , Principal Sept. 1 Amount Rate % 1947— 2% 2% $40,000 40,000 • 45,000 2% V 2% 2% Seattle, Wash. office of the District Treasurer. $546,355,941 and for 1,317 expansions or new build¬ ings to cost $3,108,415,189. "\ cost school approved for ad¬ include: 300 highway, road -Other vances and items projects, to cost $46,- street 820,998; 41 bridges, viaducts and railway overpasses, $28,426,458; 35 airports, $19,895,981; 158 hos¬ pitals and clinics, $73,470,874; 392 public buildings, such as court¬ houses and city halls, $117,187,172; 178 -parks and other recreational facilities, $29,943,129; 72 miscel¬ laneous projects, $116,481,309. ;; < Field the said program is not designed primarily to cushion un¬ employment, but to provide need¬ ed public works as soon as pos¬ sible. :■ ."'v- .. In the event it is emergency turned into an employment creator, Field said "it can give work im¬ — . ' 70,000 3% Sept. in 1, 1946. Coupon the denomination registration as to pointing out that it to get 100,000 working on public construction in 1933-34 "because there had been no advance planning." " . 18 months Huntington, W. Va. ' UTAH ■ Ogden, Utah Bond [ election Sept. 27 the,.voters Election—At to be held on an will consider an issue of bonds in connection with a $1,025,000 con¬ struction program. Bond Call—George R. Heffley, City Clerk, is calling for payment as of Nov. 1, all bonds Nos. worth, Chanute, Co., jointly. 18 .. , said bonds; are notified "to at place of nated therein. date called. present payment desig¬ Interest-ceases on Loughridge & CANADA rev¬ to, 377, amounting to $360,000. Dated May 1,1941. Denom. $1,000. Holders of same a Montreal, the Dominion Securi¬ Corporation, Ltd., of Toronto, and Wood, Gundy & Co., Ltd., of Toronto, at a price of 97.81, on the issue divided as follows: Date of Principal Rate of Amount Interest 1947-*..—-$4,000,000 : 1948™ l*/4% m% 182,000 .— ' 1949^— • ? 1950-«« 1951i^l 1952^. 1953™ 6,140,000 ; 5,575,000 250,000 1,508,000 125,000 125,000 .— ... ... ... ... 1954_. 1 1955 f 2V4% 2y4% 2y2% •- 2^% 2%% - 1957 • 1956 1 125,000 — 1%% 2% 125,000 —;; 125,000 1958™ /125,000 . 23/4% ^ 2%% - ^ 1 1 1959™ 125,000 1 1960™.—.,207,000 : V 2%% 2%% 23/4% 23/4% 23/4% ... 196L-. 1962-... 1963.-. ,—. .... 1964^^. —^ 1966... ... ; 776,000 125,000 <597,000 4,622,000 i6,630,000 3,329,000 ' 3% 3% * 1967—. w— 7,349,000 1969... 1,647,000 1972... 3% 3% 404,000 3,324,000 4,437,000 1973™ ... 1974 ^ ; j 3% 4,908,000 . ; - 3% 3% ... 1971... V 3% 3% Dated Sept. 1, 1946. AH of the bonds mature Nov. 1, as shown above. Legal opinion to be fur¬ nished by Heward, Holden, Hutch¬ inson, Cliff, Meredith & Ballantyne, acting for the syndicate, and Charles Laurendeau, for the City of Montreal. Principal, interest (M-N) and redemption premium, if any, payable in lawful money of Canada at the principal office of designated chartered banks in the Cities of Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, Saint John, N. B., Que¬ bec, Winnipeg or Vancouver at the option of the holder. Deben¬ tures of each maturity City, on any subject to interest maturity date prior to maturity, upon not less than 30 days' nor more than 60 days' prior notice, as a whole or in part by lot, at principal amount the and date accrued of interest to redemption, plus a premium of y$ of 1% of such prin¬ cipal amount for each successive full twelve months during the commencing on the date fixed for redemption and extend¬ ing to the stated maturity date of such Debentures, provided that the premium payable shall in no case exceed 2%. Coupon Deben¬ period tures in the denominations of $500 and $1,000, and authorized multi¬ ples of $1,000, registerable as to principal at the City Hall, Mont¬ real. : :: Montreal Metropolitan Commission (P. O. Montreal), Que. : Bonds Sold—An issue of $3,000,000 funding bonds was offered for sale on Sept 18 and was awarded to a syndicate composed of McLeod, Young, WeirCo., Bell, Gouinlock & Co., and Mills, Spence & Co., all of Toronto, as 23/4S, at a price of 98.275. Run¬ ner-up in the bidding was L. G. Beaubien & Co., Ltd., real, offering a price for 2%s. • • of Mont¬ of 98.135 These bonds are next due in ,1947 to ;'.. Debentures Offered for Invest¬ ment—The successful bidders re- bidder offered the above debentures for McTaggart, Hannaford, Birks public subscription priced as fol¬ & Gordon, at price of 97.70. lows: 1957 maturity to yield about Laprairie, Que. 2.78%; 1958 maturity to yield Bond Sale—The $43,000 water about 2.80%, and the 1959 matur¬ works and sewerage system im¬ provement bonds offered for sale ity to yield about 2.82%. Princi¬ 1966. The highest was outstanding Eastern Section flood control enue 164, p. 1372—were awarded to comprehensive syndicate headed by L. G. Beaubien & Co., Ltd., of v. ,, mediately," took $56,885,000 1946 refunding issue, offered for sale on Sept 9—• $1,060 each and with provision redemption at the option of the for V ■■ The — .. ' ^Applications have been ap¬ proved for planning 2,083 sewer, water and sanitation projects to Sale , - debentures of .r. 21/2% 1966. Dated { • serial debentures, .... 45,000 20,000 45,000 1953—2%% ; . 50,000 1954. 21/2% 50,000 1955 2y2% ;•£' 50,000 1 19562Vz% 50,000 2yz% 50,000 2yz% 60,000 ' 2y2% . 60,000 2y2% 60,000 ; 1961.™ 2Vz% 60,000 1962J 3% 60,000 1963.. 3% 60,000 3% 65,000 3% 70,000 Rate of interest to be in I Bond v Montreal, Que* ' 1965... Maturity . '■pi i NOVA SCOTIA ,• The . ; awarded to a syn¬ Maturity Nov. 1 of Nesbitt, Halifax:, Nova Scotia of Cin¬ cinnati, has been granted a 30-day option to purchase at par. Dated July 1, 1946. Due on July 1 in 1947 to 1980, incl. Interest pay- to 1966. \ 1946. composed principal. Proposed Bond Election — A The bonds are being issued sub¬ All bonds mature on Sept. 1 of the above .years. Prin. and int. proposal to issue $3,500,000 street ject to the approving opinion of lighting improvement bonds may Chapman & Cutler, of 'Chicago, (M-S) payable in lawful money of "Canada, at "Halifax, Saint John, be presented to* the voters at the which opinion will be furnished N. B., Montreal, Toronto, Winni¬ November general election. at the expense of the District. Pur¬ peg or Vancouver, at the option Seattle Local Improvement District chaser shall furnish the printed of the holder. Legal opinion to bonds at his own expense. Enclose No. S473, Wash. be furnished by MacDonald, Mca certified check for $10,000, pay¬ Bond Call—H. L. Collier, City Innes, MacQuarrie & Cooper. able to the District Treasurer. Treasurer, has announced that the above District's bond No. 24, is ONTARIO Whitehall, Wis. Bonds Sold—An issue of $55,000 called for payment on Sept. 16. ; Canada (P. O. Ottawa), Can. Interest ceases on date called. water revenue bonds was pur¬ Bills Sold —The $75,000,000 Cash is also available to apply chased recently by Barcus, Kin¬ on the following matured bonds: dred & Co., of Chicago, as 2%s, treasury bills offered for sale on Sept. 26, were awarded at an av¬ District No. 3943, Nos. 212 to 216; at a price of 101.078. erage yield of 0.399%. Dated Sept. District No. '4357, Nos. 692 to 698, 27, 1946. These bills are due Dec. 703 and 704. WYOMING 27, 1946. : Vancouver, Wash. ppppp:, Laramie County Sch. Dist. No. 1 Huron County (P. O. : *;'}• (P. O. Cheyenne), Wyo. " Bond Election Authorized—The Goderich), Ont. ■ ■ j'",; :s; City Council is said to have i Bond Sale—The $135,000 build¬ Bond Sale—The $250,000 county passed an ordinance to resubmit ing bonds offered for sale on Sept. bonds offered for sale on Sept. 25, to the voters at the general elec¬ 24—v. 164, p. 1372—were awarded were awarded to Anderson & Co., tion ifi November the $600,000 to a syndicate composed of the of Toronto, at a price of 99.93. sewer system bonds that were re¬ Stock Growers National Bank, of The next highest bidder was the jected at the 1945 general ballot¬ Cheyenne, Casper National Bank, Canadian Bank of Commerce, To¬ ing. pp-pppfp 'Pipp^ppppppPp^p. of Casper, First National Bank of ronto, at a price of 99.81. ! Laramie, and Coughlin & Co., of WEST VIRGINIA Denver, as 1.55s, at a price of QUEBEC 100.073, a basis of about 1.543%. P;"\P.,V. •' Chester, W.Va. Drummondville, Que. Dated June 1, 1946. These bonds Bonds Sold—An issue of $305,Bond Sale—The $293,000 2^% mature on June 1, as follows, 000 water and sewer system rev¬ $70,000 in 1957 and $65,000 in 1958. semi-annual improvement bonds enue bonds was purchased recent¬ Interest payable J-D. The next offered for sale on Sept. 23, were ly by Magnus & Co., of Cincin¬ highest bidder was Harris Trust awarded to Burns Bros. & Denton, nati. ' •„ " ip-pp;- & of Toronto, at a price of 98.041, Savings Bank, Chicago, and Bos- / ■„ vance were 1957 to on Thomson & Co., of Montreal, Bartlett, Cayley & Co., R. A. Daly & Co., Burns Bros. & Denton, all of Toronto, Osier,. Hammond & Ripley, W. Va. r! Bonds Sold—An issue of $39,000 Nanton, of Winnipeg, at a price water plant revenue bonds was of 98.64, a basis of about 2.84%. purchased recently by Widmann These bonds are due Oct. 1, 1966. ~ piPrhp'* ' '•/; cinnati. f-,; Of the requests, FWA reported it has approved 4,630 arid advanced proving the legality of the same. able^J-J/|/f^ Enclose a certified check for 5% $32,258,354 for planning. These WISCONSIN of the amount bid alone involve $1,296,997,951. ~ • 111999564575804820- Voted Bonds sewage' . financed bonds offered for sale Fircrest, Wash. terest State — The following disposal plant bonds United States amounting to $50,000 were favor¬ Huge ; Public Works Program ably voted at an election, held re¬ Drafted by Cities and States — cently: $25,000 general obligation, States; cities ; and- > counties are and $25,000 revenue bonds. mapping a $4,107,136,000 public works program to be financed by King County- Kent Sch, Dist. No. their own funds. •; 413 (P. O. Seattle), Wash. ■ 1,1960, are callable on said Winnipeg, Man. date, or on any interest payment Bond Sale—The $3,000,000 date thereafter at par and ac¬ 2%% public utilities and incin¬ crued interest. Principal and in¬ erator 2y2S,. and $31,000 maturing in 1966, as 3s. Dated Sept. 1> as ties MANITOBA March payable at the office of the Sept. 24, Sinking Fund Commission, dicate Charleston. Legality approved by in 1964 to 1966. . UNITED STATES ;; $3,000 and $500. Dated March 1, 1946. Due March 1, as follows: $1,500 in 1948 to 1953, $2,000 in 1954 to 1958, $2,500 in 1959 to 1964, $3,000 in 1965 to 1970, $3,500 in 1971 to 1976, and $4,000 in 1977 to 1980. Bonds maturing after Montreal, of Montreal, Bell, Gouinlock & Co., McLeod, Young, Weir & Co., both of Toronto, McMahon & Burns, of Vancouver, Mills. Spence & Co., of Toronto, and Associates, at a price of 99.03, an average basis of about 2.72%, as follows: for $2,000,000 maturing $200,0000 in 1947 to 1956, as 2y4s, and $2,000,000 maturing $200,000 in 1957 to 1966, as 2%s. BRITISH COLUMBIA British Columbia (P. O. Victoria), B. C. Bond funding sale Sale—The $4,000,000 debentures offered on Sept. 16, were awarded to the pal and interest (May and Dec. 1) re¬ Banque Cahadienne Nationale, of payable in lawful for recently, were awarded to a syndicate composed of the Bank of money of Can¬ a price of 100.05, an ada in Montreal, Quebec and basis of about 2.93%, for • $12,000 maturing in 1947 to 1956, Toronto, at the holder's option. Montreal, at average