Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03

control passes to Roosevelt Steamship;
reported plans disposing of foreign flag
tonnage of international Mercantile
Marine and concentrating on develop
ment American services; Pennsylvania
and Baltimore & Ohio Railroads said
to be interested in development.
International Paper &c Power-Treas-
ury Department lifts ban on Soviet
pulpwood; evidence adduced was con-
flicting and inconclusive. Contracts
with Amtorg Trading for pulpwood to-
tai 100000 to $4,000, 900 annually.
Kinner Airplane 81 Motor first half
motors shipments, POP, against 408
1929 period; untitled orders June 80
were ITO motors, against 921 in 1929.
Louisiana Oil Refining June quarter
net income. $l1,6o8, against $504 238;
six months, $47,810. against $743,273.
Mccall Corporation June quarter
earnings, SLIP common share, against
$1.19; six months. $2.26, against $2.23.
McGraw Hill Publishing June quar-
ter earnings, 95 cents common share.
against ST.; six months, $l.84, against
$186
Middle West Utilities has 75,7eS
stockholders, against 64,188 beginning
1880. Subsidiaries have 249,416 share
holders.
Montgomery Ward & Co. July sales
of 81 per cent from year ago; seven
months. up as per cent.
National Bellas Hess July sales 26.2
per cent: seven months, 27.7 per cent
seven months decline was 34.5 per
cent.
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad asserts competing independ-
ent trucks divertS about $28, 10000
yearly in freight revenues from road.
Noblitt Sparks Industries earned
1922 common share in first half,
against $286 year ago. Unified orders
are reported go per cent above 1929.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufac-
turing begins distributing radio sets
under own name.
Yale 81 Towne Manufacturing June
quarter earnings 5 cents common share
VS.. $1.41: six months. 80 cents VS.. $2.71.
j. G. Penney earned $1.14 common
share in first halt, against $1.32 year
ago.
Radio Keith orpheum takes over
Pickwick and Greenwich theaters in
Greenwich, Conn.
Royal Typewriter June quarter earn
ings, 80 cents common share, against
81 .O4; six months, $2.28, against $2.49.
Helena Rubinstein earned "a cents
common share in first half.
st. Regis Paper plans 100000
plant at Tacoma, Wash.
A. o. Smith Corporation shipped
IS 900 tons or 428 miles pipe during
July. Backlog suffcient to keep plants
operating at July rate for three months.
Standard Oil of Kansas earned $1.l9
common share in first half VS.. $l.44
year ago.
Tinaken- Detroit Axle first half earn
ings So cents common share VS.. rs
cents year ago.
Ulen g. Co. June quarter earnings
80 cents common share VS., $1.05; six
months, $1.67 VIZ. $2.0S.
United Aircraft & Transport June
quarter earnings 81 cents common
! share VS.. $l.15; six months, $l.35 VS..
$1ss.
United Dry Docks, Inc, 12,ooO-ton
dry dock added at Mariners Harbor,
Staten Island.
United States Lines Inc. Shipping
Board considers bid of $4,282.00o for
Hoboken piers grossly inadequate; Mer-
chant Fleet Corporation to negotiate
for better price.
Walworth Co. June quarter earnings
80 cents common share VS.. STA; six
months, $1.41 vs.. $3.0l.
H. r. wilcox Oil q Gas current out
put about $4,000 barrels daily; six
months daily average production was
6,426 barrels, against $500 barrels daily
in 1929 half; bulk and service stations
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