Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-11
BONDS.

ndard Statistics CO..
and A. @. Newcomb appointed receivers
for company: financing EFFORTS alleged
to have failed
Loft, Inc. operations reported sub
stantially better than year ago as .
result Of larger sales and lowering Of
manufacturing costs; CANDY output
about 100000 pounds q week, against
$780, year ago.
share earnings, year ended March 81,
81, against ST.
Tampa Electric common share earn
ings, IL months, to March 81, s275,
against 92.58.
United states Steel untitled orders on
April 80 totaled 3,S97,729 tons, 97,6O1
below March 81 total Of 3,e95.330 tons,
against 3.965,194 tons on February %
and 1854 ,220 tons on April 30, 1880.
White Sewing Machine March quar-
ter deficit $4,000, against deficit Of
s76.98S, after adjustment, to reflect new
policy of providing for repossession, in
1890.
McKesson n Robbins makes new
wholesale outlet by distributing ar
rangement with Philadelphia Wholesale
Drug,
Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. net IN
against ss26,S77.
Humble Oil a. Refrigerating Pipe Line
subsidiary asks Interstate Commerce
Commission authority to cut rates 20
per cent on 80 days notice.
Sierra Pacific Electric preferred share
earnings, IL months to March 81, S12.S4,
against $l2.43.
Tidewater Associated OIL subsidiary.
Tidal Refining, posts nat price OF 40
- Innr raj fO1s "a TaVAa RFYfAN+
former prices ranged from 81 cents
barrel down.
American States Public Service net
income before reserves, IL months TO
March 81, $402,792 vs.. 1927. 268.
American Stores sales. 5 weeks ended
May a. of 2.5 per cent; II weeks on
3 per cent.
Connecticut Railway n Lighting 1880
net income $779.21s VS.. $T79,213.
Federated Department Stores COM
mon share earnings. year ended Janu-
airy 81. $2.34 vs. $3.19.
Freeport-Texas Co-Nine members
Of this cofnpany's board elected to d.
rectorate Of Cuban American Man.
ganese Corporation.
Grand Union sales, weeks to May
2, Oh SO per cent.
Motto Meter Gauge IL Equipment
stockholders committee plans court
shareholders were deceived In regard
to actions Of company which they rati-
fed at annual meeting.
Royal Dutch Co. subsidiary. Venez-
uelan OIL Concessions, Ltd, declares
1919 per cent ANAL dividend for 1880
making TIA per cent for year vs. 40
per cent for 1929.
Union Electric Light d Power Of
Illinois preferred share earnings. -
H. 10
$20.7O.
American Seating March quarter
deficit $9s,225, against deficit t1os,4eo
in 1890
Brill Corporation 1880 class A share
earnings 80 cents. against 81 cents.
Consolidated Retail Stores April
sales OF 1874 per. cent: 4 months on
8.6 per cent.
owens Illinois Glass common share
earnings, IL months to March 81. $2.32.
General Motors 9s4 V-12 Cadillacs
delivered at retail in six months since
introduction to March 81.
Reynolds Spring proposes retiring all
outstanding class A and B preferred
stocks, eliminating authorized preferred.
200. 900 from 900 900 shares.
United Aircraft & Transport April
through passenger tranic, New York to
Chicago. of National Air Transport.
subsidiary increased 100 per cent over
March; all passenger trafic increased
rs per cent.
General Foods April sales and earn
ings reported better than year ago.
The Industries.
Antomobiles-Ney car registrations IN
first IL Statessreporting for April totaled
42.160 cars, against 3l.51s in March.
increase of 3'per cent, and equal to
70 per cent of the IS. e55 new cars regis
tered in April. 1890; of April total Ford
registered. 1895, against s,96e in
March, and Chevrolet, 1887, against
9,740.
Commercial stocks of bit,lm-
dnous coal. used primarily for industrial
purposes, totaled 29, SOC, 900 tons April I,
q decrease of 7,700, 900 from end of De-
cember and smallest since 1922, accord
ing TO Department OF Commerce. Soft
coal output during present calendar year
to May amounted to 1874, 030 900 net
tons, against 162, 703 900 tons for the
1880 period and 179, 967 900 tons IN 1929.
Cotton-Standard cotton cloth sales
in four April weeks were 81 per cent Of
the months production, according to
Association of Cotton Textile Merchants;
600 yards or at rate of 81, 4S9 900 yards
week: shipments in April were 1858
per cent of production; stocks on hand
at end of April increased per cent
over those at beginning of the month,
while unfilled orders decreased 21.3 per
cent