Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02

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1929.
Standard Oil 0ndiana) Increases
Chicago filling station price OF blue
gasoline Il cent gallon to l2iz cents.
including 3 cents State tax.
United States Steel : Subsidiary
American Bridge gets order for $4,000
tract involves about $500 900.
Warner Bros. Pictures-Reported to
have completed Is feature pictures of
70 scheduled for 1892 season: sched-
ule also called for 1913 short subjects.
Barcelona Traction. Light d Power
July gross up Ia per cent. net before
depreciation up So per cent; seven
months gross up IL per cent, net of
OF per cent.
Continental Oil-Kettleman Hills we'll
producing approximately 1.700 barrels
of oil and 10000 900 cubic feet of gas
daily, is shut down in accordance with
curtailment agreement.
Derby Oil Il Refining-Gasoline sales
volume. six months ended June 80, of
ST per cent
Florida East Coast Railway: Re-
ceiver appointed for company by Fed
eral Court on application Of the Stand
ard Oil Of Kentucky; not to pay Sep
TENDER / interest on first and refunding
series q per cent bond, due 1874.
Goodman III. c. Co., unit sales seven
months ended July 81. up IL per cent;
duction Of nine plants in operation
August 81, was about 10000 pairs Of
shoes daily. and close to maximum out
put for those plants.
Hupp Motor Car August shipments,
SAT cars VS. 1887 in July; eight months
shipment, 1859.
Mack Trucks declared so cents COM
mon dividend; paid rs cents June 30.
Mid-Continental Laundries: Stock
holders to vote on reorganization plan
involving creation OF $1,200,0O0 first
lien collateral Is, 100000 Of which
would be issued in exchange for present
per cent notes: also would issue s64O.-
600, per cent debentureS: State capi-
tai of participating class "A" stock to
be reduced from $2,5O0,000 to $500, 600,
and common from $4,000 to $4,000;
new shares to be exchanged for present
stock.
Pie Bakeries of America: Final date
for deposit of class "A" preferred shares
and voting trust certificates for class
"B" shares extended to September 10.
Pure oil begins sale Of new United
States motor gasoline throughout Ohio
territory at II cents, 2 cents under
regular price.
South Penn OIL advances, Corning
crude oil price 5 cents barrel to 10
cents.
Southern Natural Gas passed 81 Gu
mulative preferred dividend; paid SITS
June ] in dividend certificates
Standard Oil Of Ohio: Increase in
authorized common stock from 766, 667
shares to S11.112 shares proposed in
connection with acquisition of Solar Re-
fining Co.; exchange offer to latter ex-
pires November 80.
American Home Products common
share earnings, six months to June 80,
$2.77 VS.. $3.50.
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railroad common share earnings, six
months to June 80, Sc cents VS.. $156.
Kinney &c. r. Co. current output
10000 pairs shoes daily; plant capacity
Is $4,000 pairs: number of company's
stores September /, AIS.
Richneld Oil of California deficit. pc
Rod January Is to May 81, $2,543, SAG;
tank car gasoline price at terminal adj
vanced u cent to 81 cents q gallon.
United States Steel operations in
week ended August 81 averaged about
"a per cent Of capacity VS.. IS per cent
in the two preceding weeks. IS per
cent in 1890 week, 90 per cent in 1929
period and n per cent in 1928 week.
Virginia Electric & Power July gross
up IA per cent, net operating revenue
up 8.5 per cent: IL months gross off
0.5 per cent. net up 0.5 per cent.
Lehigh Valley Railroad takes no ac-
ton on common dividend; paid 621z
cents July. l..
Vanadium Alloys Steel - Reports
steady gain In sales of corrosion and
heat TaGiGfilN0 RfAM1Q for
June 80. 1919
Curtis NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. price of
Saturday Evening Post at news stands
unchanged; new subscriptions to be in
creased to take care Of tax; other pub
locations marked up
Fox Film-Reported arranging for
production Of films in Europe.
International Mercantile Marine
Shipping Board orders negotiations of
contract for sale of United States Lines
to Chapman Dollar Dawson group
eliminating Roosevelt international
Mercantile Marine Lines.
Long Island Railroad-States sues to
enjoin Wholesome branch abandonment
Pennsylvania Railroad Contemplates
court appeal of Interstate Commerce
Commission order, requesting divest-
ment of stock held in Lehigh Valley
and Wabash Railway.
Proper cCallum Hosiery Mills
August dollar volume up so per cent.
ST. Louis Southwestern Railway
Stockholders deposits with Southern
Pacific not sufiicient to effect exchange
offer of latter company; more time may
be sought.
Southern Pacific Co.-Cotton belt
stock deposits with this company not
sufficient to effect company's exchange
offer: more time may be sought.
orders negotiations of contract with
Chapman-Dol Dawson group elimi-