Evening star., 1932-10-13
CORPORATION
REPORTS
TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS.

NEW YORK, October 13-Following
is todly's summary of corporation new3
prepared by Standard Statistics Co,
Inc, New York, for the Associated
Press:
Automobiles and Trucks.
General Motors Corporation-"A-C"
Spark Plug Co., subsidiary. recalls 1000
employees because of increased produc-
ton activities on 1888 models.
Hudson motor car shipments of
Hudson and Essex cars in September
were 1929 units over September. 1881 !;
each week Of last month gained over
preceding week.
Automobile Parts and Tires.
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.-Gain
of so per cent in october business fore
cast by Harvey Firestone, chairman.
Mullins Manufacturing establishes
30-hour week at plants; overtime elimi-
mated; personnel increased.
Building. Real Estate and Related Lines
Mcnolith Portland Cement Co. gets
portion of Hoover Dam cement order;
contracts valued at 100000 and COM
prising 332. 500 barrels of cement award
ed to this company. Southwest Portland
Cement Co.. Riverside Cement Co. and
California Portland Cement Co.
Machinery.
Marion Steam Shovel Co. deficit. nine
months ended September 80, S416,896.
Metals (Non-Ferrous).
Aluminium Co. of America-Federal
Court upholds Government in suit of
company and 81 affiliates to recover
s650,632 in income and excess profit
taxes.
Miscellaneous.
Eastman Kodak Co.-Acetate yarn
output of Tennessee Eastman Corpora
ton, subsidiary, sold up for balance of
current year.
Marine Midland Corporation common
share earnings, nine months ended Sep
tember 80, 80 cents.
Office and Business Equipment.
General Fireprooflng Co. September
orders 26 per cent ahead of any preced-
ing month of 1882 with October leading
September by 20 per cent.
Oil.
Consolidated Oil Corporation, subsid-
iary, Sinclair-Prairie Oil Marketing Co.,
advances Mid-Continent Crude Oil IL
cents barrel, effective October is, top
price to be Slip barrel for 40 gravity
crude.
Railroad and Railroad Equipment.
Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific Rail-
way recalls 300 employees of locomotive
department at Shawnee, Okla, on FIVE
day week basis for at least two weeks.
Steel and Iron.
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co.-Operations
n hn sv-4w
day-week basis.
Theaters, Etc.
Warner Bros Pictures, Inc.-A con-
tract for showing OF Warner Bros
entire 1928 output of pictures in all
Fox theaters has been signed. involving
film rentals aggregating $2,800 600; out
put includes 80 Warner Bros pictures,
30 First National pictures, 1873 shorts
and 6 Western features.
Utilities.
Production of electricity in the United
States in week ended October amount
ed to 1,506,219 kilowatt hours VS.. 1,499,-
900 in the preceding week; the total was
8.9 per cent under the like week of last
year, or exactly the same ratio to last
year as was the preceding week.
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co. September net loss of instruments
in the Bell System somewhat less than
10000. against losses of 268, 1000 in July
and 201, 900 in August, 1892; effective
October /, company reduced some zone
transatlantic charges.
Consolidated Gas, Electric Light g.
Power Co. of Baltimore August indus
trial power sales (kilowatt hours, ex-
elusive of that supplied to Bethlehem
Steel CorpOratiOn and Baltimore Con-
per Smelling & Rolling Co., of 1899
per cent; eight months, of 10.47 per
cent; August industrial and commercial
gas sales of 1873 per cent; eight months,
of 1865 per cent.
Duquesie Light Co. net income, IL
months ended August 81, $12,640,887 vs..
$l4,804, ,359.
Electric Power Associates net income
from dividends, interest and expenses,
nine months ended September go
$3.50, ,741.-
Louisville Gas & Electric net income,
IL MONTH c'laed August 81, $f,eS4.o37,
vs.. $2.355,55s.