Evening star., 1933-04-30
CORPORATION
REPORTS
TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS.

NEW YORK. April 29-Following is
today's summary of corporation news
prepared by Standard Statistics Co.,
Inc, New York, for the Associated
Press:
Automobiles and Trucks.
General Motors Corporation-Chev-
rolet retail sales totaled 17,oo4 In sec
ond 10 days Of April. VS.. 1882 in first
10 days and 9,906 in second 10 days
March.
Yellow Truck g. Coach Manufactur-
ing deficit March. quarter, $1,o67, ,ss1,
VS.. deficit, so66,35l.
Automobile Parts and Tires.
Firestone Tire 6; Rubber Co. declared
regular quarterly dividend of Sl.50 en-
preferred stock
Trico Products Corporation common
share earnings March quarter, IS cents,
VS.. 95 cents.
Food Products.
American Ch!cle Co. declared usual
extra dividend of 35 cents and regular
quarterly dividend of so cents.
California Packing Corporation
Deficit year ended February 20, $4,52l,-
o01. VS.. deficit of s4,877.595.
Gobel adolf, Inc.-Deficit IL weeks
ended January 81, s42,218, VS.. deficit,
t19.086
Hyler's of Delaware, Inc, 1882 deficit,
$34l ,52l, vs.. net income, $68,118.
Metals fNon-Ferrous).
CRANKY Consolidated Mining. Smelt-
Ing & Power Co. Ltd. deficit March
quarter, s224,797, VS.. deficit, S22O,03l.
Miscellaneous.
Continental Can Co, Inc.-BuSiness
OF company has shown consistent
weekly increases in current month, but
dollar volume IS somewhat behind
year ego because of lower prices; in
f1rst 20 days of April company cut up
over 20 per cent more tin plate than
IN like 1882 period
Lehn g. Fink Products Co. common
share earnings March quarter 20 cents;
declared regular quarterly dividend of
so cents on common stock; 1t was
stated that dividend while not earned
was declared because of strong financial
position.
Louisiana Oil Refining CORPORATION
1882 deficit, $l,964,143, VS.. deficit, ST.
330.72o.
Railroad and Railroad Equipment.
Revenue freight carloadings in week
ended April % totaled 492 970 cars, a
decrease of 1,245 cars under preceding
week and 69,557 under like 1882 week
Decline from 1882 week was 1913 per
cent, compared with a reduction of
1928 per cent for the week ended
April IS.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad-R. F. C.
approved 81 ,500,000 loan to this COM
pany to discharge principal of equip
ment obligations.
Chicago Great Western Railroad
March ret operating deficit S122.893 vs..
income of s184,464; three months op-
Grating deficit, $404915 VS.. income of
S232, $40.
Denver & Rio Grande Western Rail-
read deficit, quarter Sl,248,083 vs.. deficit
$1.166,532.
Illinois Central notwithstanding
tfon Finance Corporation approved
loan of S2,5O0000 TO this company to
meet principal and interest on equip
ment trust obligations due May !.
International Railways of Central
America 1882 preferred share earnings
$459 vs. S5.46.
Missouri Pacific Railroad March net
operating income $50 632 VS.. s939,l21 IN
March, 1882 three months totals $685.
341 VS.. sl.778,0l0.
Southern Railway Co-Requests au-
thority to established reduced passenger
fare Of IL, cents mile in coaches on
four sections of its 6 stem.
Wabash Rai,wey-Rec constitution FL
nance Corporation approved loan CT
S1.226.Oo0 t. this company to meet May
!, 1888. interest on prior lien bonds.
western Maryland Railway flrst pre-
ferred share earnings March quarter 20
cents vs.. 10 cents.
Retail Trade.
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Declared usual extra dividend OF 70
cents and regular quarterly OF $3.50 on
common stock.
Sears. Roebuck g. Co. sales, weeks
ended April %, off 12.4 per cent; IL
weeks off 18 8 per cent.
Montgomery Ward & Cc.-President
Avery in answer to stockholders query
said his salary was S1C0,0c0 year and
that cpticn to buy 100000 sl:2res OF
common stock at S11 share wes gwen
to him as an addcd irGuceTcnt to ac-
cept the position; he stated crganlzs-
tion changes are being pat In erect
which will save about 81 C0o,OO0 snnu-
ally; leasehold rents have been reduced
to extent of S390,000 year.
Steel and Iron.
Inland Steel Co.-Marked up steel
sheets 81 to So a ton.
Republic Steel Corporation has re-
suued production at Valley blast fur
,.oa ~, meet growing demand for hot