Evening star., 1933-02-08
CORPORATION
REPORTS
TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS.


is today's summary of corporation news
prepared by Standard Statistics Co.
Inc, for the Associated Press:
Advertising and Publishing.
General Outdoor Advertising Co.
1882 deficit $2,375,677 VS.. deficit 81 ,834,-
034.
Mccall Corporation 1892 common
share earnings S213 VS.. $3.50.
Prentice-Hall, Inc.-1932 common
share earnings rs cents VS.. $2.19.
Automobiles and Trucks.
Ford Motor Goa number of branch
plants are back in production and off,
cials predict that normal output will
be resumed some time this week in
Dearborn plant.
Hudson Motor Car Co. closed its main
plant as a result of a walkout of en-
ployes at the body factory. About 5000
employed in both units.
Building, Real Estate and Related Lines
Lehigh Portland Cement Co.-1931
preliminary deficit $l,998,189 VS.. net
income $79,328.
United States Realty g. Improve
ment Co.-Stockholders approved re.
duction in capital represented by out
standing stock to $18,000,000 from
S45, ATS, ,163.
Investment Trusts.
North American Utility Securitie.
rporation-Liquidating value Decem.
Der 81, $65.45 per share of second pre-.
ferred stock VS.. $61.11 on December 81
1881.
Utility g. Industrial Corporation
Asset value of convertible preferred
stock December 81, s7.98 a share VS.
$l9.l2 a share on December 81, 1881
Leather and Shoes.
Brown Shoe Co. declared regula,
quarterly dividend of rs cents or
common stock.
Metals (Non-Ferrous).
Butte Copper & Zinc Co. 1882. def,ci
pei before 1e. depletion, $l4,6Ss VS.. deficit
Miscellaneous.
International Safety Razor Corpora.
ton 1882 common share earnings, /.
cents VS.. $195
share earnings, $1.22 VS.. $l29. Wah
Co: 1882 deficit. $556,531 VS.. deficit
$246,626.
Oil.
Atlantic Refining Co. cut gasoline
price l cent gallon in Eastern Penn.
sylvania and Delaware, excluding Phila.
delphia, and ~ cents in Western
Pennsylvania.
Railroad and Railroad Equipment.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail-
way estimated net loss of lines for 1888
is $6,748,796.
Green Bay & Western Railroad de-
clared a dividend of $3.50 on capital
stock and distribution of $25 on ST ,OOC
class "A" debenture certificates; on Feb
ruary 8, 1882, an annual dividend OF
IS a share was paid on stock and a
distribution of $50 was made on class
"A" certificates.
Lehigh Valley Railroad-Interstate
Commerce Commission authorizes COM
pany to guarantee $2,6OO,O 900 mortgage
bonds of Consolidated Real Estate Co
Minneapolis g. ST. Louis Railroad
Asks Interstate Commerce Commission
authority to borrow $1,027,174 from
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
funds will be used to pay obligations
incurred by receiver, for taxes, and for
equipment trust charges.
Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway
1882 deficit, $433,529 VS.. net income
$4,333.
Retail Trade.
Interstate Department Stores. Janu-
ary sales, off 16.5 per cent; IL months
of 1873 per cent.
Lane Bryant, Inc, January sales of
1873 per cent.
National Tea Co. January sales of
142 per cent; as of January 81, 1893
company had 1894 stores VS.. 1904 a
year previous.
Waldorf System, Inc, January sales
OF 9.3 per cent.
Steel and Iron.
Apollo Steel Co. 1882 deficit, $131.254
VS.. deficit s96,137.
Interlake Iron Corporation 1882 def
cit was 50, 169, ,887 VS. deficit Sl,357 500
Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corporation
1882 deficit was 1920, 800 VS.. deficit
$110,665.
Textiles.
Pacific Mills 1882 deficit after inven-
tory adjustment was $3,044, ,952 VS.. def
cit $3,80l,677.
Bayuk Cigars. Inc, 1882 deficit after
inventory adjustment $1.262 $50 VS.. net
income of $255,751 before inventory
adjustment in 1891.
Helme C. W. Co. 1882 common
share earnings was $724 VS.. $7.78.
Utilities.
Associated Telephone Utilities Co
1882 preliminary net income before SUBJ
sidiary preferred dividends of $28, 8,666
was $17,876 VS.. $1,479,246.
General Gas & Electric Corporation
Receivership action filed at Columbia
S c.. against Lexington Water Power
Co., subsidiary, by holder of $4,000 5lz
per cent convertible debuntures.
National Electric Power Co.-Collat-
eral held by the Chase National Bank
securing loan to this company was
bid in at auction for S4,068, 900 by Chase
National Bank
Shawinigan Water g. Power 1892 COM
mon share earnings before income taxes
$1.16 VS.. $1.91.
Southern California Gas Co. 1882
combined preferred share earnings
S12.54 VS.. $15.21.
Southern New England Telephone Co
1892 common share earnings, $66.74 VS.