Evening star., 1933-02-19
CORPORATION
REPORTS
TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS.

NEW YORK, February 18.-Follow-
ing is todays summary of corporation
news perpared by Standard Statistics
Co.. Inc, New York, for the Associated
Press.
Aircraft.
Douglas Aircraft Co. common share
| earnings, year ended November 80, 20
cents VS.. S1.60.
General Aviation Corporation-Dur-
ing 1882 CON pany increased its common
stock holdings in Western Air Express
Corporation to 35 per cent against "a
per cent held year previous.
Automobile Parts and Tires.
Hfulling Manufacturing Co.-Opera-
tions estimated around IS per cent Of
capacity.
Standard Oil GO. Of Ohio reduced
prices Is per cent Oh all Atlas tires
and tubes.
Food Products.
National Candy Co. 1882 first pre-
ferred share earnings sl0.89 VS.. 1888.
Quaker Oats Co. declared extra div1-
dend of 81 and regular quarterly div1-
dend of 81 on common stock; on April
Is. 1882, an extra dividend OF So was
Ddlu O1 1900 OOliA4iiOh oAAuA
earnings s4.56 vs. 8.23.
Miscellaneous.
Cincinnati Union Stock Yard Co.
1882 common share earnings Sl.44 VS..
S163
General Refactories Co.-Over SIS per
cent of two-year per cent notes de-
posted under refunding plan; time for
deposit expires February %, 1888.
HARRISON Walker Refactories Co. 1882
deficit $609,952 VS.. net income $l,2S4,-
346.
Office and Business Equipment.
Underwood Elliott Fisher Co. 1882
deficit s762,07l vs. net income Sl,40l,-
061.
North American Oil Consolidated
Declared dividend of 10 cents on COM
mon stock, last previous distribution
was 10 cents made March i, 1881.
Paper and Paper Products.
Northern Paper Mills 1882 deficit was
$94, ,359 VS.. net income $107,322.
Railroad and Railroad Equipment.
Revenue freight carloadings in week
ended February IL totaled sol, 800 cars,
al lllCIeaSc VI lO,lIO OfCl PiCFAOuo
week, but 6o,215 below like 1882 week.
Percentage decrease from 1882 week,
10.7 contrasted with a drop of 1873 per
cent in previous seven days.
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
1882 deficit S4o8,4s9 VS.. net income
, S293, ,278.
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad 1882 pre-
hminary deficit S6,334,978 VS.. net in
come S3,802.978.
Florida East Coast Railway 1882
deficit $3,316,630 VS. deficit $685. ,046.
Pennsylvania Railroad 1882 prelim-
mary common share earnings Sl03 VS..
SLAB
Seaboard Air Line Railway 1882
deficit before income bond interest So
52S,174 VS.. deficit S7,llo,753.
Southern Pacific Co. 1882 preliminary
deficit S5,779, ,631 VS.. net income ST, ,138,-
373; holds 87.1 per cent of preferred
and common stocks of st. Louis South
western Railway.
Shipping and Shipbuilding.
New York Shipbuilding Corp.-Un-
, completed work on contracts in process
| as Of December 81. 1882, totaled $780,
| l65 VS.. Sl9.716,300 at end of 1881.
Steel and Iron.
| Hanna IN. A. Co. 1882 preferred
! share earnings $3.50 VS.. $3.50
United States Steel Corporation
Employees given right to subscribe for
| 100000 shares of common stock at s27
share under annual subscription plan;
a year ago offering prices was $40 a
| share.
Textiles
Blumenthal (Sidney) g. Co. 1882 def
cit before minority interest of Caro-
mount Mills, $l,895,550 VS.. deficit,
| S92,102
Century Ribbon Mills, Inc, 1882 def
| cit, S199,389 VS.. net income, S156,163.
Dominion Textile Co., Ltd.-Mills of
| company operating at about So per
cent of capacity.
Utilities.
| American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
| Wisconsin Commission ordered sub
| sidiary, Wisconsin Telephone Co. to
| show cause why construction activities
should not be suspended, also why all
| dial conversation activities should not
! be deferred and to show to what extent
| additional investment .necessitated by
| dial conversion has been beneficial to
telephone users; action taken on ground
| that there was question as to whether
recent expenditures of Wisconsin Tele-
| phone for new equipment had not been
directed to parent concern for its own
| financial benefit
Columbus Railway Power g. Light
Co. 1882 earnings S35 per share OF
| preferred series B stock
Pennsylvania Water e. Power CO.
Declared an initial quarterly dividend
of 81 .25 on new s5 par preferred stock
United Gas Corporation declared a
dividend of 25 cents on preferred stock
on December /, 1882. a distribution of
87i2 cents a share was made, prior to
which SITS was paid quarterly.