Evening star., 1937-10-28
DAVIS NETS
S2,437,793 PROFIT
Quarters Total Compares
With S2,625,460 for Same
1886 Months.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Fress.
NEW YORK, October 28-Parke,
Davis & Co. and subsidiaries, drug
manufacturer with principal domestic
plants at Detroit, Mich. and Versailles,
Conn, for the September quarter re-
ported net profit of $2,437,7s3 before
the Federal undistributed profits sur
tax, equal to so cents common share,
against S1,s16,794 or 81 cents share
in the preceding quarter and $685.
46O or 81 cents share in the like
1886 quarter.
Ch;lds Co.
Childs Co. and subsidiaries, restau-
rant chain, for the September quarter,
reported net profit Of $so,3S7, equal
after quarterly dividend requirements
on the preferred stock, in arrears, to 5
cents q common share, against sos, 5,064
or 9 cents a common share in the pre-
ceding quarter, and s37,278 or 81 a
preferred share in the September, 1885,
quarter.
Barnsdall Oil.
Barnsdall Oil Co and subsidiaries,
for the nine months ended September
80, reported net profit Of $2,232,69
including S250,00 homecoming profit
from sale of property, equal to SO cents
common share, against sl.7l9,584.
or rs cents share in the like 1886
period.
American Home Products.
American Home Products Co. and
subsidiaries, producer Of drugs and
drug store accessories, with domestic
plants in the East and Midwest, for
the nine months ended September 80,
reported consolidated net earnings Of
S2,312,482 before the Federal un-
distributed profits surtax, equal to
1912 a common share, against 81
157,98l or $29l a share in the like
1886 period.
General Motors.
Net earnings OF s42,1l8,179 for the
September quarter and $l48,o74.335
for the first nine months Of the year,
equal to 80 cents and s3.46 per COM
mon share, respectively, were reported
by General Motors Corp.
These compare with earnings OF
S63,<36,545, or Sl48 share on the
common, in the June quarter; s32,-
331.523, or rs cents share in the
September quarter of last year. and
sl68,314,959. or 1892 share for the
first nine months of 1886.
National Distillers.
National Distillers Products Corp.
for the September quarter reported net
income of s1.301 ,46l before the Fed
eral undistributed profits surtax. equal
to "a cents common share. This
compares with net income of 81, ,367.-
$50, or 81 cents a share in the preced-
ing quarter and s1,320,946, or IS cents
a share in the September, 1896, quar-
ter. For the first nine 1887 months
net income was s4,094,399, equal to
s2.O1 q common share, against s408l.-
394, or 50 share, in the like period
last year.
National Aviation.
National Aviation Corp. investment
concern specializing in aviation Sc
curities, for the nine months ended
September 80, reported net profit of
s162,64l, including s142.S36 net profit
on sale of securities. against net profit
of s747,759, including ssl6,594 net
profit on sale of securities. in the like
1886 period. The company stated
liquidating value as of September 80
was 1882 a capital share after pro-
viding for normal Federal income taxes
on unrealized appreciation of securi-
ties held, against sl5.95 a share June
80 last and 1852 a share a year ago.
North American Cement.
North American Cement Corp, with
plants in Maryland and New York,
for the IL months ended September
80 reported net loss of s484,828 before
profit on bonds acquired, against net
loss of s320,565 in the preceding year.