Evening star., 1939-10-26
National Distiners
Reveals Decrease
In Earnings
$3.153,1S0 Net Compares
With $A,155,704 in
9 Months of 1893
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, OCT. 26.-Nat1Onal
Distillers Products Corp. today re-
ported for the nine months ended
Sept. 30 net profit of $3,153,1
equal to $l.54 a share on common
stock. This compared with $4,155,-
704, or $204 a share, in the like
1888 period.
Indicated net profit for the Sep
tember quarter was 81 1042 ,283, equal
to 81 cents share, against $737 $3.50,
or 36 cents share for the previous
quarter, and $1,389,351, or 68 cents
a share, for the September quarter
last year. Company's distilleries
are in Kentucky. Maryland, Ohio,
Illinois and Pennsylvania.
Air Reduction Co.
Air Reduction Co., Inc, and wholly
owned subsidiaries. for the third 1889
quarter reported net income of ST.
29l ,8l6 after charges, equal to so cents
common share compared with $685.
273, or 81 cents share in the like
1888 quarter Manufacturer of oxy-
gen and acetylene gases and equip
ment, the company has plants scat
tered throughout the country.
Aviation Corp.
Aviation Corp and subsidiaries,
manufacturers of airplanes, engines
and propellers, reported net loss for
the nine months ended August 81 of
81 1924 ,047, compared with net income
Of $402,O62, or IA cents a share, in
the like 1898 period. Aviation Corp.
reported its untitled orders on Octo-
ber l8 Appropriated $3.50 900, COM
pared with sl,620,OOO on May 81.
Freeport Sulphur.
Freeport Sulphur Co., for the
quarter ended September 80, re-
ported net income of $383,2l6 after
charges, equal to 48 cents a common
share, compared with 1898, sos, or so
cents a common share in the like
1888 quarter. Directors voted year.
end extra dividend of so cents
common share and the quarterly
dividend of 25 cents a share, both
PAYABLE December l to holders of
record November IA. These dis
bursements will lift payments for
1889 to sl.50 share, compared with
50 share in the year 1888.
Hecker Products Corn.
Hecker Products Corp, makers of
household products, placed consoli-
dated profits for the September
quarter at $274,565, equal to II cents
a share on common stock. This was
after providing for extraordinary"
expenditures for introduction of a
new product and included dividends
received from the Best Foods Inc.
Net profit in the similar 1888 period
was 1862 ,345, or 81 cents a common
share.
American Stove Co.
American Stove Co. reported third
quarter net profit of s351,1l4, equal
to IS cents common share, COM
pared with $1894l6. or IS cents
share, in the similar 1888 period.
Plants are in the Middle West.
Maytag Co.
Maytag Co., washing machine
manufacturers with plant in Iowa,
reported net profit for the Septem-
Der quarter of s234,981, or 50 cents
a share on the So preference stock,
compared with $236 1927, or 63 cents,
on a slightly larger number of pref
erence shares, in the like 1888 Pc
riod.
D0ehler Die Casting.
Doehler Die Casting Co., with
plants in Ohio, New York and Penn
coal. reported a third-quarter net
profit for the September quarter of
$l35572, or 48 cents a share. COM
pared with S23,237, or cents a
share, In the like 1888 period.
Pittsburgh Coal Co.
The Pittsburgh Coal Co., Nations
largest commercial producer of soft
coal, reported third-quaarter net
profit of $10488755. bringing the
company out of the red for the first
time since the March quarter of
1887.
The net profit for the three
months ended September 80 COM
pared with net loss of $845, ,074. AZ
for the corresponding period of 1888,
the company's worst year. For the
IL months ended September 30, the
company reported a net loss of ST.
544, TAB 80 against a net loss of So
83,65l.47 for the comparative period
ending September 30, 1885,
The company has not reported an
annual profit since 1884.
Yale & Towne.
Yale &, Towne Manufacturing Co.,
lock makers, reported net profit for
the September quarter of S222,213.
or As cents a share, compared with
net loss of $175.522 in the like 1888
period.