Evening star., 1942-08-14
1921 Ia Share Earned
By United Carbon
In Six Months
Result Compores With
S2.4l q Shore in Same
Period Lost Yeor
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NEW YORK. Aug. 14.-United
Carbon Co. reported for six months
ended June 80 net income OF 1920
900. equal to s231 capital share.
against $957 ,8Ol, or $241 a share,
in the first half of l94l.
Copperweld Steel.
Copperweld Steel Co. reported its
net earnings for the six months
ended June 80 were s46l ,265, equal,
after preferred dividend require
ments, to 70 cents a common share,
against revised net OF $702, $40, or
s1.25 a common share in the COM
parable period of 194l. The report
noted a shortage Of copper and con-
sequent curtailment Of operations OF
the company's copper-covered wire
and rod plant.
Chas. Pfizer l. Co.
! Chas. Pfizer & Co, Inc, manu-
| featuring chemists, reported net
profits for the six months ended
June 80 were $5l2,222, equal to
$l02 a common share, compared
with 1884 ,756 in the first half OF
194l, equal to $1.16 a share on the
common stock outstanding.
Beneficial Industrial.
Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp,
and subsidiaries showed consoli-
dated net income for the first half
of 1912 of $2,317,227, equal after
preferred dividend requirements tc
81 cents a common share, against
$2,752, ,706, or $110 common share
In the first six months of l941.
Melville Shoe Corp.
Melville Shoe Corp. and subsidi-
aries reported net income for the
first half of 1912, after Federal
tax provision nearly three times the
amount paid in the comparable ls4l
period, was $1,207 ,738, against ST..
SOL O31 in the first half of last year
After preferred dividend require
ments the 1912 first-half earnings
equaled $105 common share
against 81 .38 common share In the
corresponding six months of 1941.
Crane Co.
Crane Co., manufacturer of valve;
and fittings, reported net income Of
50, ,603,572, or $l.12 a common share
for the II months ended June 80
against net income of $6,907 ,457, ol
$253 a common share, In the l:
months ended June 80, 194l.
Last December the company Sc
aside 100000 as a reserve fol
contingencies.
Warner Brothers.
! Warner Brothers, Inc, and sub
sidiaries reported for 80 weeks end
ed May 80 net profit of $5,37l ,S7
after charges and taxes Of 81 ,225 ,0O(
This was equal to 1892 a share OF
the 1886 preferred stock, in arrear:
Allowing for dividend requirement
on the preferred for the period only
: the balance was equal to $1.37
share on the common. In the sam
: period year ago net profit of 81,
433,445 was equal to $44.50 a shar
= on the preferred and SLIP a shar
on the common.
Lane Bryant, Inc.
Lane Bryant, Inc, reported fc
the fiscal year ended May 81 nj
profit of $593,519, equal to $4.26
: share on the common stock, again.
$4l5,854, or $2.85 a share, in tn
: comparable period Of 1941.
Mid Continent Petroleum.
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corr
and subsidiaries reported net prof
of 81, ,967 ,851, or 81 go a share, for tn
six months ended June 80, com
pared with $1,758,3 ,348, or 95 cents
= share, in the like 1941 period.
United Carbon Co.
Net profit of United Carbon C
was. 1920 800, OF $2.31 q share, fc
the half year ended June 80, again.
= 1857 ,80l, or $2.41 a share, in the com
parable 1941 six months.
Niagara Hudson Power.
The Niagara Hudson Power Corr
and subsidiaries reported net in
, come for the three months ende
June 80 was $1,544,980, against 81
906 ,061 in the comparable period {
: 194l. After required reserves by
subsidiary and preferred stock divi
dend requirements the balance fc
the 1912 period equaled about
cents a common share, compare
: with about II cents a common shar
indicated for the 1941 quarter.