Evening star., 1943-09-15
Business Briefs
Electric Power Production in Il

Electric Power Production in the
week ended September II totaled
4,229. .262. 900 kilowatt hours, COM
pared with the record high of
4350,51l 900 In the preceding week
and was 18qc above 1888 .408 900 in
the corresponding 1942 week, Edi-
son Electric Institute announced.
Regional gains over year ago:
South, 1885,; New England, 62gs;
Atlantic, 1917; Central In
dustrial, 15.1G; West Central,
1887: Rocky Mountain, 1857;
Pacific Coast, 22.4fo.
Gross National Expenditures, the
total value of products and services
for Government. individuals and
business this year will reach a new
record of s188,000, 900 900, an in
crease of 249o over 1912. the Com
merce Department estimated. BY
the end of this year they will reach
an annual rate of 5000, 0,000, 900 900,
the department added The 1929
total was 500, 400 900 900, while the
depression low in 1888 was S54,-
800, 900 600.
Saturation Point Of Productive
Capacity appears to have been
reached by industry, said Brig. Gen.
Leonard P. Ayres In the monthly
bulletin of the Cleveland Trust Co.
limiting important adjustments will
be necessary to reach high goals
for the rest of this year and 1914,
he declared railroads are carrying
about all the traffic they can ham
die, shortages of materials and parts
are growing, auto tires are being
used much faster than they can
possibly be replaced, gasoline re-
strictions are creating new trans
portation difficulties, men workers
are decreasing faster than women
employees are increasing
Gasoline Stocks on September IL
totaled 71,928,000 barrels, compared
with II 400 900 week earlier and
80,224 900 year ago, the American
Petroleum Institute disclosed. The
gain from a week ago was attrib-
uted to higher production and
slightly smaller demand The index
OF Eastern seaboard civilian supplies
of gasoline and fuel oils advanced
to 41.9%o of normal, compared with
40.3% week earlier and 6O.1qo a
year ago.
Meat Output in the holiday week
ended September II totaled 278 ,000,-
900 pounds, compared with 10000
600 in the preceding full week and
274,000 900 In the corresponding 1912
period, the War Meat Board re-
ported. Beef production totaled
III, 100000 pounds, a drop of 49,
900, 900 from the preceding week and
100000 below a year ago. Pork
production was 100000 pounds,
drop of 100000 from the pre-
ceding week, but 100000 above
year ago.
United Air Lines reported air mail
in August increased 42qo over year
ago. Air mail pound miles totaled
1,788 ,038 900 against 1,259, ,991 400 in
the 1912 month. Air express pound
miles remained at the high level of
717,830 900, but were moderately
below 5,287,5 ,582 in August, 1912.
Zenith Radio Corp. will start pro-
duction within thirty days of new
hearing aid, described by Comdr
E. F. Mcdonald, jr., president, as a
revolutionary new vacuum tube,
self-f1tting type, designed to lower
the cost of hearing to one-fourth
its present level. The company's
order backlog now exceeds s115,-
100000 and production of civilian
radios can be resumed within so
days after the war ends, Comdr
Mcdonald added.
Atlantic Coast Line passenger
traffic continues heavy. but carload
ings are showing tendency to level
off, President c. M. Davis said. Car
loading comparisons now are being
made with 1912 period when there
were large gains and construction
of new war plants in the South has
fallen off. Loadings in the first 10
days of September were not quite
512 % above a year ago, he declared
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Railroad was ordered by United
States District Judge j. Foster
Symes at Denver to redeem 81, 900 900
in junction bonds in connection with
reorganization proceedings An in
surance group committee had op-
posed the redemption.
Standard Oil Co. of Indiana an
nounced its new toluene plant at
Whiting, Ind. soon will be ship
ping more toluene for aerial TINT
bombs than all sources in the